Movie
The Battleship Island
Overview
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
Details
- Release date
- 2017-07-26
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Drama, War
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Filmmaker R&K, CJ Entertainment, filmK
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Hwang Jung-min as Lee Kang-ok
- So Ji-sub as Choi Chil-sung
- Song Joong-ki as Park Moo-young
- Lee Jung-hyun as Oh Mal-nyeon
- Kim Su-an as Lee So-hee
- Kim Min-jae as Song Jong-goo
- Kim Joong-hee as Yamada
- Kim In-woo as Shimazaki Daisuke
- Shin Seung-hwan as Ko Choong-ho
- Lee Kyung-young as Yoon Hak-cheol
- Baek Seung-chul as Newlywed Groom
- Yoon Kyung-ho as Dauber
Crew
- Ryoo Seung-wan - Director
- Ryoo Seung-wan - Screenplay
- Shin Kyung-il - Screenplay
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