Operation Chromite (film)
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| Directed by | John H. Lee (Lee Jae-han) |
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| Written by | Lee Man-hee |
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Taewon Entertainment |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 111 minutes[1] |
| Country | South Korea |
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| Box office | US$18.47 million[2] |
Operation Chromite (Hangul: 인천상륙작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangryuk Jakjeon) is a 2016 South Korean war drama film directed by John H. Lee and based on the real-life events of the Battle of Inchon,[3] although it presents a fictionalised version of the historical CIA/US military intelligence operation "Trudy Jackson", conducted before the actual landing operation. It was released on 27 July 2016 in South Korea.[4]
Plot
Prior to American General Douglas MacArthur's (Liam Neeson) launching of Operation Chromite, he dispatches eight members of the Korean Liaison Office (the KLO, which was the US-backed South Korean resistance group working against the occupying North Korean forces), led by South Korean Navy lieutenant Jang Hak-soo (Lee Jung-Jae) on a secret mission far behind North Korean lines to carry out Operation "X-Ray". This covert operation must succeed so that MacArthur can successfully launch the daring Inchon Landing Operation.[5]
Cast
- Lee Jung-jae as Jang Hak-soo
- Lee Beom-soo as Lim Gye-jin
- Liam Neeson as Douglas MacArthur[6][7]
- Jin Se-yeon as Han Chae-seon
- Jung Joon-ho as Seo Jin-cheol
- Park Chul-min as Nam Ki-seong
- Kim Byeong-ok as Choi Seok-joong
- Jon Gries as Hoyt Vandenberg
- Choo Sung-hoon as Baeksan
- Kim Sun-a as Kim Hwa-young
- Kim Young-ae as Na Jeong-nim
- Park Sung-woong as Park Nam-cheol
- Sean Dulake as Lt. Col. Edward L. Rowny
Reception
The film was number-one on its opening at the South Korean box office, grossing US$18.47 million.[2]
References
- ↑ "Operation Chromite (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
- 1 2 Kil, Sonia (July 31, 2016). "Liam Neeson's 'Operation Chromite' Tops Korean Box Office". Variety. Retrieved August 1, 2016.
- ↑ "'Operation Chromite' to pay homage to hidden heroes of Incheon Landing". The Korea Herald. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ↑ http://variety.com/2016/film/news/liam-neesons-operation-chromite-tops-korean-box-office-1201827414/
- ↑ "Operation Chromite - AsianWiki". asianwiki.com. Retrieved 2016-07-21.
- ↑ Kil, Sonia (12 August 2015). "Liam Neeson Joins Korea's 'Operation Chromite' As General MacArthur". Variety. Retrieved 2015-12-08.
- ↑ http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/26/asia/liam-neeson-korean-war-film/