The Battleship Island

Jul 26, 2017

2h 12m

★ 7.1

1945 Hashima. We called it hell on earth.

Overview

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

Genres

Action

History

Drama

War

Production Companies

Filmmaker R&K

CJ Entertainment

filmK

The Battleship Island Trailers

Cast

Lee Kang-ok

Hwang Jung-min

Choi Chil-sung

So Ji-sub

Park Moo-young

Song Joong-ki

Oh Mal-nyeon

Lee Jung-hyun

Lee So-hee

Kim Su-an

Song Jong-goo

Kim Min-jae

Yamada

Kim Joong-hee

Shimazaki Daisuke

Kim In-woo

Ko Choong-ho

Shin Seung-hwan

Yoon Hak-cheol

Lee Kyung-young

Newlywed Groom

Baek Seung-chul

Dauber

Yoon Kyung-ho

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