The Battle: Roar to Victory
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| Hangul | 봉오동 전투 |
| Hanja | 鳳梧洞戰鬪 |
| Literal meaning | Battle of Bongo-dong |
| Revised Romanization | Bong-odong jeontu |
| Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
| Produced by | Kim Tae-won |
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| Cinematography | Kim Young-ho |
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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) is a 2019 South Korean period war drama film, revolving around the Battle of Fengwudong between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in 1920 during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
Plot
[edit]After the March 1st Movement in 1919, the armed struggle of the independence forces became active in the Bongo-dong area. Armed with new weapons, Japan begins an operation to subdue the independence forces, and the independence forces decide to use the topography of Bongo-dong to overcome the unfavorable situation.[2]
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
[edit]Main
[edit]- Yoo Hae-jin as Hwang Hae-cheol (Korean: 황해철, Hwang Hae-cheol)
- Ryu Jun-yeol as Yi Jang-ha (Korean: 이장하, I Jang-ha)
- Jo Woo-jin as Byeong-gu (Korean: 병구, Byeong-gu)
Supporting
[edit]- Kazuki Kitamura as Japanese general Yasukawa Jiro (Japanese: 陸軍大将安川次郎, Rikugun-Taishō Yasukawa Jirō)
- Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Japanese first lieutenant Kusanagi (Japanese: 陸軍中尉草薙, Rikugun-Chūi Kusanagi)
- Kotaro Daigo as Yukio
- Go Min-si as Hwa-ja (Jang-ha's sister)
- Park Ji-hwan as Japanese lieutenant Shigeru Arayoshi (Japanese: 陸軍中尉荒吉茂, Rikugun-Chūi Arayoshi Shigeru)
- Shim So-young as Chinese Shaman
- Sung Yu-bin as Gae Ddong-yi
- Park Hoon as a member of Jang Ha's unit
- Park Hee-soon as captured independence soldier (special appearance)
Reception
[edit]The film had brought a cumulative total of more than 3 million viewers to Korean theaters according to the film's distributor Showbox.[3] It premiered in New York on 16 August 2019.[4]
Awards and nominations
[edit]| 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 | [5] |
| Best Director in a Film | Won Shin-yun | Won | |||
| 2020 | 56th Grand Bell Awards | Best Cinematography | Kim Young-ho | Won | [6] |
| Best Lighting | Hwang Sun-ok | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Technical Award(Special Effects) | Jung Do-ahn | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director | Won Shin-yun | Won | [8] |
| Technical Award | Kim Young-ho | Won |
References
[edit]- ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". KoBiz. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
- ^ "봉오동 전투". serieson.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
- ^ "'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]]. The Chosun Ilbo (in Korean). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
- ^ "Winners Of The 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards". Soompi. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.