Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield

Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
황산벌
Hanja
黃山伐
Revised RomanizationHwangsanbeol
McCune–ReischauerHwangsanbŏl
Directed byLee Joon-ik
Written byChoi Seok-hwan
Jo Cheol-hyeon
Produced byOh Seung-hyeon
Jo Cheol-hyeon
Lee Joon-ik
StarringPark Joong-hoon
Jung Jin-young
Lee Moon-sik
Ryu Seung-soo
CinematographyJi Gil-woong
Edited byKim Jae-beom
Music byOh Seok-joon
Production
company
Cineworld
Distributed byCineworld
Release date
  • October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)
Running time
104 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (Korean: 황산벌; RR: Hwangsanbul) is a 2003 South Korean historical comedy film directed by Lee Joon-ik, centered around the Battle of Hwangsanbeol between Baekje and Silla in the 7th century. The film was the 8th most attended film of 2003 with 2,835,000 tickets sold nationwide. Its popularity spawned a sequel, titled Battlefield Heroes, which debuted in 2011, and takes place in the subsequent Silla-Tang invasion of Goguryeo.