The Admiral: Roaring Currents

  • War
  • Action
  • Drama
  • History
7/30/2014
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12 ships against a fleet of 330.

Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang.

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Revenue:
$138,342,258
Budget:
$9,500,000

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  • Rangan

    At war, it's not all about the manpower, but strategy.

    The highest domestic box office ever as well as internationally as a Korean movie. Based on the naval wars of Japanese invasion of Korea that took place in the last decade of the 1500s. The battle was fought for six long years, but this film focuses only the final one called 'Battle of Myeongnyang' in the year 1597. The famous face from the Korean filmdom, Choi Min-sik can be seen in the title role. For the international market, he was badly needed than the role wanted him. But I don't say that, he was amazing as always, like the character was specially created for him.

    As an important historical subject of the Korea, it was a very carefully made flick. But the product was more ...

    September 2, 2015

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