The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)

Original title

명량

Directed by

Kim Han-min

Genre

action film, war film, historical play

Country

South Korea

Runtime

2h 08m

Rated

MA15+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 327 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

During the Japanese invasion of Korea in the 16th century, Admiral Yi Sun-sin leads a small fleet of Korean ships against a massive Japanese armada in a narrow strait. The movie follows his strategic genius and the desperate battle to defend his homeland.

epicintensepatrioticsuspensefulvisceralinspiringsombergrand-scale

What happens

The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Korean: 명량), or simply The Admiral, is a 2014 South Korean epic historical action-war film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min. Based on the historical Battle of Myeongryang, it stars an ensemble cast led by Choi Min-sik as the Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on July 30, 2014. The film recorded 10 million admissions only 12 days after its premiere and set a record in South Korea for achieving such a high number of viewers in the shortest amount of time. The movie also surpassed Avatar's record of 13 million viewers to become the most-watched and highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea with 17.6 million admissions and a worldwide gross of US$138.3 million. A prequel, Hansan: Rising Dragon, was released in 2022 and a sequel, Noryang: Deadly Sea, was released in 2023. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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