Barefoot Ki-Bong
5.5
Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.
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Cast
19 people
Shin Hyun-jun
Ki-bong
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Kim Soo-mi
Ki-bong's mother
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Im Ha-ryong
Mr. Baek
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Tak Jae-hoon
Yeo-chang
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Kim Hyo-jin
Jung-won
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Ji Dae-han
Young-sam
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Oldboy
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Jo Deok-hyeon
Mr. Choi
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Pinocchio
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Geum Dong-hyeon
Mr. Noh
Known for
Tale of the Nine Tailed
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Hwang Eun-jeong
Choon-hwa
Also in
Missing
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Do Ji-won
Coffe house owner
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Im Hyung-jun
Taxi driver
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Yoo Min-seok
Chil-bok
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Kwon Soo-kyung Director · Kwon Soon-won Writer Kim Sang-man Composer
First release April 26, 2006 · Produced in South Korea · Production Showbox
Production
Taewon Entertainment
Production
Showbox
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South Korea
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Original title
맨발의 기봉이
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · April 26, 2006
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No release date listed for United States.
Japan
October 26, 2007 · Digital
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