Glove (film)

Glove
Film poster
Korean name
Hangul
글러브
Revised RomanizationGeulreobeu
McCune–ReischauerKŭlrŏbŭ
Directed byKang Woo-suk
Written byKim Kee-bum
Produced byKatharine Kim
Jung Sun-young
StarringJung Jae-young
Yoo Sun
CinematographyKim Yong-heung
Lee Bong-joo
Edited byKo Im-pyo
Music byJo Yeong-wook
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • January 20, 2011 (2011-01-20)
Running time
144 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$12,188,145[1]

Glove (Korean글러브; RRGeulreobeu) is a 2011 South Korean sports drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk based on a true story.[2] After a drunken fiasco, fading baseball star Sang-nam is forced to coach kids at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing, but the publicity stunt eventually becomes an opportunity of a lifetime.[3][4] The film was released to South Korean cinemas on January 20 and went on to receive 1,890,406 admissions nationwide during its run in theaters.[5]

  1. ^ "GLove". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-30.
  2. ^ Ki, Sun-min (18 January 2011). "Director of thrillers finds softer side". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on 27 January 2013. Retrieved 2012-11-18.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ Lee, Hyo-won (13 January 2011). "Glove pitches for love of the game". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ^ "Glove to see overseas distribution". The Korea Times. 17 February 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  5. ^ "Final Korean Box Office for the Week-end 2011.03.11 ~ 2011.03.13". Hancinema. 15 March 2011. Retrieved 2012-11-18.