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The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Korean: 명량; Hanja: 鳴梁; RR: Myeongryang), or simply The Admiral, is a 2014 South Korean epic action–war film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min. Based on the historical Battle of Myeongnyang, it stars an ensemble cast led by Choi Min-sik as the Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on July 30, 2014.
The film recorded 10 million admissions only 12 days after its premiere and set a record for achieving such a high number of viewers in the shortest amount of time. The movie also surpassed Avatar’s record of 13 million viewers to become the most-watched and highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea, until it was surpassed by Parasite (2019), with 17.6 million admissions and a worldwide gross of US$138.3 million.
Cast
- Choi Min-sik as Yi Sun-sin
- Ryu Seung-ryong as Kurushima Michifusa
- Cho Jin-woong as Wakisaka Yasuharu
- Kim Myung-gon as Tōdō Takatora
- Jin Goo as Lim Jun-young, Yi Sun-sin’s scout
- Lee Jung-hyun as Mrs. Jeong, Lim’s wife
- Kwon Yul as Yi Hoe, Yi Sun-sin’s son
- No Min-woo as Haru
- Kim Tae-hoon as Kim Jung-geol
- Lee Seung-joon as Captain Ahn
- Ryohei Otani as Junsa, a Japanese defector and spy for Yi Sun-sin
- Park Bo-gum as Bae Su-bong
- Kim Won-hae as Bae Seol
- Kim Kang-il as Katō Yoshiaki
- Lee Hae-yeong as Captain Song
- Jang Jun-nyeong as Lieutenant Nah
- Moon Yeong-dong as Kim Dol-son
- Yoo Soon-woong as Elder Kim
- Kim Gil-dong as Captain Hwang
- Choi Deok-moon as Captain Song
- Park No-sik as Captain Kim
- Kim Hyeon-tae as Ok-hyeong
- Kang Tae-young as Kimura
- Kim Gu-taek as Bae Hong-suk
- Joo Seok-tae as Katsura
- Jo Bok-rae as Oh Sang-goo
- Go Kyung-pyo as Oh Duk-yi
- Nam Kyung-eup as Kwon Yul