A typical South Korean comedy film, THE KING OF JOGKU had nothing new in context of its genre. The film was a good laugh with some amount of slap stick comedy, funny dialogues and extremely laughable characters. As South Korean comedy films are driven by women, and it’s always a woman involved in the background, compared to all that this film had something different to show. It mainly deals with sports. Jogku, a game that is similar to volleyball in which hands are used, this game is played using the feet and legs. A game quite popular among men who go for their army services is brought into highlight.
Romance is of course a very important element of every film, and it is also existent in this film. Well, in a way it is a woman driven comedy, but as I said, the focus is mainly on sports. Anyways, no film is complete without a female lead. The women are not shown as having sporty personalities, but are rather more driven towards their beauty and intellectuality.
The film revolves around a school boy, Man-seob who returns after completing his military services. Upon his return he finds out that a Jogku court has been removed. For the love of the game, he thus starts a campaign of regaining the lost sport of Jogku. Thus he goes through different challenges from the school students and the faculty in order to regain the Jogku court.
This sport/comedy film had its world premiere in the Busan International Film Festival 2013 as an official selection.
Director: Woo Moon-Gi
Writer: Kim Tae-Gon
Producer: Kim Ji-Hoon
Cast: Ahn Jae-Hong, Hwang Seung-Eon, Jung Woo-Sik, Lee Se-Rang,
Genre: Comedy, Sports
Country: South Korea
Lanuage: Korean
World Premiere: October, 2013 (Busan International Film Festival)
Release Date: August 21, 2014
Run Time: 104 min
Tags: 9th London Korean Film Festival 2014, Busan International Film Festival's Choice, European Premiere, FarEastAsia, Film Review, london
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