A comedic impression of the Korean civil war by maestro Lee Joon-ik that changed Korean historical film.
| Director | Lee Jun-ik |
|---|---|
| Cast | Park Joong-hoon, Jung Jin-young, Lee Moon-sik |
| Country | Korea |
| Year | 2003 |
| Time | 101min |
| Language | Korean |
| Subtitles | Japanese |
| Distribution | Twin |
The Silla army siding with Tang, gathers 50,000 soldiers under general Kim Yoo-sin to break out in fights and games of human chess against arch-enemy general Kyebaek and his army of 5,000 Baekje soldiers - surprisingly holding out to a tough 4-4 game. The first historical film by maestro Lee Joon-ik that completely changed the image of historical films. He has succeeded in crystallising the war of the Korean peninsula into a drama by portraying it with a comedic taste and animating the complex relations. He breaks the box office records in his next film "King and the Clown".
Hosted by: Kyoto HISTORICA International Film Festival Committee
[Kyoto Prefectural Government, The Museum of Kyoto, Toei Company, Ltd, Kyoto Movie Studios, Shochiku Studio Co., Ltd., Toei Kyoto Studio Co., Ltd., Iwamoto Metal Co., Ltd., Directors Univ,inc., Ritsumeikan University]
Co-hosted by: KYOTO CMEX Executive Committee
Sponsors: TESPAC Co., Ltd./Mitsui Garden Hotel Kyoto Shijo/TSUKUMO
With the Association of: Kyoto Crossmedia Promotion Agency/Venice Film Festival/Istituto Italiano di Cultura - Osaka/The Japan Foundation Kyoto Office/National Film Archive of Japan/Kyoto V-REX Executive Committee/Demachi za/TOYOSU CO.,LTD.
Presented Under the Auspices of: Motion Picture Producers Association of Japan, Inc./Foreign Film Importer-Distributors Association of Japan/Motion Picture and Television Engineering Society of Japan Inc.
Supported by: Japan Arts Council
