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Loser's Adventure

2018 · 105 min

A warm, bittersweet underdog story that mixes gentle humour with quiet perseverance, making you root for its struggling characters.

Directed by
Ko Bong-soo
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Kim Chung-gil, Baek Seung-hwan, Shin Min-jae
Overview
A high school wrestling team's fate is on the line due to their unpopularity and lack of budget. All the students have left the team except for two, who are from a broken family. The coach Sang-kyu lost his job and is making a living as a bus driver. However, he tries continuously to persuade the school principal to let the remaining team members compete in a match for one last time. At last, the principal gives them the chance to compete and the wrestling team only has two weeks to prepare for their final match.

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Directed by
Ko Bong-soo
Genres
Drama, Comedy
Starring
Kim Chung-gil, Baek Seung-hwan, Shin Min-jae
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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • upliftingstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • found family
  • ambition
  • redemption
  • friendship
Places
  • school
  • small town
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror0
Humour5
Realism8
Romance1
Tension4
Darkness4
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
drama, comedy
Directed by
Ko Bong-soo
Written by
Ko Bong-soo
Starring
Kim Chung-gil, Baek Seung-hwan, Shin Min-jae, Ko Seong-wan, Yoon Ji-hye, Cho Joon-hee, Park Won-jin, Kim Cha-yi
Cinematography
Ko Bong-soo
Runtime
105 min
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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