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| Hangul | 봉오동 전투 |
| Hanja | 鳳梧洞戰鬪 |
| Literal meaning | Battle of Bongo-dong |
| Revised Romanization | Bong-odong jeontu |
| Directed by | Won Shin-yun |
| Produced by | Kim Tae-won |
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Running time | 134 minutes |
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| Box office | US$34.8 million[1] |
The Battle: Roar to Victory (Korean: 봉오동 전투; Hanja: 鳳梧洞戰鬪) is a 2019 South Korean period war drama film, revolving around the Battle of Fengwudong between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in 1920 during the Japanese occupation of Korea.
After the March 1st Movement in 1919, the armed struggle of the independence forces became active in the Bongo-dong area. Armed with new weapons, Japan begins an operation to subdue the independence forces, and the independence forces decide to use the topography of Bongo-dong to overcome the unfavorable situation.[2]
In 1920, when Korea was under Japanese rule, the Korean independence forces’ sword-wielding Hwang Hae-cheol (Yoo Hae-jin) and his subordinates such as sniper Byeong-gu (Jo Woo-jin) carried out the operation to deliver funds to the Korean Provisional Government in Shanghai. During the operation Hwang Hae-chul is reunited with Jang-ha (Ryu Jun-yeol), a young squad commander, who has a suicide mission to bait the Japanese forces led by a general (Kazuki Kitamura) and first lieutenant (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) into Bongo-dong.
The film had brought a cumulative total of more than 3 million viewers to Korean theaters according to the film's distributor Showbox.[3] It premiered in New York on 16 August 2019.[4]
| Year | Award | Category | Recipient | Result | Ref. |
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| 2019 | 27th Korean Culture and Entertainment Awards [ko] | Grand Prize in a Film | The Battle: Roar to Victory | Won | [5] |
| Best Director in a Film | Won Shin-yun | Won | |||
| 2020 | 56th Grand Bell Awards | Best Cinematography | Kim Young-ho | Won | [6] |
| Best Lighting | Hwang Sun-ok | Nominated | [7] | ||
| Technical Award(Special Effects) | Jung Do-ahn | Nominated | |||
| 2020 | 25th Chunsa Film Art Awards | Best Director | Won Shin-yun | Won | [8] |
| Technical Award | Kim Young-ho | Won |
