Mr. Go (film)

Mr. Go
China poster
Korean name
Hangul
미스터 고
Revised RomanizationMiseuteo Go
McCune–ReischauerMisŭt'ŏ Ko
Directed byKim Yong-hwa
Written byKim Yong-hwa
Based onThe 7th Team
by Huh Young-man
Produced byYoo Jin-woo
StarringXu Jiao
Sung Dong-il
CinematographyJeon Dae-seong
Park Hyun-cheol
Edited byZino Kim
Music byLee Jae-hak
Production
company
Dexter Films
Distributed by
Release dates
  • July 17, 2013 (2013-07-17) (South Korea)
  • July 18, 2013 (2013-07-18) (China)
Running time
132 minutes
CountriesSouth Korea
China
LanguagesKorean
Japanese
Chinese
BudgetUS$18.62 million
Box officeUS$8.65 million (South Korea)
US$18.12 million (China)

Mr. Go (Korean미스터 고) is a 2013 South Korean sport-comedy film written and directed by Kim Yong-hwa based on Huh Young-man's 1984 comic The 7th Team (Korean제7구단).[1][2] About a gorilla who becomes a baseball superstar and his 15-year-old female manager, it stars Xu Jiao and Sung Dong-il.[3][4] Mr. Go was the first South Korean film to be fully shot in 3D.[5] A co-production between South Korea and China, it was released simultaneously in both countries on July 17 and 18, respectively.[6][7]

  1. ^ Huh, Nam-woong (4 February 2013). "2013 Global Project BIG 3 – MR. GO". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  2. ^ Lee, Eun-sun (14 June 2013). "Two Big Things Are Coming: The Dream Film of Korea – Mr. Go". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  3. ^ Sunwoo, Carla (14 June 2013). "Mr. Go director stakes fame on virtual star". Korea JoongAng Daily. Archived from the original on June 28, 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  4. ^ Ji, Yong-jin (18 March 2013). "First Poster of MR. GO Unveiled". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  5. ^ Kim, Seung-hoon (1 August 2013). "MR. GO and Prospects of Korean 3D". Korean Cinema Today. Retrieved 2013-09-03.
  6. ^ Jang, Sung-ran (5 June 2013). "MR. GO Will Simultaneously Meet Korean and Chinese Viewers in July". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2013-07-21.
  7. ^ "Mr. Go to debut in China, ROK". Xinhua News Agency. 15 July 2013. Retrieved 2013-07-21.