No Breathing
No Breathing is a 2013 South Korean sports drama film set in the world of competitive swimming, starring Seo In-guk, Lee Jong-suk and Kwon Yuri. The film was released in theaters on October 30, 2013. As of 2014, it sold approximately 451,669 admissions in Korea only.
Plot
Like his swimming champion father, Won-il was once a promising swimmer. But when his father dies during a swimming competition, soon followed by his mother's death, Won-il quits swimming for good. Instead, he lives life hopelessly and recklessly, like there is no tomorrow. With Won-il in danger of being expelled from school, his father's longtime friend Jae-suk drags him to a physical education-focused high school, hoping that he'll start swimming again. There he meets his long-ago rival, Woo-sang who in the past had always been overshadowed by Won-il. With Won-il's absence from the sport, Woo-sang is now in first place and is a national swimming star. But he gets disqualified from the national tryouts after getting into trouble, so he has to start from ground zero and ends up at the same phys-ed school as Won-il. Woo-sang is Won-il's complete opposite in personality, and all he cares about is winning so he finds Won-il's return to the sport unwelcome. Then there is Jae-suk's daughter, Jung-eun who captures both Won-il and Woo-sang's hearts and further reignites the rivalry between them. The two very different young men begin training for an upcoming swimming competition, battling for love and friendship as they undergo the rite of passage of growing up.Cast
Main characters
- Seo In-guk as Jo Won-il
- *Yoo Seung-yong as young Won-il
- Lee Jong-suk as Jung Woo-sang
- *Nam Da-reum as young Woo-sang
- Kwon Yuri as Jung-eun
- *Kim Bo-min as young Jung-eun
Supporting characters
- Shin Min-chul as Jung-dong
- Kim Jae-young as Dae-chan
- Park Chul-min as Jae-suk
- Park Jung-chul as Coach Jang
- Sunwoo Jae-duk as Woo-sang's father
- Ah Young as Se-mi
- Oh In-hye as High school female coach
- Jeon Bo-mi as Ha-na
- Kim Nam-hee as Won's friend
- Lee Chang-joo as Woo-hyun
- Park Hyun-woo as Jo Min-gook
- Jung Min-sung as announcer
- Park Yong-sik as head of swimming association
- Kim Young-sun as Woo-sang's mother
- Kim Jung-hak as reporter Han
Production