The King of Jokgu / 족구왕 (2013)

Profile

• Movie: The King of Jokgu
• Revised romanization: Jokgu Wang
• Hangul: 족구왕

• Director: Woo Moon-Gi
• Writer: Kim Tae-Gon
• Producer: Kim Ji-Hoon, Kim Tae-Gon, Jeon Go-Woon
• Cinematographer: Lee Keun-Sol
• World Premiere: October, 2013 (Busan International Film Festival)
• Release Date: August 21, 2014
• Runtime: 104 min.
• Genre: Comedy / Sports
• Distributor: KT&G Sangsangmadang
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

Synopsis

Hong Man-Sub (Ahn Jae-Hong) is a 24-year-old college student majoring in food and nutrition. He has never dated and is not people with girls. Nevertheless, he falls in love with An-Na (Hwang Seung-Un) at first sight. An-Na is the most popular girl at the school. Unexpectedly, An-Na takes an interest in Hong Man-Sub who is different from the other students.

Hong Man-Sub then plays a game of jokgu (a game that shares elements of soccer and volleyball) with Kang Min (Jung Woo-Sik). Kang-Min has taken an interest with An-Na and he is also a former Korean National Soccer player. Hong Man-Sub wins the game and becomes a hero with the other students. The students also become crazy about the game of jokgu. The university then decides to hold a jokgu competition. Hong Man-Sub will face Kang-Min once again.