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Plot summary
A historical film about the siege of Ansi Fortress and the epic eighty-eight day battle that Yang Man-chun and his Goguryeo troops fought against 500,000 invading Tang dynasty men to defend it.
645 AD. Emperor Taizong invades Goguryeo with his massive Tang army. His initial target is the fortress at Ansi. After defeating a major attack by the Goguryeon army he besieges Ansi. The odds are massively stacked in Taizong's favour: opposing his 200,000-strong army is a mere 5,000 force at Ansi. It is lead by Yang Manchun, a man regarded as a traitor by the Goguryeon leader.
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Did you know?!Facts and trivia about The Great Battle (2018)
Can contain spoilers, watch the movie first.
- Director Kim Kwang-sik had to read at least 100 publications in Japan and China to research the 645 CE siege of Ansi Fortress, because sources about the battle in Korea were very limited.
- The production built a replica of the Ansi Fortress as a filming set; it measured 11 m high and 180 m long.
- Most Korean historical films and dramas cast older actors as generals, but Kim Kwang-sik chose relatively young actors, thinking they could realistically fight in the battle scenes.
- Kim Kwang-sik used special equipment, including a 4K camera, a Phantom camera and a robotic arm, to capture the fighting scenes in slow motion.
