The Battleship Island

군함도 (2017)

Timing: 2:12 (132 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2017-07-26

Country

Korea

Production

CJ Entertainment, Filmmaker R&K, filmK

Genre

Action, History, Drama, War

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$46 183 383

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Director

Ryoo Seung-wan

Actors

Hwang Jung-min, So Ji-sub, Song Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun, Kim Su-an, Lee Kyung-young, In-woo Kim, Kim Joong-hee, Kim Min-jae, Shin Seung-hwan
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Producer

Kang Hye-jung, Cho Sung-min, Park Jung

Operator

Lee Mo-gae

Composer

Artist

Audition

Editing

Kim Sang-bum, Kim Jae-beom
All team (42)

• In one interview, director Ryu Seung-wan joked that he made this film specifically to dramatically cut up the flag of the Imperial Japanese Army (1870–1945) on camera.
• The director's cut of the film has a runtime of 151 minutes.
• The film was criticized by right-wing Japanese media. In particular, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper accused the filmmakers of distorting historical truth.
• The film's characters mention the company they work for several times, but its name is never spoken. In reality, it refers to Mitsubishi Corporation, which owned Hashima Island until 2002.
• The characters and events depicted in the film are fictional, although between 1943 and 1945, Chinese and Korean laborers were indeed brought to Hashima Island for forced labor in underwater coal mines.
• The characters and events depicted in the film are fictional, although between 1943 and 1945, Chinese and Korean people were indeed brought to the island of Hashima for forced labor in underwater coal mines.
• The film was criticized by right-wing Japanese media. In particular, the Sankei Shimbun newspaper accused the creators of distorting historical truth.