The Battleship Island
“1945 Hashima. We called it hell on earth.”
During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.
Genres
Drama, War
Studio
Filmmaker R&K
Language
ko
Status
Released
How The Battleship Island performed
Budget
$21.0M
Worldwide Gross
$46.2M
Gross Profit
$25.2M
Return
2.2× budget
Opening Wknd (est.)
$7M
Source: TMDB. Domestic/international split (~48/52, genre-typical) and the opening-weekend figure (30% of the domestic run, typical for Drama) are MoviesRankd estimates. Profit is gross revenue minus production budget and excludes marketing — studios typically need ~2–2.5× budget to break even.
Where to Watch
Cast
Lee Kang-ok
Hwang Jung-min
Lee Kang-ok
Choi Chil-sung
So Ji-sub
Choi Chil-sung
Park Moo-young
Song Joong-ki
Park Moo-young
Oh Mal-nyeon
Lee Jung-hyun
Oh Mal-nyeon
Lee So-hee
Kim Su-an
Lee So-hee
Song Jong-goo
Kim Min-jae
Song Jong-goo
Yamada
Kim Joong-hee
Yamada
Shimazaki Daisuke
Kim In-woo
Shimazaki Daisuke
Ko Choong-ho
Shin Seung-hwan
Ko Choong-ho
Yoon Hak-cheol
Lee Kyung-young
Yoon Hak-cheol
Newlywed Groom
Baek Seung-chul
Newlywed Groom
Dauber
Yoon Kyung-ho
Dauber
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