The Battleship Island (2017)

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.

Director:

Seung-wan Ryoo

Writer:

Seung-wan Ryoo

Stars:

Jung-min Hwang, Ji-seob So, Joong-Ki Song

8 wins & 11 nominations.

Cast

Credited cast:
Jung-min Hwang	...	Lee Gang-ok
Ji-seob So	...	Choi Chil-sung (as Ji-sub So)
Joong-Ki Song	...	Park Mu-young (as Joong-ki Song)
Jung-hyun Lee	...	Mallyon
Su-an Kim	...	So-hee (as Soo-an Kim)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Jon Allen	...	Song Jong-Gu (voice)
Tom Bauer	...	Oh Jang-Woo (voice)
Greg Chun	...	Lee Gang-ok (voice)
Kellen Goff
Yang Ji-il
Kyung-Hyun Jo	...	Digging driver 2
In-woo Kim
Kyu-Baek Kim	...	Joseon draftee
Ye-eun Kim	...	'Bright Moon' Gisaeng
Han-sol Kwon	...	Joseon girl

Storyline

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island ("Hashima Island") to mine for coal, attempt to a dramatic escape.

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Plot Keywords:

year 1944 | year 1945 | island | forced labour | mine | 

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Taglines:

1945 Hashima - We called it hell on earth.

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Genres:

Action | Drama | History

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Certificate:

Not Rated

Did You Know?

Trivia

While Hashima Island is a real place and forced labor of Korean and Chinese nationals did take place there, the characters, plot and specific events described in the film are fictional.

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Goofs

00:16:13 - 00:16:50 -> The band members are supposed to cross from Korea to Japan in the dirty, packed hold of a cargo ship. When they emerge from the boat in Shimonoseki, one can see it is a very modern ferry, complete with fully-enclosed, bright orange modern lifeboats, streamlined design, and all-welded hull and superstructure construction, as opposed to ships of the period, which were riveted.

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Quotes

Lee Gang-ok: I'm not going to die. Why are you crying?

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Crazy Credits

The title card is shown first in Japanese and then in Korean.

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Alternate Versions

The director's cut of the film is 150 minutes long in duration while the original theatrical version is about 132 minutes long.

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Soundtracks

The Ecstasy of Gold
Composed by Ennio Morricone

User Reviews

Pretty ok.

I know the movie is emotional and all but it's too long and have so many unnecessary long scenes. A lot of Korean movies suffer from this kind of long cheesy build. They make their movies too dramatic and unnecessarily long and this title is one of them.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Site Vidio [Indonesia]

Country:

South Korea

Language:

Korean Japanese

Release Date:

26 July 2017 (South Korea)

Also Known As:

The Battleship Island

Filming Locations:

Cheongju, South Korea

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$59,344, 30 July 2017

Gross USA:

$1,104,957

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$46,183,383

Company Credits

Production Co:

Filmmaker R&K

Technical Specs

Runtime:

132 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1