Marathon (2005 film)

Marathon Hangul RRMaraton is a 2005 South Korean film directed by Jeong Yooncheol, and starring Jo Seungwoo, Kim Misook and Lee Kiyoung. It received 5,148,022 admissions, making it the 4th most attended Korean film of 2005.

A young man with autism, named Chowon, finds release only in running. As a child, Chowon regularly threw tantrums, bit himself, and refused to communicate with othersfinding solace only in zebras and the Korean snack, choco pie. His mother never gave up on him and was determined to prove to the world that her child can be normal. As Chowon gets older, he begins to find a passion for running and his mother is there to encourage and support him. Even though their family suffers from financial difficulties, they find a former marathon champion, Jungwook now a lethargic older man with an alcohol problem.Jungwook, who is serving community service hours as a physical education teacher for a DUI, grudgingly accepts the offer to train Chowon in marathon running, but eventually becomes lazy with him. The coach often takes Chowons snack, and takes Chowon to a jjimjilbang to relax. Even though Jungwook slacks off most of the time, Chowons determination for running is firm he accidentally runs 100 laps around a soccer field when the coach told him to without literally meaning it. ........

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