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GLOVE

GLOVE

Chungju Seongsim School’s hearing-impaired baseball team continues its challenge, aiming for its first win in a national tournament. Kim Sang-nam appears as the coach guiding the team, and together with the players, he works through training and games to create the possibility of winning a game.

B

OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization

A sports drama inspired by real cases involving a deaf baseball team and its coach; the team's existence and challenge are grounded in reality, while the characters, games, and conflicts were dramatically reconstructed.

FACT / FICTION

Verification 6

Fact / Fiction verification

6 records
FactConfidence High

The work's true-story/historical background includes the 'Chungju Seongshim School baseball team.'

On screen · Verified record
On screen
A sports drama inspired by real cases involving a deaf baseball team and its coach; the team's existence and challenge are grounded in reality, while the characters, games, and conflicts were dramatically reconstructed.
Verified record
A sports drama inspired by real cases involving a deaf baseball team and its coach; the team's existence and challenge are grounded in reality, while the characters, games, and conflicts were dramatically reconstructed.
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  • 강우석 "편하게 찍으려다 죽다 살았어요"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
  • 강우석 "각박한 세상..관객에 드리는 선물"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
CompositeConfidence Medium

Kim Sang-nam is a coach character in a film set against the real Chungju Seongshim School baseball team, assigned to coach the team.

On screen · Verified record
On screen
A character in the film.
Verified record
It is appropriate to classify him as a fictional, composite, or dramatized character.
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  • GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
  • GLOVE distribution listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence High

GLOVE is a 2011 sports drama directed by Kang Woo-suk, and GLOVE is the English title used by KOFIC.

On screen · Verified record
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GLOVE can be found in KOFIC's filmographies for production and distribution companies.
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  • GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
  • GLOVE distribution listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence Medium

In the film, Kim Sang-nam is a baseball figure who comes to coach a deaf baseball team.

On screen · Verified record
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Verified record
The work is structured around the growth of the coach and the team.
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  • GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
DramatizedConfidence Low

The work takes as its main motifs the real deaf baseball team at Chungju Seongshim School and its challenge to achieve its first win at a national tournament, and cinematically reconstructs the characters and detailed narrative.

On screen · Verified record
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The KOFIC DB currently available is insufficient to establish detailed real-life correspondences with certainty.
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  • GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
DramatizedConfidence Medium

The personal histories of the main player characters and the game results should not be taken as exact real-world records.

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The characters and games in a cinematic sports drama may include reconstructions.
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  • GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →

CHARACTER ↔ PERSON

Characters and real people

1 characters

김상남

Fictional composite character

Sources used

  1. 강우석 "편하게 찍으려다 죽다 살았어요"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
  2. 강우석 "각박한 세상..관객에 드리는 선물"연합뉴스 · Creator interview · Grade AOpen source →
  3. GLOVE production listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
  4. GLOVE distribution listingKOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →