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As One

Country: South Korea, Language: Korean, Japanese, 127 mins

Original Title

Ko-ri-a
  • Director: Hyun-Sung Moon
  • Writer: Yoo Yeong-ah, Kwon Sung-hui, Hyun-Sung Moon, Eun-ill Lee
  • Producer: Jong-eun Byun, Jay Gil, Kim Ji-hoon, Ji-hye Kim, Han-seung Lee, Su-nam Lee, Sang-beom Son

CGiii Comment

It wasn't gold that brought them together

"As One" is the cinematic retelling of the first ever post-war Unified Korea sports team, hastily formed to participate in the 41st World Table Tennis Championships in 1991. Following the North Korean mid-air bombing of Korean Air Flight 858 in 1987, a Summit was held between North and South Korea to defuse the extreme tension on the peninsula. The summit ended with the agreement to form a unified Korean sports team; and table tennis, being highly visible and world-class in both countries, was chosen as the symbolic unifier. Summarily, the first-ever unified North-South team under the simple aegis "KOREA" was formed to compete in the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Japan. "As One" recounts these dramatic events where especially two world-class players who had only ever met across the table as die-hard opponents must suddenly become a true partners and teammates in time for the biggest stage of the World Championships. Putting aside their individual ambitions, these women have to summon every ounce of grit and grace to defeat a dominating Chinese team that is vying for its 9th consecutive World Championship title.


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Cast & Characters

Ha Ji-Won ... Hyeon Jeong-hwa
Bae Doona ... Ri Boon-hee
Han Ye-ri ... Yoo Soon-bok
Choi Yoon-young ... Choi Yoon-jeong
Lee Jong-suk ... Choi Kyeong-seop
Park Chul-min ... South Korea Head Coach
Kim Eung-soo ... Jo Nam-poong
Sung Do-hyun ... Kim Min-cheol
Dong Hwan ... China Assistant Coach
Yoo Hyeong-kwan ... Captain Park
Kim In-woo ... Japanese commentator
Kim Jae-hwa ... Deong Ya-ryeong
Liu Jang ... Wang-ming
Park Jeong-hak ... Commander Jang
Park Ji-yeon ... Jo Mi-jin
Oh Jung-se ... Oh Doo-man
Jonghoon Jyung ... China Head Coach
Mike Meier ... Foreign Table Tennis Umpire
Cha-la Park ... Jo Shu Ang
Young-Seo Park ... Choo Il-sung
Lee Sang-won ... North Korea defense agent #1
Paul Stafford ... British Sportscaster
Chun Woo-hee ... Hyun Jung-Hwa's younger sister
Dan Young ... Gao Yue