Perfect Game
Perfect Game
The story centers on the rivalry and head-to-head matchup between two pitchers. The film’s two central figures, Choi Dong-won and Sun Dong-yol, were pitchers in actual Korean professional baseball. The actual events and people drawn on by the work and its dramatic reconstruction are not treated as having the same level of factuality.
OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization
A sports drama reconstructed around the rivalry between real-life pitchers Choi Dong-won and Sun Dong-yeol in 1980s professional baseball and their 1987 matchup.
1987 Choi Dong-won–Sun Dong-yeol matchup
A professional baseball rivalry game in which Lotte's Choi Dong-won and Haitai's Sun Dong-yeol faced each other as starting pitchers.
FACT / FICTION
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Fact / Fiction verification
12 recordsThe official English title of <Perfect Game> is Perfect Game, and it is a 2011 film directed by Park Hee-gon.
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- This is confirmed in the KOFIC film database.
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- Perfect Game (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
The film's two central figures, Choi Dong-won and Sun Dong-yeol, were pitchers in actual Korean professional baseball.
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- The rivalry and matchup between the two pitchers are central.
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- KOFIC describes the matchup between the two real-life pitchers as central to the film.
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- Perfect GameKOFIC Korean Cinema Today · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Fresh Korean Productions②-Dasepo ClubKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The film reconstructs the 1987 matchup between the two pitchers as its central event.
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- KOFIC Korean Cinema Today describes the 1987 matchup between the two pitchers as central to the film.
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- Perfect GameKOFIC Korean Cinema Today · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Actual players and game records form the core framework, but the dialogue, private conflicts, and supporting characters were reconstructed cinematically.
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- The official description presupposes a dramatic reconstruction based on the actual rivalry.
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- Perfect GameKOFIC Korean Cinema Today · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Fresh Korean Productions②-Dasepo ClubKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Choi Dong-won and Sun Dong-yeol faced each other as starting pitchers on May 16, 1987.
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- The game ended in a 2–2 tie after 15 innings at Sajik Stadium.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Both pitchers went the distance for 15 innings.
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- Choi Dong-won is said to have thrown 209 pitches and Sun Dong-yeol 232.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The film's personal relationships and surrounding episodes include fictional elements.
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- Dramatic character narratives were added on top of the actual game records.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The film's basic production-year and title information is cross-checked against film databases.
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- The film's identifying information is compared against independent sources.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The actual events and people the film draws on are not treated as being at the same factual level as its dramatic reconstruction.
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- The event basis and adaptations at the scene level must be assessed separately.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
The work's true-story and historical background includes the '1987 matchup between Choi Dong-won and Sun Dong-yeol.'
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Choi Dong-won is a real person connected to the actual history and events in the work.
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- Choi Dong-won's role is identified as a baseball player.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
Sun Dong-yeol is a real person connected to the actual history and events in the work.
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- Sun Dong-yeol's role is identified as a baseball player.
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- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
CHARACTER ↔ PERSON
Characters and real people
선동열
Fictionalized real personBased on a real personSun Dong-yeol →
최동원
Fictionalized real personBased on a real personChoi Dong-won →
Sources used
- Perfect Game (2011)KOFIC KoBiz · Specialist database · Grade BOpen source →
- Perfect GameKOFIC Korean Cinema Today · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- Fresh Korean Productions②-Dasepo ClubKOFIC KoBiz · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 - 퍼펙트 게임일간스포츠 1987 최동원 선동열 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
- 노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 - 퍼펙트 게임노컷뉴스 퍼펙트게임 실제 경기 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →