Take Off

"Jump, fly and win your dreams"

2009 2h 19m KO

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6.1

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★6.1TMDB · 31

ComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.

“Jump, fly and win your dreams”

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Cast

Ha Jung-woo
Cha Heon-tae
Sung Dong-il
Coach Bang
Kim Ji-seok
Kim Bo-seok
Kim Dong-wook
Choi Heung-cheol
Choi Jae-hwan
Ma Jae-bok
Lee Jae-eung
Kang Bong-gu
Lee Eun-sung
Bang Soo-yeon
Lee Han-wi
Ma's Father

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Kim Yong-hwa
Writers: Kim Yong-hwa
Languages: English, Korean
Countries: South Korea

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ERA

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Released 17 years ago.

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2 / 8

WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.

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3 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Gukga daepyo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Directed by Kim Yong-hwa, shot by Park Hyeon-cheol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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5 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Original score by Lee Jae-hak. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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6 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Park Gok-ji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Ha Jung-woo and Sung Dong-il and Kim Ji-seok carry the top of the cast.

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8 / 8

FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Jump, fly and win your dreams".

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Kim Yong-hwa directs. Park Hyeon-cheol behind the camera. Lee Jae-hak scores. Park Gok-ji cuts. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in English, Korean.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 17 years ago.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Korean.
3Part of the "Gukga daepyo Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Directed by Kim Yong-hwa, shot by Park Hyeon-cheol. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Original score by Lee Jae-hak. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
6Editor Park Gok-ji shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
7Ha Jung-woo and Sung Dong-il and Kim Ji-seok carry the top of the cast.
8Marketing tagline: "Jump, fly and win your dreams".
9IMDB entry: tt1298648 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
10Only 31 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.