Expect a blaze of period war heroics and spectacle amid high drama as the first footage is arisen from upcoming epic, The Battle: Roar To Victory, opening in August from Showbox. The film joins The Suspect and Memoir Of A Murderer director Won Shin-Yeon with a cast led by Luck-Key and A Taxi Driver actor Yu Hae-Jin, and Ryu Jun-Yeol whose latest corporate thriller, Money, is slated to screen for the New York Asian Film Festival this month.
Based on the Bongo-dong battle in 1920, which remained a great victory within the Korean independence battles..
In 1920, when Korea is under Japanese rule the Korean Independence Army’s Hae-chul (Yu) and his subordinates are carrying out the operation to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai. During the operation Hae-chul is reunited with Jang-ha (Ryu), a young squad commander, whose mission is to defend Samdunja. They unite and trap the Japanese soldiers in Samdunja, soundly defeating them. Now they’re chased by Japanese troops and Hae-chul finds out that Jang-ha’s mission isn’t over yet. A crucial yet dangerous task is still assigned to him.
Also starring is Jo Woo-Jin (Money, Rampant), Kazuki Kitamura (Blade Of The Immortal, Killers), Hiroyuki Ikeuchi (Ip Man, Outrage Coda) and Park Ji-Hwan (Unstoppable, Svaha) among the cast.
