Barefoot Ki-bong (Korean: 맨발의 기봉이; RR: Maenbalui Kibongi) is a 2006 South Korean comedy drama film written and directed by Kwon Soo-kyung, starring Shin Hyun-joon, Kim Soo-mi, Im Ha-ryong, Tak Jae-hoon, and Kim Hyo-jin.
Ki-bong is a mentally challenged forty-year-old man who lives in a rural village with his aging mother.
After accidentally winning a local race, Ki-bong finds himself training for the National Amateur Half Marathon so that he can buy his mother some false teeth with the prize money.
[2] Barefoot Ki-bong was released in South Korea on 26 April 2006,[3] and on its opening weekend was ranked second at the box office with 362,023 admissions.
[4] It went on to receive a total of 2,347,311 admissions nationwide, making it the ninth biggest selling Korean film of 2006,[3] and grossing (as of 28 May 2006) $11,968,478.