The Admiral: Roaring Currents

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The Admiral: Roaring Currents

2014

2h 9m

Action

Drama

History

War

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In 1597, Korean Adm. Yi leads 12 warships into the Battle of Myeong-Nyang against the formidable Japanese navy.

Martin Tsai

Los Angeles Times

08/15/2014

The sea battles are absolutely epic, more realistic and thrilling than John Woo's 2008 "Red Cliff" or even Peter Weir's 2003 "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."

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Ben Kenigsberg

New York Times

08/14/2014

The film is already a hit in South Korea, but it lacks the character interest that might make it connect elsewhere.

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Jennie Kermode

Eye for Film

11/07/2022

4/5

No expense has been spared when it comes to the naval battle itself, which takes up the whole second half of the film and contains enough twists and turns to grip throughout.

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Andrew Heskins

easternKicks.com

09/24/2020

3/5

Korea's national hero Admiral Yi is brought to life as Choi Min-sik in a big budget but rather one-dimensional spectacle...

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Lewton Bus

02/06/2020

The Admiral: Roaring Currents is a fine example of those qualities in battle, and an excellent view of one of the great naval battles in history that people from every nation can learn from.

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William Schwartz

HanCinema

12/22/2019

While The Admiral: Roaring Currents has the obvious trappings of a patriotic story about Korea's darkest hour, director Kim Han-min wisely decides to instead focus on fear.

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Nov 5

Korea: Admiral Yi - Keep Beating the Drum - Extra History - Part 1 https://youtu.be/3ieaDfD_h6s?si=HfFk1HVFlA0KxIac I would recommend reading the dairy of Admiral Yi during the war to see the spirit of him and others who supported him. Battle-hardened top notch Japanese generals and solders armed with cutting edge western muskets and western battle tactics(simply war machine as shown in Pearl Harbor attack) vs Korean generals and solders enjoying hundreds of years of relative peace thus lacking experience. Admiral Yi and others like him were there in the army worked hard to keep the army top notch even during peace time as shown in turtle ships and superior cannons and rockets and matching battle tactics. It is about their story. One major point shown in the movie is about fear. Japanese army tried to instill fear using brutality(also keeping Japanese solders emotionless.) Admiral Yi tried hard to keep people free of fear. Interesting to note that some Japanese admirals and historians during the WW I and WW II admired Admiral Yi to the level of worshiping him like the god of war.

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Dick C

Mar 30

This motion picture is with an excellent scripts...at the end the couple is martyrs which is the ultimate...

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Jens-Norbert M

06/27/2024

Since Amazone changed Conditions, this Edition is only in original Language to receive, allthough once bought with translation language. I have no use for it anymore, wastet money and corupted contract conditions!

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Korra N

05/13/2024

If you enjoy historical epics or epics in general, watch this film. The Admiral: Roaring Currents is a seafaring war film with some truly breakneck action sequences and great performances, especially Choi Min-Sik.

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Carlos R

11/19/2023

One of the best Korean movies out there. The Battle Scenes is just from another world. Masterpiece.

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08/26/2020

A war movie about the naval battle of Admiral Yi Sun-sin, the god of war. You can see why he can be said to be the strongest in the history of naval warfare by watching this movie. He was an invincible soldier and general who had never been defeated in any war.

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Choi Min-sik

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General Kurushima

Cho Jin-woong

Wakizaka Yasuharu

Kim Myung-kon

Commander Todo

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Synopsis

In 1597, Korean Adm. Yi leads 12 warships into the Battle of Myeong-Nyang against the formidable Japanese navy.

Director: Kim Han-min
Producer: Kim Ju-kyung, Jung Byung-wook
Screenwriter: Kim Han-min, Jeon Cheol-hong
Distributor: CJ Entertainment
Production Co: CJ Entertainment
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
Original Language: Korean
Release Date (Theaters): Aug 8, 2014, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 23, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $2.6M
Runtime: 2h 9m

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