Once Upon a Time in the Battlefield
- Original title
- Hwangsanbulaka
- AKA
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- Once Upon a Time in the Battlefield
- Year
- 2003
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
- South Korea
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Park Joong-hoon
- Jeong Jin-yeong
- Oh Ji-myeong
- Kim Sun-a
- Lee Moon-sik
- Ryu Seung-soo
- Lee Won-jong
- Kim Tae-hun
- Kim Yang-hoon
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- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Comedy. War | The 7th Century
- Synopsis
- In the 600's, there were endless disputes between the three separate kingdoms that now make up the modern-day Korean peninsula, Baekche, Koguryo and Shilla. The king of Shilla, Kim Choon-Chu established diplomatic and military ties with the super-power Tang, or as we know it today, China. He ordered his general Kim Yu-Sin to meet with the general of Tang. Tang, the superpower, had the upper hand in the meetings and ordered Kim Yu-Sin to tell his king that the Kingdom of Shilla would have to pay a tribute to Tang no later than July 10th in order to shore up their newfound diplomatic relations. But geographically, in order to bring the tribute to Tang, Shilla had to cross the firmly defended kingdoms of Baekche and Koguryo. Fearing a new alliance between Tang and Shilla, Baekche and Koguryo disallowed Shilla to cross through their kingdoms. This act of defiance was a self-fulfilling prophecy as it angered Tang who sided with Shilla in a war. They decided to attack the weaker, more corrupt of the two other kingdoms, Baekche.
- Awards
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2003: Blue Dragon Film Awards (South Korea): 2 nominations
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