Take Off
Jump, fly and win your dreams
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
139 min
Release Date
2009-07-29
Status
Released
Original Language
Korean
Vote Count
29
Vote Average
6.1
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
Hyun Jyu-ni
Wang Soon-deok
Lee Hye-sook
Cha Heon-tae's Mother
Lee Han-wi
Ma's Father
Cho Jin-woong
Commentator
Kim Soo-ro
Boss
Son Bum-soo
Announcer (uncredited)
Joe Seo
Translator (uncredited)
Kang Je-kyu
Airplane Passenger (uncredited)
Lee Geum-hee
Announcer (uncredited)
Oh Kwang-rok
Chemist 2 (uncredited)
Don Lee
Detective
Park Jung-soo
Rich
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