“The Divine Weapon” is another South Korean effort to have fun with risky historical fiction business and also a highly anticipated epic dramatization of the world's first multi-launch rocket system invented during the Joseon Dynasty (1392-1910). It becomes one of the highest-grossing Korean films of 2008, fusion period epic "The Divine Weapon" conquered the box office with a spectacular tale of rousing battles and gritty heroics.
This war epic directed by Kim Yoo-Jin (Wild Card) will tell the story of an overmatched Korean army trying to develop an explosive arrow launcher to hold off the expansionist Ming Dynasty army. Now, the DVD version of the film is ready to purchase, available in 2 Discs English Sub First Press Limited Edition Korea Version DVD.
Have a promo screening at last Cannes Film Festival, “The Devine Weapon” has an all star cast of JUNG Jae-young, AHN Sung-ki, HUH Joon-ho, and HAN Eun-jung, the top actors on television also on the big screen. Set as a massive project that cost 10 billion won ($9.8 million) and took almost 6 years to produce, “Divine” somewhat will be more refreshing, particularly given that many people have stereotypes regarding the Joseon period. About the sophisticated military weapon that is not well known among Koreans, much less foreigners itself, it was called "singijeon," which means "ghost-like machine arrow" in Korean. Once out of the launcher, the fire-arrows were set to detonate automatically near the target area. Manufactured from the early 15th to mid-16th century, the singijeon was often used in the northern frontiers, and played a pivotal role in fending off invasions. The high-powered firearm was used in the southern provinces to keep the Japanese sea-borne marauders at bay. Historical documents show that the singijeon was capable of firing as many as 100 fire arrows or explosive grenades. Its long-range firepower tended to catch the enemy off-guard. The fire arrow contained a device equipped with gunpowder and shrapnel. Director Kim said the production team restored the original singijeon with the help of experts, but noticed that it was difficult to control the rocket-launcher system. "It was very challenging to run the restored rocket system, and my impression is that our forefathers had better technology in dealing with the timed detonation for the singijeon," Kim said.
Set in 1448, the 30th year of Sejong’s reign, the film begins when the Ming dynasty’s meddling into Joseon’s domestic affairs goes to extremes and Sejong secretly plans to develop Singijeon, a rocket weapon upgraded from Goryeo’s firearms technology. The Ming finds out and quickly dispatches assassins to attack the research lab, but CHOI Hae-san, the man in charge of the project, destroys himself along with the research materials to protect the weapon’s secret. His daughter Hong-li (HAN Eun-jung) barely escapes but loses the Chong-tong Records (Singijeon’s blueprints) to the Ming assassins. As the Ming’s diplomatic pressure increases on Joseon for making the Singijeon, Sejong commands Chang-gang, the chief royal guard warrior, to take the only person with the potential to complete the Singijeon, Hong-li, safely to Sul-ju (JUNG Jae-young), a peddler. The son of the top engineer of Hwa-tong-do-gam (place for making gunpowder and firearms–or a weapons factory in today’s language) at the end of Goryeo dynasty, Sul-ju is an exceedingly intelligent man with the top martial art skills in Joseon. He rejects Joseon as a descendant of Goryeo migrants and lives as the head of a merchant gang. He refuses Chang-gang’s command to help construct the Singijeon, but in order to save his gang from a fight with rivals, he is forced to join Hong-li in seeing the Singijeon completed. Desperate to understand the facts of Singijeon, the Ming sends an army disguised as a large envoy to intimidate Sejong and the court. Meanwhile, the Ming army sets out to find Sul-ju’s headquarters and completely destroy the slightest possibilities of developing Singijeon. After repeated failures in the project, Sul-ju risks his life to recover the Chong-tong Records for Hong-li. However, he starts to have second thoughts as his comrades are sacrificed in battles. At last, as they are moments away from the completion of Singijeon, the Ming and Yeo-jin alliance army of 100,000 heads for Eui-ju, Joseon. In order to stop the war, Sejong hands Hong-li and the Chong-tong Records to the Ming envoy and even Sul-ju is imprisoned by the court...
DVD Specifications:
Product Title: The Divine Weapon (DVD) (First Press Limited Edition) (Korea Version) (DVD)
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Korean, English
Screen Format: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, NTSC
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan)
Special Features:
Disc 1 :
- Commentary
Disc 2 :
- Making of
- Action Space
- Divine Weapon
- Real Story
- Trailer
Release Date: 2009-01-24 (Save your copy)
This war epic directed by Kim Yoo-Jin (Wild Card) will tell the story of an overmatched Korean army trying to develop an explosive arrow launcher to hold off the expansionist Ming Dynasty army. Now, the DVD version of the film is ready to purchase, available in 2 Discs English Sub First Press Limited Edition Korea Version DVD.
Have a promo screening at last Cannes Film Festival, “The Devine Weapon” has an all star cast of JUNG Jae-young, AHN Sung-ki, HUH Joon-ho, and HAN Eun-jung, the top actors on television also on the big screen. Set as a massive project that cost 10 billion won ($9.8 million) and took almost 6 years to produce, “Divine” somewhat will be more refreshing, particularly given that many people have stereotypes regarding the Joseon period. About the sophisticated military weapon that is not well known among Koreans, much less foreigners itself, it was called "singijeon," which means "ghost-like machine arrow" in Korean. Once out of the launcher, the fire-arrows were set to detonate automatically near the target area. Manufactured from the early 15th to mid-16th century, the singijeon was often used in the northern frontiers, and played a pivotal role in fending off invasions. The high-powered firearm was used in the southern provinces to keep the Japanese sea-borne marauders at bay. Historical documents show that the singijeon was capable of firing as many as 100 fire arrows or explosive grenades. Its long-range firepower tended to catch the enemy off-guard. The fire arrow contained a device equipped with gunpowder and shrapnel. Director Kim said the production team restored the original singijeon with the help of experts, but noticed that it was difficult to control the rocket-launcher system. "It was very challenging to run the restored rocket system, and my impression is that our forefathers had better technology in dealing with the timed detonation for the singijeon," Kim said.
Set in 1448, the 30th year of Sejong’s reign, the film begins when the Ming dynasty’s meddling into Joseon’s domestic affairs goes to extremes and Sejong secretly plans to develop Singijeon, a rocket weapon upgraded from Goryeo’s firearms technology. The Ming finds out and quickly dispatches assassins to attack the research lab, but CHOI Hae-san, the man in charge of the project, destroys himself along with the research materials to protect the weapon’s secret. His daughter Hong-li (HAN Eun-jung) barely escapes but loses the Chong-tong Records (Singijeon’s blueprints) to the Ming assassins. As the Ming’s diplomatic pressure increases on Joseon for making the Singijeon, Sejong commands Chang-gang, the chief royal guard warrior, to take the only person with the potential to complete the Singijeon, Hong-li, safely to Sul-ju (JUNG Jae-young), a peddler. The son of the top engineer of Hwa-tong-do-gam (place for making gunpowder and firearms–or a weapons factory in today’s language) at the end of Goryeo dynasty, Sul-ju is an exceedingly intelligent man with the top martial art skills in Joseon. He rejects Joseon as a descendant of Goryeo migrants and lives as the head of a merchant gang. He refuses Chang-gang’s command to help construct the Singijeon, but in order to save his gang from a fight with rivals, he is forced to join Hong-li in seeing the Singijeon completed. Desperate to understand the facts of Singijeon, the Ming sends an army disguised as a large envoy to intimidate Sejong and the court. Meanwhile, the Ming army sets out to find Sul-ju’s headquarters and completely destroy the slightest possibilities of developing Singijeon. After repeated failures in the project, Sul-ju risks his life to recover the Chong-tong Records for Hong-li. However, he starts to have second thoughts as his comrades are sacrificed in battles. At last, as they are moments away from the completion of Singijeon, the Ming and Yeo-jin alliance army of 100,000 heads for Eui-ju, Joseon. In order to stop the war, Sejong hands Hong-li and the Chong-tong Records to the Ming envoy and even Sul-ju is imprisoned by the court...
DVD Specifications:Product Title: The Divine Weapon (DVD) (First Press Limited Edition) (Korea Version) (DVD)
Language: Korean
Subtitles: Korean, English
Screen Format: Anamorphic Widescreen 2.35:1, NTSC
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital 5.1 & DTS
Region Code: 3 - South East Asia (including Hong Kong, S. Korea and Taiwan)
Special Features:
Disc 1 :
- Commentary
Disc 2 :
- Making of
- Action Space
- Divine Weapon
- Real Story
- Trailer
Release Date: 2009-01-24 (Save your copy)
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