Take Off

Jul 29, 2009

2h 19m

★ 6.2

Jump, fly and win your dreams

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.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

Production Companies

KM Culture

Showbox

Michigan Venture Capital

Boston Investments

Take Off Trailers

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Cast

Cha Heon-tae

Ha Jung-woo

Coach Bang

Sung Dong-il

Kim Bo-seok

Kim Ji-seok

Choi Heung-cheol

Kim Dong-wook

Ma Jae-bok

Choi Jae-hwan

Kang Bong-gu

Lee Jae-eung

Bang Soo-yeon

Lee Eun-sung

Wang Soon-deok

Hyun Jyu-ni

Cha Heon-tae's Mother

Lee Hye-sook

Ma's Father

Lee Han-wi

Commentator

Cho Jin-woong

Boss

Kim Soo-ro

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