A Barefoot Dream

A Barefoot Dream (Korean: 맨발의 꿈; RR: Maenbalui Kkum) is a 2010 South Korea-Japanese sports drama film co-production between South Korea and Japan directed by Kim Tae-kyun. It is based on the true story of Kim Shin-hwan, a retired Korean footballer who goes to East Timor after his business fails and launches a youth football team, thus becoming the "Hiddink of Korea." The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 83rd Academy Awards but it did not make the final shortlist. The film recorded 332,699 admissions during its theatrical run in South Korea.

A Barefoot Dream
Film poster
Directed byKim Tae-kyun
Written byKim Gwang-hun
Produced byKim Tae-kyun
Yu Jeong-hun
StarringPark Hee-soon
Ko Chang-seok
CinematographyJeong Han-cheol
Edited byShin Min-kyung
Music byKim Jun-seok
Distributed byShowbox/Mediaplex
Release date
  • 24 June 2010 (2010-06-24)
Running time
121 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$2 million
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