Lastly, I appreciated the movie’s focus on the emotion of fear, and turning fear into courage. One thing that I am wondering is how accurate the representation of the period is in this movie, in particular the clothing, weaponry, and ships? I also think that in general, students would be interested in the story line and history of the underdog. Admiral Yi Sun-sin faces a tough challenge when he is forced to defend his nation with just 13 battleships against 300 Japanese enemy ships in the Battle of Myeongryang. With Choi Min-sik, Seung-ryong Ryu, Cho Jin-woong, Kim Myung-gon. Students would be really engaged in the action, and it would be fun to look at the communication strategies and tactics of war during this time period. The Admiral: Roaring Currents: Directed by Han-min Kim. But once I got the characters straight, it was easy to follow.Īlthough I would not show the entire film, because my students would really struggle to follow the subtitles, the fighting scenes were great! It almost felt like I was watching Pirates of the Caribbean. At first, I wasn’t really sure who was who, therefore I had to look up the description again just to verify my understanding of the film- it would help to have more periodization information on warrior outfits. It is subtitled, therefore it requires close attention to understand the story line.
This movie was a great action film, and had awesome acting with the classic, dramatic hooks and music. Historical underdog Interesting Foriegn Film Pretty good Roaring Currents Better Battle Scenes than 300 History meets cinema Breathtaking Naval Battle. in Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, Atlanta, Portland and other select cities.The movie that I chose to watch was The Admiral: Roaring Currents (via Netflix). The film is currently playing on 14 screens in the U.S. This deserves to be in the Hall of Fame if there is that thing in Korean films. List of the best movies like The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014): Battle of the Bulge, Alexander Nevsky, Warriors of the Rainbow: Seediq Bale - Part 1: The.
The Admiral follows the top naval officer Yi Sun-shin, who won the battle against the Japanese fleet of 330 ships with only 12 of his own. The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Korean: Hanja: RR: Myeongryang), or simply The Admiral, is a 2014 South Korean epic action-war film directed and. My tears just dont stop flowing in the duration of watching this movie. was filmmaker Bong Joon-ho’s The Host, which debuted in 2006 via Magnolia in 116 screens and tapped out at $2.2M. Previously, the highest-grossing Korean-language film in the U.S. Profile Movie: Roaring Currents (English title) / Battle of Myeongryang, Whirlwind Sea (literal title) Revised romanization: Myeongryang - Huiori Bada Hangul: - Director: Kim Han-Min Writer: Jun Chul-Hong, Kim Han-Min Producer: Kim Han-Min Cinematographer: Release Date: JRuntime: 128 min. To date, the period actioner has grossed $2.5M stateside after five weeks of release. This comes after it whipped up 17M admissions to become the most-watched film of all time in South Korea, where it broke numerous box office records. I got interested in this movie because of the naval battle involved. After taking South Korea by storm, The Admiral: Roaring Currents - the story about the real-life battle of Myeong-Nyang in 1597 when the Japanese invaded Korea - has broken an eight-year record to become the highest-grossing Korean-language film ever in North America. The Admiral: Roaring Currents - Movie Review.