Road to Boston

Road to Boston is a 2023 South Korean biographical sports film written and directed by Kang Je-gyu starring Ha Jung-woo, Yim Si-wan, Bae Seong-woo and Kim Sang-ho. It tells the story of Korean athletes who participated in the Boston International Marathon in 1947, the first international marathon held since World War II. It was released theatrically on September 27, 2023, coinciding with Korea's Chuseok holiday. Cast Ha Jung-woo as Sohn Kee-chung Yim Si-wan as Suh Yun-bok Bae Seong-woo as Nam Sung-yong Kim Sang-ho as Baek Nam-hyeon Choi Gyu-hwan Oh Hee-jun as Dong-gu Seo Jeong-yeon as Suh Yun-bok's mother Jeong Young-joo as Ok-rim's mother Hwang Ja-neung as a former track and field athlete Jo Hye-sun as a gisaeng madam Ron Kelly as Major General John R. Hodge who conveyed the U.S. government cannot relax the rules for Nam and Suh to compete for South Korea which was still a "refugee country" in 1947. Special appearance Park Hyo-joo as Yoon-seo Park Eun-bin as Ok-rim Production The script reading was held on the September 4, 2019, and filming began on September 9 in Seoul. In January 2020, actors of Boston 1947 departed for Australia for the shooting of the film.