South Korea Synopsis
맨발의 꿈
After a series of pipe dream ventures go belly up, retired pro soccer player Kim Won-kang happens to visit East Timor, where he finds children playing the game barefoot on rocky pitches. Sensing a new business opportunity on finding the country doesn't have a single sporting goods store, he embarks on a scheme to get rich quick by purveying athletic shoes to the unshod youngsters. Sadly, no one there can afford to pay $60 for a pair of shoes, even on a generous installment plan, and before he knows it, he is reduced to coaching a team of ragged 10-year-olds and prospects are looking grim. Written by Palm Springs Internation Film Festival
The 2009–2011 South Korea Window
137 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. A Barefoot Dream sits at position #42.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with A Barefoot Dream. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
2 sharedDream
★ 7.1 · South Korea
2 sharedInazuma Eleven: The Movie
★ 7.6 · Japan
2 sharedInazuma Eleven Go vs. Danball Senki W
★ 7.7 · Japan
2 sharedInazuma Eleven Go: Kyuukyoku no Kizuna Gryphon
★ 8.0 · Japan
2 sharedSudani from Nigeria
★ 7.2 · India
2 sharedThe Street Player
★ 7.2 · Other Asia
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when A Barefoot Dream premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #625 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (55th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #430 of 868 (top 50%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Korean, Indonesian, English |
| Production Companies | Showbox, Camp B |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | June 24, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1583213 |