''Perfect Game'' () is a 2011
South Korea
South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia, constituting the southern part of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and sharing a Korean Demilitarized Zone, land border with North Korea. Its western border is formed ...
n film based on the true story of rivals
Sun Dong-yeol of the
Haitai Tigers and
Choi Dong-won of the
Lotte Giants
The Lotte Giants ( ko, 롯데 자이언츠) are a South Korean professional baseball team based in Busan. They are a member of the KBO League. The Lotte Giants are owned by Lotte Corporation, which also owns the Chiba Lotte Marines of Nippon Pr ...
, the top pitchers in the
Korea Baseball Organization league during the 1980s. The rivalry between the two was further heated up by regionalism at the time with Sun representing the
Jeolla Province
Jeolla Province (, ) was one of the historical Eight Provinces of Korea during the Kingdom of Joseon in today Southwestern Korea. It consisted of the modern South Korean provinces of North Jeolla, South Jeolla and Gwangju Metropolitan City as wel ...
and Choi, the
Gyeongsang Province
Gyeongsang ( ko, 경상도, ''Gyeongsang-do''; ) was one of the eight provinces of Korea during the Joseon dynasty. Gyeongsang was located in the southeast of Korea.
The provincial capital was Daegu. The region was the birthplace of the Kingd ...
.
The
sports movie revisits one of the most exciting matches in Korean baseball history on May 16, 1987, which would be the last time the two stars would face each other, and ended in a 15-
inning
In baseball, softball, and similar games, an inning is the basic unit of play, consisting of two halves or frames, the "top" (first half) and the "bottom" (second half). In each half, one team bats until three outs are made, with the other tea ...
draw, although neither actually pitched a
perfect game. It stars
Cho Seung-woo as Choi and
Yang Dong-geun
Yang Dong-geun (; born June 1, 1979) or YDG is a South Korean actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and breakdancer. Yang majored in Theatrical Performance at Yong-In University.
Biography
Yang enlisted for mandatory military ser ...
as Sun.
Cast
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Cho Seung-woo -
Choi Dong-won
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Yang Dong-geun
Yang Dong-geun (; born June 1, 1979) or YDG is a South Korean actor, rapper, singer-songwriter, record producer, and breakdancer. Yang majored in Theatrical Performance at Yong-In University.
Biography
Yang enlisted for mandatory military ser ...
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Sun Dong-yeol
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Choi Jung-won - Sports writer Seo-hyung
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Juni - Min-kyung
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Cho Jin-woong - Kim Yong-chul
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Ma Dong-seok - Park Man-soo
*Lee Do-kyeong - Coach Sung Ki-young
*Lee Hae-woo - Kang Hyun-soo
*Jo Chan-hyung - Han Moon-yeon
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Son Byong-ho
Son Byong-ho (born August 25, 1962) is a South Korean actor. Son is known for his role in action films, notably, '' R-Point'' (2004), '' Running Wild'' (2006), '' The Good, the Bad, the Weird'' (2008) and ''Insu, The Queen Mother
''Insu, the ...
- Kim Eung-ryong
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Kim Young-min - Kang Sung-tae
*Lee Seon-jin - Man-soo's wife
*Kong Jeong-hwan - Yoo Doo-yeol
*Cha Hyeon-woo - Jang Chae-geun
*Kim Dong-hee - Jung Young-ki
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Park Seo-joon
Park Seo-joon (born Park Yong-kyu; December 16, 1988) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his starring roles in the television series ''Kill Me, Heal Me'' (2015), ''She Was Pretty'' (2015), '' Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth'' (2016� ...
- Chil-goo
*Dan Asenlund - Canadian play-by-play commentator
*
Lasse Lindh
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- Canadian color commentator
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Choi Il-hwa
Choi Il-hwa (born May 9, 1959) is a South Korean actor. He joined the Madang Sesil Theatre Group in 1983, and has since continued acting in Korean theater, television and film.
Filmography
Film
*'' No Tomorrow (2016)
*'' Wonderful Nightmare'' ...
- Hyun-soo's father (cameo)
*
Kim Byeong-ok - Chief secretary (cameo)
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Lee Byung-joon
Lee Byung-joon (; born January 27, 1964) is a South Korean actor. Active in film, television and theater since 1985, Lee is best known for his supporting roles in '' A Bloody Aria'' (2006), '' Highway Star'' (2007), and ''Eye for an Eye'' (2008) ...
- Department head Choi (cameo)
*
Oh Jung-se
Oh Jung-se (born February 26, 1977) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his roles in the television series '' Missing 9'' (2017), ''When the Camellia Blooms'' (2019), '' Hot Stove League'' (2019), and '' It's Okay to Not Be Okay'' (202 ...
- Sports commentator (cameo)
*
Choi Won-young - Sportscaster (cameo)
*Jang Kyeong-ah - Reporter (cameo)
*
Go Se-won - Jae-suk (cameo)
*Yeo Ho-min - (cameo)
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Lee Si-eon
Lee Si-eon (born Lee Bo-yeon on July 3, 1982) is a South Korean actor. He is best known for his comic supporting role in the popular campus drama
Drama is the specific Mode (literature), mode of fiction Mimesis, represented in performance ...
- Member of the national team / MBC Baseball player (cameo)
*Song Sam-dong - Senior (cameo)
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Tae In-ho
Tae In-ho (born Park Sang-yeon; May 2, 1980) is a South Korean actor. He starred in television series such as ''Misaeng: Incomplete Life'' (2014) and ''Descendants of the Sun'' (2016).
Filmography Films
Television series
Web series
...
.
See also
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Baseball in South Korea
Baseball is believed to have been introduced to Korea in 1905 by American missionaries during the Korean Empire, after which it gradually attained prominence. After the division of the Korean Peninsula into North Korea, backed by the Soviet Uni ...
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''Glove'' (film)
* ''
YMCA Baseball Team''
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2011 films
2011 biographical drama films
2010s sports drama films
South Korean biographical drama films
Biographical films about sportspeople
Cultural depictions of South Korean men
Cultural depictions of baseball players
South Korean baseball films
Lotte Entertainment films
2010s Korean-language films
Films directed by Park Hee-gon
2011 drama films
2010s South Korean films
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