Pacemaker (Korean Movie)
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Profile
- Movie: Pacemaker (International English title / literal title)
- Revised romanization: Peiseu Meikeo
- Hangul: 페이스메이커
- Director: Kim Dal-Jung
- Writer: Jung Hyun-Woo
- Producer: Kim Mi-Hee, Yoon Ki-Ho, Kim Mi-Jin, Kim Young-Min
- Cinematographer: Lee Sung-Je
- Release Date: January 18, 2012
- Runtime: 124 min.
- Distributor: Lotte Entertainment
- Language: Korean
- Country: South Korea
Plot
Once a promising marathon runner, Joo Man-Ho (Kim Myung-Min) was forced to give up his dreams because of a critical leg injury and to support his younger brother. Still unable to leave the track & field for good, Joo Man-Ho then became a pacemaker - a runner who leads his team during the first section of a marathon event before dropping out. He makes ends meet by delivering chicken for a friend's fried chicken restaurant.
Park Sung-Il (Ahn Sung-Ki), his old coach from his marathon running days, pays Man-Ho a visit. Park Sung-Il wants Man-Ho to become the pacemaker for the Korean national team as it prepares for the upcoming 2012 Olympics. Man-Ho is even offered the chance to run in the Olympics as the pacemaker for the Korean team. Park Sung-Il accepts, but faces recurrence of his leg injury, which could prevent him from ever running again and must also contain his original dream of becoming a champion marathon runner.
Cast
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| Kim Myung-Min | Go Ara | Ahn Sung-Ki | Choi Tae-Joon | Jo Hie-Bong |
| Joo Man-Ho | Yoo Ji-Won | Park Sung-Il | Min Yoon-Ki | Jong-Soo |
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| Choi Jae-Woong | Lee Yool | Gye Sung-Yong | Abu Dodd |
| Joo Sung-Ho | Kyung-Soon | Coach Lee | Bong-Jo |
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| Ryoo Ui-Hyun | Jung Joon-Won |
| Joo Man-Ho | Joo Sung-Ho |
Additional Cast Members:
- Choi Na-Rae - Jong-Soo's wife
- Lee El - Ph.d Choi
- Lee Yoo-Ha - Sung-Ho's wife
- Jo Young-Jin - Director of Athletic Association
- Kwak Jin-Seok - Japanese Olympic runner
- Lim Jong-Yun - Nike director
- Han Seong-Sik - Director Han (analyst at London Olympics)
- Paul Stafford - Alex
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anonymous Says:
Sep 03 2011 10:10 pm
To anonymous commenter:
This is Korea!! If you haven't witnessed illegal labor practices, you haven't had your eyes open. Everyone (including Koreans) are overworked and underpaid.
Marathoner Says:
Jul 01 2011 3:58 pm
Who ever wrote comment number two is a big liar! I'm a foreign college student and I was there. I've been at the shooting twice, both times posing as a marathoner. Sure what the producers are doing is illegal BUT the pay is actually good. And they take great care of us. Not once did we run 20km in one day, we ran only short distances, each cut was only like 10-20 seconds. Those guys did not get fired, they just decided to leave early because they tried asking for a raise but the producers wouldn't give it to them. I just came back from the second shooting and I saw the "rogue agents". They were there at the shooting again! They came back willingly. Stop exaggerating shit man! If you don't like the way things are going don't come to the shootings, there are a lot of foreigners in Korea.
Anonymous Says:
Jun 01 2011 7:37 am
It is such a shame that this producers heavily rely on cheap illegal labor by employing part of the cast under the table owing to the fact that they do not have work permits to work in this country. By so doing this producers are denying Government of Korea taxes. I recently took part in a shoot of a local movie of in Yangsan where we were forced to work for up to 16 hours straight and we could complain due to the fact that we are foreign students and without a contract with the producers. A small part of students who tried to raise these concerns were fired and forced to leave without to pay and I hear that they had to walk for over five kilometers from the remote filming area to access the nearest train station from which they were helped to find their way back to their Universities having sustained severe sunburn and foot soar.
It’s so bad to note that Korea film and drama industry is thriving on what borders on slavery. It’s so painful to have been in those students position!! After posing as marathoners the previous day which means that they must have ran over 20 kilometers in the sun, the rogue agents employed by the producers showed them no mercy by denying them pay and making them walk over 5 kilometers after threatening to have them arrested for being in a restricted filming site.
This movie is set to be released in either September or October 2011 and I am made to understand that had a budget of USD 3.5 Million
“Pacemaker” (2011)
Directed by Kim Dal-joong
With Kim Myeong-min, Ahn Seong-gi, Ko Ah-ra, Choi Jae-woong
Production: Dream Capture Studios (Producer), Synergy (distribution), Lotte Shopping Co. (shares), Lotte Entertainment (distributor), eyiteubol (co-production)
Serah Says:
Mar 03 2011 8:07 pm
OH MY GOD! My friend Min was cast in this movie! i cant wait to watch it!!!