Movie
The Great Battle
Overview
Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.
Details
- Release date
- 2018-09-19
- Runtime
- 135 min
- Genres
- War, History, Action
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Soojak Film, Studio & New, Motive Pictures
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Zo In-sung as Ansi Fortress General Yang Man-chun
- Nam Joo-hyuk as Sa-mool, Taehak-do Head
- Park Sung-woong as Li Shimin, Emperor Taizong of Tang
- Bae Sung-woo as Ansi Fortress Aide-de-camp Choo Su-ji
- Um Tae-goo as Horse Commanding General Pa-so
- Kim Seol-hyun as Commanding General Baek Ha
- Park Byung-eun as Returned Government Head Poong
- Oh Dae-hwan as Battle-axes and Halberds Head Hwal-bo
- Jung Eun-chae as Si-mi
- Yu Oh-seong as Yeon Gaesomun
- Jang Kwang as Sobyeoldori
- Sung Dong-il as Woo-dae
Crew
- Kim Kwang-sik - Director
- Park Eun-kyo - Screenplay
- Yoon Pil-joon - Screenplay
- Kim Kwang-sik - Screenplay
- Kim Yoo-jin - Screenplay
- Mo Hong-jin - Story
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