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Take Off
SOUTH KOREA · 2009

Take Off

Kim Yong-hwa
adoption identity search winter sports Olympic journey family reunion
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Synopsis

Cha Heon-tae, a Korean-American, was adopted with his sister to American parents. He appears on a Korean television program in search of his mother. Since Heon-tae is a trained alpine skier, he is approached by Coach Bang who wants to recruit members for a new national ski jumping team for the approaching 1998 Winter Olympics.

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