The Battle: Roar to Victory
2019 South Korean-Japanese film From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
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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 |
| Written by | Cheon Jin-woo |
| Produced by | Won Shin-yun Kim Han-min |
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| Cinematography | Kim Young-ho |
| Edited by | Yang Jin-mo |
| Music by | Jang Young-gyu |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
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| Box office | US$34.8 million[1] |
Plot
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
- 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)
- 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
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
| 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 |
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