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Barefoot Ki-Bong

Released
2006-04-26
Rating

58%

Type

Movie

Runtime

1h 40m

DramaComedyFamily

AI Analysis

Barefoot Ki-Bong (2006) — AI movie analysis

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WatchMind AI generated this AI analysis of Barefoot Ki-Bong (2006) — a movie tagged as Drama, Comedy, and Family with cozy, funny, and heartwarming moods and steady pacing.

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Story & themes: Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the… Our models also surface themes such as ai, family, and war from synopsis and genre signals.

Watch context: Best suited for families with kids, family viewing, date night, and casual background watching. Expect steady storytelling (~100 min).

Community signal: TMDb members rate Barefoot Ki-Bong 58% (5 votes) — mixed but watchable scores for this movie.

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Synopsis

Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begged and serves his mother before it gets cold. Running is Ki-Bong' greatest skill. It is his mother that Ki-bong loves the most. Ki-bong decides to take part in the National Amateur Half Marathon' in order to buy artificial teeth for his mother with the prize money, and works hard looking forward to the day of the race. Mr. BAEK, the head of the village, volunteers to be Ki-bong's trainer. The village people realize what family and love between family members mean to them when they see Ki-bong, who is considered a non-entity, working hard for the competition. The village gets changed by the efforts of Ki-bong and Mr. BAEK.

Quick facts

Type
Movie
Status
Released
Release date
2006-04-26
Runtime
1h 40m
TMDB rating
5.8
TMDB ID
60024

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Ki-bong is a man who suffered brain damage as a child and who has the emotional maturity of an 8-year. The village people call him 'Barefoot Ki-Bong' because he runs barefoot with food he has begge... This is the official synopsis available via TMDb community metadata.

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