The Battleship Island
군함도
Gunhamdo
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Theatrical Release Poster
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| Country
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 South Korea
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| Directed by
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Ryoo Seung-wan
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| Release Date
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2017
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| Language
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Korean
Japanese
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| Studio
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Filmmaker R&K
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| Distributor
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CJ Entertainment (Korea, theatrical)
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The Battleship Island (Korean title: 군함도, Gunhamdo; lit. "Gunkanjima"/"Battleship Island") is a 2017 Korean action-drama war film directed by Ryoo Seung-wan. Set during the Second World War in 1945, the film follows the imprisonment and slavery of a group of over 400 Koreans by the Imperial Japanese on the manmade Hashima Island (aka Gunkanjima or Battleship Island), an artificial island off the coast of Japan, and their escape from their Japanese captors.
The following weapons were used in the film The Battleship Island:
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Handguns
Nambu Type 14
In his confrontation with Yoon Hak-chul (Lee Kyoung-young), Park Moo-young (Song Joong-ki) points a late-model Nambu Type 14 at his head. Hak-chul later takes the gun for himself.
Nambu Type 14 - 8x22mm Nambu
Moo-young puts the pistol to Yoon Hak-chul's (
Lee Kyoung-young) head as he exposes the former Korean resistance fighter's ties to Shimazaki and the Japanese.
Moo-young continues to point the gun at Hak-chul's head as he confesses.
Hak-chul pointing the Type 14 after the building is suddenly bombed.
Hak-chul surrenders as multiple Japanese soldiers confront him.
The Type 14 on the ground.
Type 94 Pistol
A Japanese officer in the film's climax is seen using a Type 94 pistol. It is later taken and used by Lee Kang-ok (Hwang Jung-min).
Japanese Type 94 Pistol - 8x22mm Nambu
The Japanese officer fires his Type 94.
Kang-ok picking up the dropped Type 94.
Lee Kang-ok (
Hwang Jung-min) is shot by Yamada as he holds the pistol.
Kang-ok points the pistol at Yamada.
Mauser C96
Yamada (Kim Joong-hee) uses a Mauser C96 in the film's climax.
Mauser C96 M1930 - 7.63x25mm Mauser
Yamada (Kim Joong-hee) firing the Mauser.
Yamada attempts to finish Kang-ok off with his gun.
Yamada's Mauser runs dry.
Rifles
Arisaka Type 38
The Arisaka Type 38 is the standard rifle of most of the Japanese soldiers throughout the film. The rifle is also used by the Koreans, most notably in the film's climax.
Arisaka Type 38 rifle with Type 30 bayonet - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
A Japanese officer points his Type 38 at a group of Koreans as another one stands guard beside him.
The Koreans, including Lee Kang-ok (
Hwang Jung-min), hold Type 38s in a training drill.
The Koreans perform bayonet practice on hay bales adorned with portraits of US president Harry S. Truman.
Arisaka Type 38 rifle - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
Park Moo-young (
Song Joong-ki) points a Type 38 at Yoon Hak-chul as he encounters him after the bombing.
Type 38s in an armory closet being taken.
An Arisaka explodes in the face of a Japanese soldier.
Moo-young with the Arisaka.
A dying Oh Mal-nyeon (Lee Jung-hyun) holds her Arisaka as her husband racks his.
Arisaka Type 30
Some of the Japanese officers are equipped with the Arisaka Type 30 throughout the film.
Arisaka Type 30 - 6.5x50mmSR Arisaka
A Type 30 is pointed on the right, as evidenced by the unprotected front sight.
Prop Rifles
Multiple children are seen playing with wooden prop rifles.
The children with the prop rifles.
Trivia
The film ends with the surviving characters witnessing the atomic bombing of Nagasaki at exactly 11:02 AM Japanese Time on August 9, 1945.
"I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds".
- J. Robert Oppenheimer
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