The Battle: Roar to Victory
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Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
Produced by | Kim Tae-won |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
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Box office | US$34.8 million[1] |
The Battle: Roar to Victory (Korean: 봉오동 전투; Hanja: 鳳梧洞戰鬪(凤梧洞战斗)) is a 2019 Korean-Japanese period action film, revolving around the Battle of Fengwudong between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in 1920 during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Plot
In 1920, when Korea was under Japanese rule, the Korean independence forces’ sword-wielding Hwang Hae-cheol (Yoo Hae-jin) and his subordinates such as sniper Byeong-gu (Jo Woo-jin) carried out the operation to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai. During the operation Hwang Hae-chul is reunited with Jang-ha (Ryu Jun-yeol), a young squad commander, who has a suicide mission to bait the Japanese forces led by a general (Kazuki Kitamura) and first lieutenant (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) into Bongo-dong.
Cast
- Yoo Hae-jin as Hwang Hae-cheol
- Jo Woo-jin as Byeong-gu
- Ryu Jun-yeol as Yi Jang-ha
- Kazuki Kitamura as Japanese general Kusanagi
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Japanese first lieutenant Yasukawa Jiro
- Daigo Kotarō as Yukio
- Go Min-si as Narrator
- Park Ji-Hwan as Japanese lieutenant Shigeru Arayoshi
- Sung Yu-bin as Gae Ddong-yi
- Park Hoon as a member of Jang Ha's unit
Reception
The film had brought a cumulative total of more than 3 million viewers to Korean theaters according to the film's distributor Showbox.[2] It premiered in New York on 16 August 2019.[3]
Awards and nominations
Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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2019 | 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards | Grand Prize in a Film | The Battle: Roar to Victory | Won | [4] |
Best Director in a Film | Won Shin-yun | Won | |||
2020 | 56th Grand Bell Awards | Best Cinematography | Kim Young-ho | Won | [5] |
Best Lighting | Hwang Sun-ok | Nominated | [6] | ||
Technical Award(Special Effects) | Jung Do-ahn | Nominated |
References
- ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". KoBiz. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "'The Battle: Roar to Victory' passes 3 million admissions". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". AMCTheaters.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
- ^ "배우 최윤슬, 대한민국문화연예대상 MC 우수상 수상". NBN News Agency (in Korean). 1 December 2019.
- ^ [제56회 대종상]'기생충' 작품상 포함 5관왕 달성…이병헌·정유미 주연상(종합) [[56th Daejong Award] Achievement of 5 crowns including'parasite' work award... Lee Byung-Hun and Yoo-Mi Jeong starring (General)]. Herald Corporation (in Korean). 3 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020 – via Naver.
- ^ Ha, Soo-jung (17 January 2020). 제56회 대종상 영화제 2월 25일 개최..'기생충' 11개 부문 최다 후보 [공식] [The 56th Daejongsang Film Festival was held on February 25th.. Most candidates in 11 categories of ‘Parasite’ [Official]]. News Chosun (in Korean). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
External links
- 2019 films
- Korean films
- Korean-language films
- Films directed by Won Shin-yun
- Films about battles and military operations
- Films set in the Joseon Dynasty
- Films set in Korea under Japanese rule
- Films set in 1920
- South Korean action films
- South Korean historical films
- Films set in Jilin
- Films about the Korean independence movement
- Action films based on actual events
- South Korean films