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Win Kim Han-Min’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON On Blu-Ray From Well Go USA!

Subscribers to Well Go USA’s streaming platform, Hi-YAH!, will currently be able to catch director Kim Han-min’s most recent war epic, Hansan: Rising Dragon. As for the folks out there choosing to purchase a disc, you’re in luck as the film’s release on Blu-Ray, DVD and Digital is just around the corner slated for November 15, and we’re giving away a few copies to readers. All you need is to click here and e-mail us your answer the following trivia: How many children did Yi Sun-shin have with his two wives? The contest expires on November 14 – the day before the film’s release – and extends only to residents in the U.S.. Click here to read our review of the film as well! A prequel to The Admiral: Roaring Currents—the most-watched film in Korean cinema history—HANSAN: RISING DRAGON depicts the historical Battle of Hansando. In 1592, Admiral Yi and […]

NYAFF 2022 Review: Kim Han-Min’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON, Epic Period War Strategy Well-Played

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Hansan: Rising Dragon screens on Thursday, July 28 as part of this year’s festivities at the New York Asian Film Festival. The film will release theatrically on July 29 from Well Go USA Entertainment. Setting the stage for future events, Kim Han-min’s Roaring Currents prequel, Hansan: Rising Dragon, brings us to the year 1592, during the Imjin War in which the naval fleets of Admiral Yi Sun-shin (Park Hae-il), and Japan’s Wakizaka (Byun Yo-han), engage in battles of warships and wits near the shores of Korea during the Joseon Dynasty. The latest standstill sees the Japanese army strategizing around Yi’s latest implementation of turtle warships with dragonheads affixed at the bow that can shoot cannons. Wakizaka, slow-brewing his plans of attack, is quietly eager to seize momentum now that he is in the Lord Chancellor’s favor after two successful incursions with Japan’s army, with an eye to pave a way […]

Well Go USA’s HANSAN: RISING DRAGON Emerges With An International Teaser For Its U.S. Release

Lee B. Golden III

If you needed more K-wave for your moviegoing experience this year beyond The Witch: Part 2. The Other One, you needn’t look further than Kim Han-min’s new high-seas epic, Hansan: Rising Dragon. One of several Korean titles to rollout this year from Well Go USA Entertainment, the Planos and Taiwan-based firm is granting the film a same-week release on July 29, with Lotte Cultureworks releasing at home a few days earlier. A prequel to THE ADMIRAL: ROARING CURRENTS—the most-watched film in Korean cinema history—HANSAN: RISING DRAGON depicts the historical Battle of Hansando. In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea. Park Hae-il […]

HANSAN: RISING DRAGON Official Trailer Sets Ashore

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The official trailer is now up for Kim Han-min’s forthcoming prequel, Hansan: Emergence Of Dragon; Hansan: Rising Dragon is the affirmed title for what is expected to roll out from Well Go USA, as one of five Korean titles acquired by the company for North America as of last week’s Deadline report. Lotte Cultureworks is releasing the movie in South Korean theaters on July 27 with a cast led by Park Hae-il (Park Chan-wook’s Best Director-winning Cannes 2022 premiere, Decision To Leave) who takes the reigns in a younger iteration of the role played by Choi Min-sik in Kim’s first film, The Admiral: Roaring Currents. In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin falls into a crisis but rises again with his last secret weapon, the Turtle Ship. The legend of the invincible fleet begins ? Hansan, Emergence of Dragon! The film also stars Byun Yo-han (The Book Of Fish, “Mr. Sunshine”) and Ahn Sung-ki (Arahan, upcoming Cassiopeia), along […]