Seoul 1988

1989 2h 19m EN

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★6.0TMDB · 9

Documentary

Synopsis

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A documentary covering the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Lee Kwang-soo
Languages: Korean, English
Countries: South Korea

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37 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Korean, English.

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Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt15146486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Lee Kwang-soo directs. Produced in South Korea. Dialogue in Korean, English.

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137 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Dialogue crosses 2 languages: Korean, English.
3Part of the "100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5IMDB entry: tt15146486 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
6Only 9 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Runtime: 139 min · 2h 19m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Seoul 1988 (1989)

Part of

100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012

Spanning fifty-three movies and forty-one editions of the Olympic Games, 100 Years of Olympic Films: 1912–2012 is the culmination of a monumental, award-winning archival project encompassing dozens of new restorations by the International Olympic Committee. The documentaries collected here cast a cinematic eye on some of the most iconic moments in the history of modern sports, spotlighting athletes who embody the Olympic motto of “Faster, Higher, Stronger”: Jesse Owens shattering world records on the track in 1936 Berlin, Jean-Claude Killy dominating the Grenoble slopes in 1968, Joan Benoit breaking away to win the Games’ first women’s marathon in Los Angeles in 1984.