9 August 2013

As One (South Korea, 2012)

Table tennis player Hyun Jung-Hwa wins silver medals, but always comes up short in the gold medal matches against a rival Chinese table tennis player. One month prior to the 1991 World Table Tennis Championships in Chiba, Hyun Jung-Hwa hears that a single Korean table tennis will be formed from South and North Korea. The South Korean players and its coach oppose the idea. Despite the opposition, the united Korean table tennis team is formed. Players from South and North Korea meet at a training camp in Chiba, Japan. They are forced to become one team, but from their practice routines, to how they talk and how they live all cause clashes. 

As One is a heartwarming true story about friendship, teamwork and the love for table tennis. A solid sports drama with  good actors and just the right amount of melodrama.

Genre: Drama/Sport

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