The Admiral: Roaring Currents

  • War
  • Action
  • Drama
  • History
7/30/2014
126

12 ships against a fleet of 330

The film mainly follows the famous 1597 Battle of Myeongryang during the Japanese invasion of Korea 1592-1598, where the iconic Joseon admiral Yi Sun-sin managed to destroy a total of 133 Japanese warships with only 13 ships remaining in his command. The battle, which took place in the Myeongryang Strait off the southwest coast of the Korean Peninsula, is considered one of the greatest victories of Yi.

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Revenue:
$112,200,000
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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