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The Battle: Roar to Victory

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The Battle: Roar to Victory
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
봉오동 전투
Hanja
鳳梧洞戰鬪
Literal meaningBattle of Bongo-dong
Revised RomanizationBong-odong jeontu
Directed byWon Shin-yun
Produced byKim Tae-won
Starring
CinematographyKim Young-ho
Production
companies
  • Showbox Corp
  • Big Stone Pictures
  • W-Pictures
Release date
  • August 7, 2019 (2019-08-07)
Running time
134 minutes
Country
  • South Korea
Languages
  • Korean
  • Japanese
  • Chinese
Box officeUS$34.8 million[1]

The Battle: Roar to Victory (Korean봉오동 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

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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

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Supporting

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Reception

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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

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Year Award Category Recipient Result Ref.
2019 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards [ko] 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

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  1. ^ "The Battle: Roar to Victory". KoBiz. Retrieved 11 November 2019.
  2. ^ "봉오동 전투". serieson.naver.com (in Korean). Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  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. ^ "배우 최윤슬, 대한민국문화연예대상 MC 우수상 수상". NBN News Agency (in Korean). 1 December 2019.
  6. ^ [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.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Winners Of The 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards". Soompi. 19 June 2020. Retrieved 10 August 2020.
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