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
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
Main
- 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
- 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
- ^ "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.
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