The Battle: Roar to Victory
DirectorWon Shin-yun
ProducerWon Shin-yun
Kim Han-min
WriterCheon Jin-woo
Starring
MusicJang Young-gyu
CinematographyKim Young-ho
EditingYang Jin-mo
Production companies
  • Showbox Corp
  • Big Stone Pictures
  • W-Pictures
ReleasedAugust 7, 2019
Runtime134 minutes
Country
  • South Korea
Language
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
GrossUS$34.8 million[1]
The Battle: Roar to Victory
Hangul^봉오동 전투
Hanja鳳梧洞戰鬪
LkBattle of Bongo-dong

The Battle: Roar to Victory (Korean: 봉오동 전투) 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

After the March First 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

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

YearAwardCategoryRecipientResultRef.
201927th Korean Culture and Entertainment AwardsGrand Prize in a FilmThe Battle: Roar to Victory[5]
Best Director in a FilmWon Shin-yun
202056th Grand Bell AwardsBest CinematographyKim Young-ho[6]
Best LightingHwang Sun-ok[7]
Technical Award (Special Effects)Jung Do-ahn
202025th Chunsa Film Art AwardsBest DirectorWon Shin-yun[8][unreliable source?]
Technical AwardKim Young-ho

References

  1. ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". KoBiz. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "ko:봉오동 전투" (in Korean). serieson.naver.com. Retrieved 2021-06-07.
  3. ^ "'The Battle: Roar to Victory' passes 3 million admissions". The Korea Times. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  4. ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". AMCTheaters.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  5. ^ "ko:배우 최윤슬, 대한민국문화연예대상 MC 우수상 수상" (in Korean). NBN News Agency. 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ "ko: [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)] (in Korean). Herald Corporation. June 3, 2020. Retrieved June 9, 2020. – via Naver
  7. ^ Ha, Soo-jung (January 17, 2020). "ko: 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]] (in Korean). The Chosun Ilbo. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
  8. ^ "Winners Of The 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards". Soompi. 2020-06-19. Retrieved 10 August 2020.