Rebound

Rebound Movie Details:

Hangul	리바운드
Revised Romanization	Ribaundeu
Country	South
Language	Korean
Genre	Drama, Sports
Release date	April 5, 2023
Running time	2hr 2min
Starring	Ahn Jae-hong Lee Shin-young Jeong Jin-woon
Directed by	Jang Hang-jun
Screenplay by	Kwon Seong-hui Kim Eun-hee
Produced by	Jang Won-seok
Cinematography by	Moon Yong-gun Kang Joo-sin
Production Company	BA Entertainment Workhouse Company
Distributor	Barunson E&A [ko]

Rebound Movie Cast & Characters:

• Jungang High School’s basketball team
• Ahn Jae-hong as Coach Kang Yang-hyeon
• Lee Shin-young as Cheon Ki-beom, captain; #7
• Jeong Jin-woon as Bae Gyoo-hyeok; #10
• Kim Taek as Hong Soon-gyu; #11
• Jung Gun-joo as Jung Kang-ho; #23
• Kim Min as Heo Jae-yoon, sixth man; #14
• Ahn Ji-ho as Jung Jin-wook; #4
• Others
• Lee Jun-hyeok as Head coach
• Roh Kyung as basketball coach from another school
• Jang Hyun-sung as Yongsan High School Coach
• Kim Jin-soo
• Jo Hyun-il as the Narrator
• Park Jae-min as the Narrator
• Lee Seok-min as Heo Hoon
• Kim Joon-hyung as Kang Sang-jae
• Jang Woo-nyeong is Player number 12 at Anyang High School.
• Lee Dae-hee as Han Jun-young

Storyline:

The once-renowned basketball team of Jungang High School in Busan is in shambles and on the verge of being shut down after years of poor performance. Alumnus Kang Yang-hyeon, who had been on the coaching staff of the U-16 boys’ national team, is brought in as the new head coach, but his appointment sparks many players to walk out as they refuse to play under a still-relatively unknown coach. After some convincing, Coach Kang manages to scrape together a ragtag team of six players, most of whom were rejected by other top basketball schools, for the upcoming National Basketball Championships. He tries to engrain in them the mindset of teamwork and not wasting any loose balls, as summarized by his motto: “There is no such thing as missed shots, only rebounds!”

Rebound Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:

Worldwide Collection

US$5.3 million

About Rebound Movie:

Rebound (Korean: 리바운드; RR: Ribaundeu) is a South Korean sports drama film directed by Jang Hang-jun. Kim Eun-hee with Kwon Seong-hui.

The film is based on the true story of basketball coach Kang Yang-hyeon and the Busan Jungang High School’s 2012 run to the national championships final despite having only six players on its roster.

In February 2022, the casting was finalized and principal photography began the following month. Filming was wrapped up on July 29, 2022.

The actors portraying Kang and the Jungang High School players spent several months learning to play basketball and filmed on location at the school’s basketball court.

Rebound was released on April 5, 2023, in South Korea and was pre-sold in the United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan and Singapore. It was officially invited to the 25th Udine Far East Film Festival, which was held from April 21 to 29, where it won second place at the podium alongside Abang Adik of Malaysia. It opened at 2nd place on the South Korean box office with 32,926 people viewing the film.

In July 2023 it had its New York Premiere in South Korea at the Forefront section at the 22nd New York Asian Film Festival on July 15, 2023.

As of June 10, 2023, with a gross of US$5,160,187 and 695,630 admissions, it is at the 6th place among the South Korean films released in 2023.