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Audio Format: DD 5.1 Surround Video Format: Widescreen 1.85:1 (Anamorphic) Languages: Korean, Thai Subtitles: English, Thai Region Code: ALL Year Made: 2003 Running Time: 101
 
There was much consideration involved in how to depict something of such a serious nature and importance to Korean history and make it fun for the silver screen audience. There are many historical dramas on TV but by comparison few movies have been made on the subject. Once upon a time in a battlefield?? looks back at a very serious time in Korean history but interprets those events for the audience in a more casual and fun, although very realistic and true-to-detail way.
Once upon a time in a battlefield?? makes use of laughter, not the dry facts of history books, to portray history. We firmly believe that the best method of dealing with a serious theme is through the fun of satire. One of the ways Once upon a time in a battlefield?? effectively inserts humor into the serious situations in this film is through the use different dialects. Every nation produces comedy through the observance of colloquialisms, intonations and inflexions of the different dialects of that country. For Koreans, the assumption alone that the Baekche and Shilla dynasties might have spoken very different dialects is enough to challenge our ideas of history, which have been related to us through our standard dialect. Once upon a time.. 's use of humor is a non-intrusive way to make us question the truth of our history.
 Once upon a time in a battlefield?? is very distinct from other Korean comedy films in its scale and size. A completely new set, costing nearly $1,000,000, was built exclusively for the filming of Once upon a time in a battlefield??. This sets Once upon a time in a battlefield?? apart from most other films, which make use of existing sets. There have only been a few other movies of this scale in Korean film making history, putting Once upon a time in a battlefield?? in the same class of films as J.S.A.
The climax of this film is the battle scene. This scene alone used 2000 extras and actors and was shot over a period of ten days. The filming of this scene was so grueling that less than 10% of the actors worked back-to-back days. Most of the actors who work as extras in Korea were employed for this scene one way or another. In order to make mud for the final battle, 300 tons of mud 30 tons of water were used and an additional 20 tons of water was used for rain. This scene alone cost more than $500,000.
This set is located on the Official Site for the Cultural Revival of Baekche. The area of the set covers over 17 acres and contains 45 battle tents and several wooden barricades 6 to 15 meters high and 180 meters long.
Among the many candidate sites for the Hwangsanbul set, Buyeo was selected because of its geographical features which resembled the original Hwangsanbul site that today is not suitable for filming. It has the mountains, which stood as a natural defense against the advancing Shilla army and nearby is the famous cliff where, according to legend, 3000 palace girls committed suicide by jumping after the king of Baekche surrendered.
The area was farmland that had brick paths meandering through it, so there was a great amount of preparatory work to be done before the constructing of the set could actually begin. 50 landscapers worked for several weeks clearing the area and making a drainage system that would serve to divert the monsoon rains from the area.
1. Production Cost: 800,000 U.S. dollars
2. Period: 3 months, March to May 2003
3. Materials: 20,000 trees were planted, including pines, bamboo, and even imported trees from Australia
Baekche vs. Shilla, Kye-Baek vs. Kim Yu-Sin, 5,000 vs. 50,000
It's a stacked match from the start, however, not an easy victory for Shilla
In the 600??s, there were endless disputes between the three separate kingdoms that now make up the modern-day Korean peninsula, Baekche, Koguryo and Shilla. The king of Shilla, Kim Choon-Chu established diplomatic and military ties with the super-power Tang, or as we know it today, China. He ordered his general Kim Yu-Sin to meet with the general of Tang. Tang, the superpower, had the upper hand in the meetings and ordered Kim Yu-Sin to tell his king that the Kingdom of Shilla would have to pay a tribute to Tang no later than July 10th in order to shore up their newfound diplomatic relations. But geographically, in order to bring the tribute to Tang, Shilla had to cross the firmly defended kingdoms of Baekche and Koguryo. Fearing a new alliance between Tang and Shilla, Baekche and Koguryo disallowed Shilla to cross through their kingdoms. This act of defiance was a self-fulfilling prophecy as it angered Tang who sided with Shilla in a war. They decided to attack the weaker, more corrupt of the two other kingdoms, Baekche.
As Tang's ships began arriving at the western coast of the Baekche kingdom, Baekche's king and his cabinet grew anxious, worrying that Tang's marines would stage a joint attack on their kingdom with Shilla. The king sent word to his lords to prepare their troops, but the call to arms was blocked by powerful lords who were hostile toward the king. As it turns out their deepest concerns were confirmed; they were being boxed in by Tang and Shilla and had little military support with which to defend the kingdom. The only person who remained loyal to the king of Baekche was Kye-Baek. He was summoned to the palace, where the king served him three glasses of wine, a symbolic gesture asking him to defend the kingdom. Kye-Baek agrees. Knowing that his army does not stand a chance against its aggressors, and that they will rape and pillage Baekche, he kills his own family then rushes off to defend his kingdom at Hwangsanbul, a plain between two naturally fortified mountains and the only way to the palace.
Having only one-tenth the military power of its aggressors, it seemed that the battle would be over before it started. But surprisingly the small but tenacious Baekche army stood it??s ground against 8 separate confrontations with Shilla. As time went by and the deadline for Shilla to bring the tribute to Tang came closer, Kim Yu-Sin, feeling greater and greater pressure, resorted to the cruel psychological strategy of putting the Hwarang, kids of the Shilla noble class in royal cadets, on the front lines to degrade the moral of the Baekche army. Who will be the victor of this most important historic war.
CHRACTERS
"Kye-Baek"
Park Joong-Hoon as Kye-Baek: nothing but endurance and driving power.
One of the best actors in Korea, Park Joong-Hoon has played a variety of characters from a greedy cop in Two Cops, a weak husband who tries to kill his cruel wife in How to Kill My Wife, a overnight millionaire in Take the Money and Run, a crook who turns into a pastor in Hallelujah and a dirty cop in Nowhere to Hide. And he was recently invited by director Jonathon Demme-Silence of the Lambs-to act in the Hollywood film The Truth About Charlie.
"If you want to die, then let me see you kill ten enemies with my own eyes first."
Now Park is back to acting in Korea as Kye-Baek. Kye-Baek was obstinate, upright and true and loyal to the king and kingdom. Although he was not as good at strategizing and the tactics of war as Kim Yu-Sin, he knew how to motivate is army into battle.
His credits include:
A short Love Affair, 1990; Two Cops, 1993, The Rules of the Game, 1994; How to Kill My wife, 1994; Two Cops 2, 1996; Hallelujah, 1997; Nowhere to Hide, 1999; The Truth About Charlie, 2002
He was awarded:
Best leading actor in Nowhere to Hide by the Doville Film Festival
Best leading actor in Two Cops by the Daejong Award Ceremony
"Kim Yu-Sin"
Jung Jin-Young as Kim Yu-Sin: a commander with strategies and tactics.
Another versatile actor, Jung Jin-young made his silver screen debut in Opening the Door of the School and just kept getting better from there. He is acting was impressive in A Promise where he plays to role of a gangster who gives up his life for his boss. He also starred as the doctor in The Ring Virus, and as a valiant warrior in love with a woman in Bichunmu. He plays a cold-blooded, logical cop chasing a killer in Guns and Talks, a monk in Let's Play, Dharma and a tough but humanistic cop in Wild Card.
"You don't know a damn thing about war. If we start an all-out attack, we??re all dead. You know what? Kye-Baek killed his own family for this war. It shows his resoluteness for this war. He inspires his men to die for him.??
Kim Yu-Sin was known to have been brutally steadfast once he made a decision. There is an anecdote in Korea that says that when Kim Yu-Sin decided to stop patronizing a bar that he had been a long-time customer of, he killed his horse because it habitually went in the direction of the bar. In the movie, Kim Yu-Sin is depicted as a clever commander who utilizes psychology as one of his weapons.
His film credits include:
Opening the Door of the School, 1992; A Promise, 1998; The Ring Virus, 1999; Bichunmu, 2000; Guns and Talks, 2001; Let's Play, Dharma, 2001; Wild Card, 2003; I Want to Know That, 2003
He was awarded:
best supporting actor in A Promise by the Blue Dragon Awards
best supporting actor in A Promise by Daejong Film Awards
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