Mr. Go (2013)

Profile

• Movie: Mr. Go
• Revised romanization: Miseuteo Ko
• Hangul: 미스터 고

• Director: Kim Yong-Hwa
• Writer: Huh Young-Man (comic), Kim Yong-Hwa
• Producer: Park Sung-Joon, Kim Yong-Hwa
• Cinematographer: Jun Dae-Sung
• Release Date: July 18, 2013
• Runtime: 133 min.
• Genre: Drama / Comedy / Animal / Baseball / Award Winning
• Distributor: Showbox
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

15-year-old Weiwei (Jiao Xu) is left all alone with her gorilla Ling Ling after her grandfather passes away in China. Her grandfather ran a circus troupe. Thanks to her grandfather’s love for baseball, the gorilla Ling Ling was trained to play baseball and has developed remarkable hitting skills. A baseball agent from South Korea named Sung Choong-Soo (Sung Dong-Il) hears of the remarkable gorilla Ling Ling. He signs Ling Ling to play in the professional South Korean baseball league.

Dreaming of success, Weiwei and Ling Ling go to South Korea. Ling Ling quickly becomes a superstar in the baseball league. Meanwhile, a rival baseball team scouts a gorilla named Rating.