Choi Woo-hyuk (최우혁)

'Bunt' Scores and Wins Sans Sacrifice

Source | 2007/04/26 | Permalink |

By Kim Tae-jong
Staff Reporter

A bunt in a baseball game is not as spectacular and exciting as a homer, but it is as precious as it is generally a sacrifice for a larger cause.

The new film, "Bunt", is the story of a boy who is mentally challenged, but wants to contribute to society by doing what he can do best, which is bunt.

Directed by Park Gyoo-tae, the film revolves around Huh Dong-gu (Choi Woo-hyuk), an 11-year-old boy with an IQ of 60, which often sees him picked on by his classmates.

But Dong-gu doesn't really care about his disability and seems to be the happiest boy in the world living with his father (Jeong Jin-yeong), who takes the best care of his son.

The young boy is obsessed with a big kettle, his reason to go to school and to live. And he is at his happiest when he pours drinking water from the kettle for his classmates.

But the boy is on the verge of being expelled from his elementary school and sent to a special institute as the school's president ...| More