War of the Arrow
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  • Cast

    Park Hae-il, Ryu Seung-ryong, Moon Chae-won

  • Release Date

    2011

  • Runtime

    122 mins

  • Cert

    12A

Directed by Kim Han-min (Paradise Murdered, Handphone), War of the Arrow is quickly becoming one of the biggest box office hits ever in Korea, passing the 7 million admission mark. Why has this sky-rocketed passed everyone’s expectations? Well that's an easy answer; it’s because it’s that good.

Na-mi (Park Hae-il, The Host) and Ja-in (Moon Chae-won) have grown
up as traitors in the eyes of their country after their father stood up to their
corrupt King, with their father being summarily executed in front of their
eyes. Thirteen years later, and living under the protection of their father’s
ally, Na-mi has turned into an experienced but directionless hunter. He
decides to leave his adoptive family when Ja-in agrees to marry Su-koon
but on their wedding day as Na-mi takes his leave, the Manchurian army
attacks, killing whoever opposes them and enslaving the rest, including
Ja-in. Equipped with this trusty bow, Na-mi tracks the army to free his sister and in doing so sparks the beginning of a rebellion in a broken country.

An action packed and exciting costume epic filled with some excellent
moments of archery which will surely give any Robin Hood film a run for
its money.

Graduating from Yonsei University with a degree in Business Administration, director Kim Han-min went on to receive his masters in film at
Dongkuk University. He directed a short film which won him awards at the
Mise En Scéne Short Film Festival and the Asiana International Short Film
Festival. This paved the way for the director’s debut feature film, Paradise
Murdered
also starring Park Hae-il.