Road to Boston Movie Details:
Hangul | 1947 보스톤 |
Literal meaning | 1947 Boston |
Country | South Korea |
Language | Korean |
Genre | Drama |
Release date | 27 September 2023 |
Running time | 1hr 53min |
Starring | Ha Jung-woo Im Si-wan Bae Seong-woo Kim Sang-ho |
Directed by | Kang Je-gyu |
Written by | Kang Je-gyu |
Produced by | John Hipwell Pieldo ‘Kevin’ Jun Jang Won-seok |
Music by | Lee Dong-June |
Production Company | Saetbyul Media BA Entertainment Big Picture |
Distributor | Lotte Entertainment |
Road to Boston Movie Cast & Characters:
- Ha Jung-woo as Sohn Kee-chung
- Im Si-wan as Suh Yun-bok
- Bae Seong-woo as Nam Sung-yong
- Kim Sang-ho as Baek Nam-hyeon
- Choi Gyu-hwan
- Oh Hee-jun as Dong-gu
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Suh Yun-bok’s mother
- Jeong Young-joo as Ok-rim’s mother
- Hwang Ja-neung as a former track and field athlete
- Jo Hye-sun as a gisaeng madam
- Ron Kelly as Major General John R. Hodge conveyed that the U.S. government could not relax the rules for Nam and Suh to compete with South Korea which was still a “refugee country” in 1947.
- Special appearance
- Park Hyo-joo as Yoon-seo
- Park Eun-bin as Ok-rim
Storyline:
A rousing tale of the Korean athletes who ran the 1947 Boston International Marathon, the first international marathon held since World War II.
Road to Boston Movie Box Office Collection & Budget:
Worldwide Collection | US$7.2 million |
About Road to Boston Movie:
Road to Boston (Korean: 1947 보스톤; lit. 1947 Boston) is a South Korean biographical sports film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu starring Ha Jung-woo, Im Si-wan, Bae Seong-woo and Kim Sang-ho. It tells the story of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, the first international marathon held since World War II.
The script reading was held on September 4, 2019, and filming began on September 9 in Seoul. In January 2020, the actors of Boston 1947 departed for Australia for the shooting of the film.
Road to Boston was released theatrically in 27 September 2023 coinciding with the Korean holiday.