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The Fortress
Ancient Korea, 17th century. The powerful Khan of the Jurchen tribe of Manchuria, who fights the Ming dinasty to gain China, becomes the first ruler of the Qing dinasty and demands from King In-jo of Joseon to bow before him; but he refuses, being loyal to the Mings. On December 14th, 1636, the Qing horde invades Joseon, so King In-jo and his court shelter in the mountain fortress of Namhan and prepare to defend the kingdom.
2017 · Directed by Hwang Dong-hyuk · 140 min · War · Drama · History · Action · 11 frames
Tagline
The fate of the nation is in their hands
Crew
- Screenplay: Hwang Dong-hyuk
- Cinematography: Kim Ji-yong
- Edited by: Nam Na-young
- Music: Ryuichi Sakamoto
- Production design: Chae Kyoung-sun
- Produced by: Kwon Michelle, Han Heung-seok, Park Ji-sung, Kim Ji-yeon
Cast
- Lee Byung-hun as Choe Myeong-gil
- Kim Yoon-seok as Kim Sang-heon
- Park Hae-il as King In-jo
- Go Soo as Seo Nal-soe
- Park Hee-soon as Lee Si-baek
- Song Young-chang as Kim Ryu
- Jo Woo-jin as Jeong Myeong-su
- David Lee as Chil-bok
- Heo Sung-tae as Yong Gol-dae
- Kim Beop-rae as Khan
Production
- Country: South Korea
- Language: Korean
- Studios: Siren Pictures
- Box office: $28,645,448
- Themes: based on novel or book, based on true story, 17th century, joseon dynasty (1392–1910), qing dynasty, korean history, chinese invasion of korea, mountain fortress
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