action / drama
The Battleship Island
It’s 1945, during the Japanese occupation.
Kang Ok (Hwang Jung-min), the orchestra director of the Gyeongseong Bando Hotel, and his only daughter So-Hee (Kim Su-an).
Chilsung (SoJi-sub), a fist that wrinkles the Jongro neighborhood, and Malnyeon (Lee Jung-hyun), who has suffered all kinds of hardships under Japanese rule.
The Koreans, each with a different story, are fooled by the promise of making money in Japan and head to Gunkhamdo.
However, the ship they boarded arrived at Gunkhamdo, a “hell island” where Koreans were forcibly recruited and exploited as laborers.
Korean soldiers, forced to work 1,000 meters below the ocean floor, in barracks without knowing English.
on a warship with the daily risk of gas explosions.
Kang-ok does whatever it takes to protect her daughter So-hee from the Japanese officials,
Chil-sung and Mal-hyeon endure their painful days in their own ways.
Meanwhile, as the war draws to a close, OSS agent Moo-young (Song Joong-ki), a member of the Liberation Army, is assigned to rescue a key figure in the independence movement.
is ordered to infiltrate a warship to rescue a key figure in the independence movement.
As American bombing raids begin across Japan and Japan’s defeat deepens,
the Japanese imprison the Koreans in a shaft and blow it up to cover up all the atrocities committed against the Koreans on Gunkanjima.
When Moo-young realizes this, he decides to escape Gunkanjima with Kang-ok, Chil-sung, Mal-ha, and all the Koreans…!
The escape of the Hell Island warship and the Koreans begins!
YEAR:
2017. 07. 26.
Running Time:
132 minutes
DIRECTOR:
Ryoo Seung-wan
WRITERS:
Ryoo Seung-wan, Shin Kyung-il
Starring:
Hwang Jung-min(Lee Kang-ok), SoJi-sub(Choi Chil-sung), Song Joong-ki(Park Moo-young), Lee Jung-hyun(Oh Mal-nyeon), Kim Su-an(Lee So-hee) …
Rating:
PG-13
awards:
- 50th Sitges International Fantastic Film Festival 2017 : Official Fantastic In-Competition Orbita Best Motion Picture
- 2017 The 26th Buil Film Awards : Art Award (Lee Hwo-kyoung)
- 2017 The 26th Buil Film Awards : Best Supporting Actress (Kim Su-an)
- 2017 The 1st The Seoul Awards : Special Actor Award (Kim Su-an)
- 2017 The 1st The Seoul Awards: Best Supporting Actress in a Movie (Lee Jung-hyun)
- 2017 The 37th Korean Film Critics Association Awards: Technical Award (Lee Hwo-kyoung)
- 2017 38th Cheongryong Film Awards : Art Award (Lee Hwo-kyoung)
- 2017 38th Cheongryong Film Awards: Cheongwon Popular Star Award (Kim Su-an)
- 2017 The 4th Korean Film Producers Association Award : Fine Arts Award (Lee Hwo-kyoung)
- 2017 The 4th Korean Film Producers Association Award: Music (Bang Jun-seok)
- 2018 20th Udine Far East Film Festival : Audience Award (Ryoo Seung-wan)
