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'The Battle: Roar to Victory' is a 2019 Korean-Japanese period action film, revolving around the Battle of Fengwudong between Korean independence militias and Japanese forces in 1920 during the Japanese occupation of Korea.

Plot



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.

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.

Cast



Main

*Yoo Hae-jin as Hwang Hae-cheol

*Ryu Jun-yeol as Yi Jang-ha

*Jo Woo-jin as Byeong-gu

Supporting

*Kazuki Kitamura as Japanese general Yasukawa Jiro (Japanese: , 'Rikugun-Taish Yasukawa Jir')

*Hiroyuki Ikeuchi as Japanese first lieutenant Kusanagi (Japanese: , 'Rikugun-Chi Kusanagi')

* Daigo Kotar as Yukio

*Go Min-si as Hwa-ja (Jang-ha's sister)

*Park Ji-hwan as Japanese lieutenant Shigeru Arayoshi (Japanese: , 'Rikugun-Chi Arayoshi Shigeru')

* Sung Yu-bin as Gae Ddong-yi

* Park Hoon as a member of Jang Ha's unit

* Park Hee-soon as captured independence soldier (special appearance)

Reception



The film had brought a cumulative total of more than 3 million viewers to Korean theaters according to the film's distributor Showbox. It premiered in New York on 16 August 2019.

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References




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