Glove () is a 2011 South Korean sports drama film directed by Kang Woo-suk based on a true story. After a drunken fiasco, fading baseball star Sang-nam is forced to coach kids at a school for the deaf and hard of hearing, but the publicity stunt eventually becomes an opportunity of a lifetime. The film was released to South Korean cinemas on January 20 and went on to receive 1,890,406 admissions nationwide during its run in theaters. Plot Kim Sang-nam (Jung Jae-young), a hot-tempered professional baseball player, is sent to the countryside to coach a team of deaf and hard of hearing players in order to avoid media coverage of his recent involvement in an assault case. At first, Sang-nam has a difficult time imagining how he can teach baseball to a group of boys who can’t hear, but as he spends time with them he starts to believe that they can play the game. Motivated, Sang-nam decides to help them prepare for the nationals. As Sang-nam trains them, he forms bonds with the players, as well as with the music teacher and baseball manager Ms. Na (Yoo Sun). But things don’t go the way Kim plans and their difficulties communicating with one another exacerbates the situation. Cast Jung Jae-young as Kim Sang-nam Yoo Sun as Na Joo-won Kang Shin-il as Vice Principal Cho Jin-woong as Charles Kim Hye-seong as Jang Dae-geun Lee Hyun-woo as Kim Jin-man Jang Ki-bum as Cha Myeong-jae Kwon Eun-soo as Sang-mi Kim Mi-kyung as nun principal Kim Dong-yeong as Jo Jang-hyeok Ji Il-joo as Oh Cheol-jin Jo Chan-hyeong as Lee Cheol-seung Jeong Gyoo-soo as police chief at police sub-station Jeon Kook-hwan as group leader Goo Jo Kyeong-sook as Myeong-jae's mother Lee Hae-yeong as professional baseball player Oh Hee-joon as Bully Jin Kyung as Nun teacher References External links GLove at Naver 2011 films 2010s sports drama films South Korean sports drama films South Korean baseball films Films about parasports Sports films based on actual events Drama films based on actual events Films directed by Kang Woo-suk 2010s Korean-language films Publicity stunts in fiction 2011 drama films South Korean films based on actual events 2010s South Korean films