South Korean top actors, Song Joong-ki, So Ji-sub and Hwang Jeong-min, are teaming up for a new historical war based film titled "Battleship Island."
On Jan. 15, CJ Entertainment confirmed that Song, So, and Hwang will star in the upcoming historical film based on the Japanese colonial era, helming by "Veteran" film director Ryu Seung Wan, The Naver TV has learned.
The upcoming historical film tells the story of 400 Korean laborers who tries to escape Hashima Island, commonly called Gunkanjim. The Joseon individuals were persuasively taken to work in the coal mines for the Japanese military during World War II.
The island picked up the epithet of "Battleship Island" due to its shape resembling to a warship. The film is expected to also show how the American forces and Korean independence fighters work together to get them out, as the said Joseon people got famished, tortured and held prisoner with no way to escape a walled-up island amidst the ocean.
Hwang is said to take on the role of Lee Kang-ok, who gets tricked into boarding the battleship due to his naivety that he is going to Japan to save his daughter. Known for his romantic-comedy role in 2015's "Oh My Venus," So will assume the role of a top fighter named Choi Chil Sung, who will stir up a few incidents in the whole Jongno area with his fighting skills. Despite his searing temper and rough exterior, Chil Sung is said to have an innocent heart with a tragic past.
Meanwhile, "Descendants of the Sun" star Song will take on the role of an independent fighter named Park Moo Young, who invades the island in order to rescue a key figure in the independent movement who is held captive there. "Battleship Island" is said to be his big screen comeback project following his discharge from the military on May 26, 2015.
It is the first time that So, Hwang and Song work together in one historical film. The movie will basically highlight the concealed history of Hashima Island and the countless lost lives of Joseon people.
"Battleship Island" will start filming this June and will open in cinemas in early 2017, HanCinema reported.
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