SOUTH KOREA · 2017

The Battleship Island

Ryoo Seung-wan
Japanese colonial occupation forced labor escape and resistance Korean identity human exploitation
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During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

Year2017
CountrySouth Korea
DirectorRyoo Seung-wan
The Battleship Island poster

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