The Admiral: Roaring Currents
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| Hangul | 명량 |
| Hanja | 鳴梁 |
| Revised Romanization | Myeongryang |
| McCune–Reischauer | Myŏngryang |
| Directed by | Kim Han-min |
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| Produced by | Kim Han-min |
| Starring | Choi Min-sik Ryu Seung-ryong Cho Jin-woong |
| Cinematography | Kim Tae-seong |
| Edited by | Kim Chang-ju |
| Music by | Kim Tae-seong |
Production company | Big Stone Pictures |
| Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 127 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
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| Budget | ₩14.8 billion |
| Box office | US$138.3 million |
The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Korean: 명량), or simply The Admiral, is a 2014 South Korean epic historical action-war film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min. Based on the historical Battle of Myeongnyang, it stars an ensemble cast led by Choi Min-sik as the Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on July 30, 2014.
The film recorded 10 million admissions only 12 days after its premiere and set a record in South Korea for achieving such a high number of viewers in the shortest amount of time. The movie also surpassed Avatar's record of 13 million viewers to become the most-watched and highest-grossing film of all time in South Korea with 17.6 million admissions and a worldwide gross of US$138.3 million.