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NORYANG: DEADLY SEA Review: Kim Han-Min’s Gallant High-Seas Epic Gets A Brutal, Emotional Close
Noryang: Deadly Sea arrives on Digital, Blu-Ray and DVD on May 14 from Well Go USA. Writer/director Kim Han-min’s affinity for history has paid off greatly over the last decade. He’s reached box office and critical acclaim focused on the exploits of 16th century naval legend, Admiral Yi Sun-shin, with a trilogy of films beginning with 2014’s The Admiral: Roaring Currents. Actor Choi Min-sik starred in the role set near the tail end of the seven year Imjin War. Going forward, Kim would continue with a prequel setting in Hansan: Rising Dragon, starring Park Hae-il in 2022. The presumed finale now arrives in the form of Noryang: Deadly Sea, with none other than Kim Yoon-seok shepherding the finale chapter of Kim’s trilogy. This branch of the historical epic begins with the death of Japanese feudal lord Toyotomi Hideyoshi. The loss is major bookmark in the seven years Japan has spent […]
News Briefs: A24 Tackles MMA Biopic, White Returns In TROUBLE MAN, Kodansha’s ORIGIN Brewing, NORYANG This Friday, And More!
• Following news broken in 2019, Dwayne Johnson will play Mark Kerr, confirming a new biopic based on the no holds barred era of the UFC fighter’s career. The film will be directed by Uncut Gems helmer Benny Safdie who reunites with A24 for the project. (Deadline) • Trouble Man lines up Michael Jai White along with Method Man, Gillian White, Orlando Jones and more for the action comedy from Samuel Goldwyn Films. Featuring fight choreography by Joey Min, White plays an ex-cop-turned-P.I. who unravels a larger conspiracy while investigating a famed R&B singer’s disappearance. (Deadline) • Kodansha and Majestic Limited will bring Origin to the big screen. Korean author Boichi’s hit publication which only recently arrived in the U.S. last month, is a violent futuristic action sci-fi set in Tokyo where mysterious beings known as “Origins” hunt down non-human remorseless killers preying on humans. (Variety) • Ridley Scott will […]
NORYANG: DEADLY SEA Official Trailer Teases Admiral Yi’s Final Battle
Charting the course for a December 20 rollout in South Korea is Lotte Cultureworks with the Korean release of Noryang: Deadly Sea. Actor Kim Yun-seok carries the lead role of admiral Yi Sun-shin for director Kim Han-min’s third and final cinematic expression of the historical figure with a story set in 1598, as Yi readies for his last valiant battle against the Wae army near the end of the seven year Imjin War. The film also stars Baek Yoon-sik, Jung Jae-young and Huh Joon-ho. Well Go USA will release the film stateside in the new year following its rights acquisition from sales agent Acemaker back in May. Catch the official new trailer below!
NORYANG: DEADLY SEA Lands Ashore At Well Go USA
One other piece of news out of Cannes over the weekend came by way of Screendaily with director Kim Han-min’s Noryang: Deadly Sea having been snapped up by Well Go USA among its aquisitions. The film is the third in the director’s Roaring Currents Trilogy telling of Joseon admiral Yi Sun-shin, which began with 2014’s Roaring Currents which starred Choi Min-sik. The film’s box office success persisted a franchise that continued with last year’s Hansan: Rising Dragon with Park Hae-il in the lead. In 1598, the seven-year Imjin War nears an end as Wae invaders prepare to withdraw from Joseon. Admiral Yi Sun-shin leads an allied fleet of Joseon and Ming ships to annihilate the Wae army. Joseon, Ming, and Wae forces clash at Noryang Strait, the deadly sea where Admiral Yi fights his last valiant battle. Baek Yoon-sik, Jung Jae-young and Huh Joon-ho also star for the third and […]
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
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
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
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 […]