The Battle: Roar to Victory (Korean: 봉오동 전투; Hanja: 鳳梧洞戰鬪) is a 2019 Korean-Japanese period action 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 |
Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
Produced by | Kim Tae-won |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
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Box office | US$34.8 million[1] |
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.
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]
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 |