Daytime Screenings at the KCCUK
A Summer of Sports

Korea as a strong and passionate history of Sports, supporting many traidional as well as western past-times including a thriving Baseball league, second only to America. This August's film season in the KCCUK Library is a selection of Korea's best sports films, which there is a large amount to choose from.

The films selected cover the most popular sports in Korea including, Horse Racing, Ssireum (Korea Sumo Wrestling), Ski jumping, Football, Volleyball and Weight Lifting. Unlike a other sport films these do not just deal with the sport itself but with topics including; autism, identity, poverty and many other important themes.

Korea also has many sports, oriented festivals happening all year round including there biggest, the Korean National Sports Festival, Jeju Leisure & Sports Festival which do not just showcase yur typical sports but also Kite Flying, Inline Skating and Korean Billards.

The films shown over the next month begins at 12.00 and 15.00 each day (Mon-Fri) in our library. The screenings are free and there are plenty of sofas for you and your friends. You don't have to book your place. Just pop in and watch great films!

The following films will be screened:

ON THE PITCH (2010)

Director: Kye Yoon-shik

Genre: Drama/Comedy

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 113 mins

Date & Time:  Mon 12.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Its the 2002 World Cup and a N.Korean squad comes face to face with their Southern counterparts . Where there is aggression to begin with is quickly subsituted with football fever. However since the North cannot listen to the games the South squad sends transmissions of the games over but the North quickly comes under fire from their superiors

THE AGGRESSIVES (2004)

Director: Jeong Jae-eun

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 107 mins

Date & Time: Mon 15.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Soyo, a quiet high school student, discovers inline skating. Mesmerized by the elaborate skating skills of Mogi, a member of the group, Soyo joins their team. His life is gradually consumed by the world of inline skating along with developing strong feelings towards Mogi and his girlfriend Hanjoo and a loyal faith in the team’s leader Gappa. One day, Mogi reluctantly agrees to skate for a commercial in order to earn money for the world championships. But when a condescending remark by the staff sets him off, he deliberately causes an accident. The accident leaves the inline team in huge debt and all the members are frantic to try to find the money.

SCOUT (2007)

Director: Kim Hyun-seok

Genre: Comedy

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 94 mins

Date & Time: Tue 12.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Its 1980 and Ho-chang is the best University Baseball Scout around who looks to sign all the future legends of the ball game. He spies Sun Dong-yeul, the next big thing but he's in danger of being signed by a rival scout.

GRAND PRIX (2010)

Director: Yang Yun-ho

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 109 mins

Date & Time: Tue 15.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: The once-successful horse racer Ju-hee hasn’t been in the field after a devastating arm injury and the loss of her own horse. To overcome depression, Ju-hee visits a mountain in Jeju island where she accidentally meets another racer Woo-suk who has the record of championing at the Japan Cup. Through Woo-suk’s encouragement, Ju-hee trains herself again and returns to the Grand Prix championship.

A BAREFOOT DREAM (2009)

Director: Kim Tae-kyun

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 119 mins

Date & Time: Wed 12.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Won-kang, a former soccer prospect whose life didn’t turn out quite promising, heads to East Timor thinking that there would be plenty of opportunities for him. One day, he sees the street kids playing ball with bare feet. Thinking he can score by selling soccer shoes, he opens a sports equipment store, but realizes none of the kids can afford those fancy shoes or jerseys. Again, despaired, he's about to close up the store, then, he decides to teach the kids how to play ball.

FOREVERT THE MOMENT (2007)

Director: Yim Soon-rye

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 124 mins

Date & Time: Wed 15.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: The Athens Olympics are approaching and Korea is looking for gold in every sport. Korean women in particular have done well in almost areas except for the ignored and looked down upon sport of Handball. When a team is assembled all that turns up are a strange oddball group who have to overcome their personal differences and hardships to somehow come together as a team?

LIFTING KING KONG (2009)

LIKE A VIRGIN (2006)

Director: Lee Hae-joon, Lee Hae-yeong

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 116 mins

Date & Time: Thu 15.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Chubby high school student and Madonna devotee Dong-ku believes himself to be a woman trapped in a man's body. Living with his abusive, alcoholic father, Dong-ku works part-time and saves money for a sex change. This is despite being told he has the perfect physique for ssireum (wrestling) so he joins up when he hear's there is a big cash prize for a ssireum tournament.

MARATHON (2005)

Director: Chung Yoon-chul

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 115 mins

Date & Time: Fri 12.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Kyung-sook finds out that her son Cho-won is autistic and feels devastated. But she firmly believes that there is something Cho-won can do very well. Kyung-sook and a former champion marathoner Jeong-wook see Cho-won's potential as a marathoner, and Cho-won's assiduous training continues.

TAKE OFF (2009)

Director: Kim Yong-hwa

Genre: Drama

Certification: 12 (South Korea)

Running Time: 137 mins

Date & Time: Fri 15.00

Venue:The Library, KCCUK

Admission Free

info@kccuk.org.uk / 0207 004 2600

Synopsis: Its 1996 and a small Korean town undergoes a large scale transformation to prepare for their Winter Olympics bid. In the middle of construction, the local committee hears word that they don't have enough athletes to compete. They decide to form a ski jump team to fulfill the requirements. A former American Junior Alpine Skier, Bob, an adoptee who is in Korea searching for his mother. With four other non-experienced athletes, he forms the first Korean ski jump team.