Battlefield Heroes (film)

Battlefield Heroes Hangul RRPyeongyangseong is a 2011 South Korean war comedy film directed by Lee Joonik. The film is a sequel to the 2003 film Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield and stars Jung Jinyoung, Lee Moonsik and Ryu Seungryong. The film is set in 668 and chronicles the war between the southern Korean state of Shilla against the larger northern Korean state of Goguryeo. The films box office returns were lower than expected in South Korea, which prompted Lee Joonik to announce his retirement shortly after the films release. The film has been shown at the New York Asian Film Festival and Fantasia Festival.

The Goguryeo soldiers defending the castle succeed in fighting off the Allied Armys first assault by catapulting honey and bees onto the Shilla soldiers. Meanwhile, the Shilla grand general Kim Yushin Jung Jinyoung holds back sending his main force to join the advance Allied Army, preferring to deal directly with Yeon Gaesomuns sons than the Chinese. Yeon Namsaeng is expelled from the castle by his elder brother. The Chinese commander Yi launches a fullscale attack on the castle but is beaten back by the Goguryeo secret weapon. An allied soldier, Thingamajig Lee Moonsik from Baekje, is captured. Thingamajig, who has suffered under Chinese rule, broadcasts a demoralizing message to the Allied Army. Thingamajig is rewarded by being allowed to marry the brave Goguryeo female warrior, Gapsun Sunwoo Sun, against her will.Battlefield Heroes is a sequel to Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield set eight years after the first film. The film was inspired by the political situation in Korea in 1995. Lee Joonik stated he wanted that both Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield and Battlefield Heroes show how influenced Korea was by the countries around it specifically China, Japan and the United States which caused a lot of internal conflicts within Korea. ........

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