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• Movie: Battle of Yeonpyeong (literal title)
• Revised romanization:Yeonpyeong Haejeon
• Hangul: 연평해전
• Director: Kim Hak-Soon
• Writer:
• Producer:
• Cinematographer:
• Release Date: First Half, 2015
• Runtime:
• Distributor: Next Entertainment World
• Language: Korean
• Country: South Korea

  Plot

  Movie follows the courageous young soldiers who fought for their country.

  Notes

• Based on the true incident "Second Battle of Yeonpyeong" that occurred on June 29, 2002 between a North Korean patrol boat that crossed into South Korean waters and launched a surprise attack on a South Korean patrol boat named Chamsuri 357. The incident took place on the eve of the final 2002 World Cup, killing six seamen aboard the Chamsuri 357, wounding 18 others, and destroying the patrol boat.
• Filming began July 28, 2014.

Cast

• Kim Moo-Yul - Captain Yoon Young-Ha
• Jin Goo - Staff Sergeant Han Sang-Kook
• Lee Hyun-Woo - Medic Park Dong-Hyeok
• Lee Wan - Major Lee Hee-Wan
• Lee Min-Ho - Corporal Kwon Ki-Hyeong
• Lee Chung-Ah - Captain Choi
• Chun Min-Hee - Ji-Sun (Han Sang-Kook’s wife)

Battle of Yeonpyeong roars back with a new castby awcoconuts | July 11, 2014 | 8 Comments

Sidelined after shake-ups in both investors and distributors, the film Battle of Yeonpyeong is back with a modified script and an all-new cast. Less than a week after his discharge from the army, Kim Mu-yeol (Eungyo, Bow: The Ultimate Weapon) has signed on for the role of naval hero Lieutenant Commander Yoon Young-ha, replacing Jung Seok-won, who’d been cast (and who’d done some preliminary filming) before production on the movie faltered due to the swapping of its backers.

Lee Wan to come back with "NLL - Battle of Yeonpyeong"

Lee Wan is coming back with a movie.

According to several sources, Lee Wan is starring in the movie "NLL - Battle of Yeonpyeong". He seems to be excited about it.

"NLL - Battle of Yeonpyeong" is based on the true story of a battle that occurred in 2002 and tells the story of courageous Korean soldiers.

Director Kim Hak-soon is in the lead and looking forward to releasing the movie in early next year. The cast is currently made up of Kim Moo-yeol, Jin Goo, Lee Hyeon-woo, Han Seong-yong and more. Lee Hwan takes on the role of Lee Hee-wan of fleet 357.

Lee Wan, widely known as Kim Tae-hee's brother, debuted in 2003 with "Stairway to Heaven" and starred in "Taste Sweet Love", "Let's Go To The Beach", "Trees in Heaven" and more.

Lee Wan joined National Service on the 12th of July, 2010, and was discharged on the 23rd of April in 2012.

Source : biz.heraldcorp.com/vi...

Lee Min Ho will also join the cast of Battle of YeonPyeong

source: Osen, StarFNnews

Kim Dong hee also joins the cast!

source: http://sports.hankooki.com/lpage/entv/201407/sp20140725143554136680.htm

the casting was finalized Lee Chung Ah and Chun Min Hee joins the cast though i don't know what role will they be playing for..
http://xportsnews.hankyung.com/?ac=article_view&entry_id=477596

Lee Chung-ah, Chun Min-hee join Battle of Yeonpyeongby awcoconuts | July 29, 2014 | 2 Comments

While we already knew Kim Mu-yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun-woo had scored parts in theBattle of Yeonpyeong, the female cast members have finally been revealed: Lee Chung-ah (Wonderful Mama, Flower Boy Ramyun Shop) will play the lone female naval officer, while relative newcomer Chun Min-hee will portray the wife of Jin Gu’s character.

Kim Moo Yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun Woo send a Korean Thanksgiving celebration message
Kim Moo Yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun Woo sent a Korean Thanksgiving celebration message to their fans.

Kim Moo Yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun Woo are shooting movie 'Battle of Yeonpyeong' at Jin Hae, Southern Gyeongnam Province, and they sent a Korean Thanksgiving celebration message to their fans.

'Battle of Yeonpyeong' is a movie that is based on the 1st Battle of Yeonpyeong, which took place in 2002, and it is being talked about as one of the most anticipated films.

Kim Moo Yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun Woo said, "Korean Thanksgiving is coming up, and we hope that everyone would have happy and safe holidays."

They also said, "Merry thanksgiving," and Lee Hyun Woo urged the two other guys to speak much cuter.

The three guys also gave a brief introduction of the movie, and their roles. Kim Moo Yeol, who is playing as Yoon Young Ha, said, "Yoon Young Ha is a stubborn and strict person, but he has a deep love and care for everyone inside his heart." Jin Gu said, "He is a very gentle, caring, and warm-hearted person."

Lee Hyun Woo, who is playing as Park Dong Hyuk, said, "He looks vulnerable, but he is a very strong man with deep thoughts."

Meanwhile, 'Battle of Yeonpyeong' is going to be officially released in early 2015.
/Reporting by Lee Mi-Ji en@starnnews.com

@maea18,  Thanks for starting this thread this drama may be promising..  

Kim Moo Yeol, Jin Gu, and Lee Hyun Woo of Battle of Yeonpyeong (2015 movie) - Greeting Videohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqfLZrSL3WM&list=UUIY0B3iR_x7F3BxqeTFp9twcredit thirtytoes | YT

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Make up room for the cast

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Taken Selca on the Battle of Yeonpeong
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Source: BreakNews

May 25, 2015

New posters and stills for the Korean movie 'NLL - Battle of Yeonpyeong'

Source: Hancinema.net

May 25, 2015

New posters and stills for the Korean movie 'NLL - Battle of Yeonpyeong'

Source: Hancinema.net​

June 3, 2015

Film depicts valor of S. Korean sailors in inter-Korean clash

By Oh Seok-min

SEOUL, June 3 (Yonhap) -- The forgotten sacrifices made by young South Korean sailors during a bloody naval clash with North Korea 13 years ago will be portrayed on the silver screen in a new film funded partly by citizens.

The movie titled "Battle of Yeonpyeong," to be released next week, is based on the naval skirmish between the two Koreas on June 29, 2002, in waters off the South Korean border island of Yeonpyeong in the Yellow Sea.

Six sailors were killed and 18 others were injured after a fierce exchange of fire, which was sparked when two North Korean patrol boats infiltrated the maritime border.

The occasion, which is known to also have caused some 30 casualties in the North, is called the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong, with the first battle taking place in 1999.

"I've wanted to depict the ironic situation where the young sailors, who are someone's beloved sons, fathers, and friends, were killed on one side, while others were overwhelmed by the 2002 World Cup," Kim Hak-soon, director of the film, said Wednesday ahead of a press preview.

The second Yeonpyeong battle is often called "a forgotten conflict" here, as the tragedy was overshadowed by the unprecedented nationwide fervent festive mood over the sporting event. On the day of the skirmish, South Korea played against Turkey but failed to take third place at the World Cup.

After seven years of twists and turns since filming first began, the movie is to be released next week. Due to difficulties in securing funding by private entities and the Navy, the producer fund-raised some 2 billion won (US$1.79 million), some 25 percent of the total production cost, from about 7,000 citizens.

"I hope that this film gives audiences a chance to think of the stark reality of where we live now," he said. "I tried to re-enact what happened to the sailors as it was."

Thirteen years on, tension still runs high along the western inter-Korean sea border.

North Korea has launched provocative actions near the Northern Limit Line, the de facto inter-Korean maritime border, demanding that the border be drawn further south as the current one was decided by U.S.-led U.N. forces at the end of the 1950-53 Korean War.

In November 2009, another skirmish between the navies of the two Koreas took place off South Korea's western border island of Daecheong. A North Korean patrol boat was seriously damaged and a handful of sailors were wounded or killed, while the South Korean Navy sustained no casualties. The following year, Pyongyang launched an artillery attack against Yeonpyeong Island, killing two marines and two civilians and wounding more than a dozen others.

June 5, 2015

‘Yeonpyeong’ resurrects overshadowed part of history

BY JIN EUN-SOO [jin.eunsoo@joongang.co.kr] INSIDE Korea JoongAng Daily

Stills from Kim Hak-soon’s upcoming film “Northern Limit Line,” which is based on the deadly Second Battle of Yeonpyeong between North and South Korea in 2002. [JoongAng Ilbo]

For Koreans, 2002 is an unforgettable year.

Many people still remember the festive mood that swept the country when the national football team advanced into the semifinals of the World Cup, jointly held in the squad’s home nation and in Japan. 

Thousands of people went out onto the streets, hoping for another victorious moment.

But there are some who remember that year differently, particularly the family members and close acquaintances of those who lost their lives in the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong. 

The fighting broke out on June 29, the day of the Korean football team’s third-place playoff game with Turkey. 

That morning, a North Korean guard ship raided one of the South’s high-speed boats on the western coast of the peninsula near the Northern Limit Line, the de facto maritime sea border between the two nations. 

The battle was recorded as a South Korean victory, but the deadly fight continued for 30 minutes and six of Seoul’s naval staff died while 18 were seriously injured. The Chamsuri 357 boat sank deep under the sea. 

Thirteen years since the tragic incident, the Second Battle of Yeonpyeong has been resurrected in the upcoming movie “Northern Limit Line,” written and directed by Kim Hak-soon. 

The film finally opened after seven years after stumbling with obtaining investment and a distributor. As a last resort, the film turned to crowdfunding, amassing a third of the production fees (2 billion won, or $1.8 million) from an unprecedented 7,000 people.

“I didn’t expect the production fees to get this big. I was just determined to make this incident into a movie, feeling empathy for the bereaved family,” director Kim said during a press event at Wangsimni CGV, eastern Seoul, on Monday. 

“When I ran out of money, I didn’t have any solution but to appeal to the public, explaining clearly what kind of movie I wanted to make.” 

The film realistically portrayed the intense and brutal naval battle on screen, for which the director said he meticulously calculated every second of to reproduce the soldiers’ movements as precisely as possible.

Director Kim talks about his latest movie during a press conference at Wangsimni CGV, eastern Seoul, on Monday. [NEWSIS]

But another vital focus of the movie was the human drama element.

Centering on three fallen soldiers - Captain Yoon Young-ha (Kim Moo-yeol), Sergeant Han Sang-gook (Jin Goo) and Corporal Park Dong-hyuk (Lee Hyun-woo) - the film spends more than half of its 130-minute running time showing the convivial everyday life they experience while in the navy, as well as each of their loving families back at home. 

Most parts of the film concerning the personal lives of the soldiers is “fiction,” according to Park, but he said he met with the bereaved families several times during the production process for discussions.

But at the same time, the emphasis on emotion has led to some criticism that the film exaggerates patriotism.

Also, a scene with a news report about then-incumbent President Kim Dae-jung visiting Japan for the World Cup closing ceremony during the funeral was especially considered to contain obvious political intentions.

“I wasn’t going for a political approach,” the director told the JoongAng Ilbo, a Korea JoongAng Daily affiliate. 

“I just wanted to depict an ironic situation where one part of the country is celebrating a festival while the other part is dying,” he said, adding that it was not an ideological approach but a humanitarian one.

The film opens in theaters nationwide on Wednesday.