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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!

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• 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

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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

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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 […]