The Showdown (2011 film)

The Showdown
Film poster
Hangul	혈투
Hanja	血鬪
Revised Romanization	Hyeoltu
McCune–Reischauer	Hyŏlt'u
Directed by	Park Hoon-jung
Written by	Park Hoon-jung
Produced by	Kim Soo-jin Yun In-beom Lee Keun-ok
Starring	Park Hee-soon Jin Goo Ko Chang-seok
Cinematography	Kim Young-ho
Edited by	Shin Min-kyung
Music by	Won Il
Distributed by	Sidus FNH
Release date	February 24, 2011 (2011-02-24)
Running time	111 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Box office	US$302,703[1]

The Showdown (Korean: 혈투) is a 2011 South Korean historical action film.

Plot

In the 11th year of Gwanghaegun, Manchus invade Joseon and the Joseon soldiers decide to help Ming China fight against the Manchus. In the middle of Manchuria, three Korean soldiers who have barely survived are cornered by the Manchu forces and must fight a bloody battle.^[2]

Cast

• Park Hee-soon: Heon-myung
• Jin Goo: Do-young
• Ko Chang-seok: Du-soo
• Kim Kap-soo: No-shin
• Jang Hee-jin: Seo-hyun
• Jeon Kuk-hwan: Dang-soo
• Choi Il-hwa: Do-young's father
• Lee Jong-su
• Kim Hyeong-jong
• Jung Young-ki
• Ki Se-hyung
• Kim Young-hoon as Blue army 2

References

1. "The Showdown (2011)". www.koreanfilm.or.kr.
2. Kwon, Mee-yoo (24 February 2011). "Showdown stylish, yet flawed". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2012-11-18.

External links

• https://web.archive.org/web/20120525045717/http://www.showdown2011.co.kr/
• The Showdown at HanCinema
• The Showdown at the Korean Movie Database (in Korean)
• The Showdown at IMDb