Phantom: The Submarine (1999)
"Yuryeong" (original title)

Phantom...Korea's first nuclear submarine. Armed with nuclear weapons and a crew with no record of existence, it embarks on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

Director:

Byung-chun Min

Writers:

Joon-ho Bong, Joon-Hwan Jang

Stars:

Min-su Choi, Woo-sung Jung, Kyung-gu Sol

Cast

Credited cast:
Min-su Choi	...	Captain
Woo-sung Jung	...	Number 431
Kyung-gu Sol	...	Number 432
Byeon-chul Min	...	Number 433
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Eun-pyo Jeong
Jun-suk Kim
Yeong-ho Kim
Bok-ki Min
Byung-ho Son

Storyline

Phantom...Korea's first nuclear submarine. Armed with nuclear weapons and a crew with no record of existence, it embarks on a do-or-die mission into the deep waters of the Pacific.

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Plot Keywords:

megalomaniac

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Genres:

Action | Thriller

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Details

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean

Release Date:

31 July 1999 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

Phantom: The Submarine

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

User Reviews

Good tension, weak plot

The movie is about a crew of anonymous sailors controlling the top secret Korean nuclear submarine known as the Phantom. Our main character became an unwilling crew when the government officially erased him from existence...

The premise of the movie is good, though it would make even a more interesting movie if that idea was exploited more. The war scenes involving the several submarine were rather unrealistic. Why didn't the Japanese submarine use active SONAR to search for remaining but had to endanger itself? I guess it is pretty typical to portray the incompetence of Japanese army in a typical Korean movie.

The acting was good. The tension was good.

One side note. This was probably the 3rd recent Korean movie that portrayed America negatively. I sense the rising Korean patriotism may be fueling this displeasures towards formal colonial master... Life imitates arts, and the changing attitude of Koreans towards America is showing...