--- title: 'Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003)' type: 'film' director: 'Lee Joon-ik' released: '2003-10-17' runtime_minutes: 104 genres: - 'Drama' - 'War' countries: - 'South Korea' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-a-battlefield-2003' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378078/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (2003) 2003 · 104 min · Drama, War · South Korea Original title: 황산벌 ## Synopsis Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield is a 2003 South Korean historical comedy film directed by Lee Joon-ik, centered around the Battle of Hwangsanbeol between Baekje and Silla in the 7th century. The film was the 8th most attended film of 2003 with 2,835,000 tickets sold nationwide. Its popularity spawned a sequel, titled Battlefield Heroes, which debuted in 2011, and takes place in the subsequent Silla-Tang invasion of Goguryeo. ## Credits - **Director:** [Lee Joon-ik](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-joon-ik) ## Cast - [Park Joong-hoon](https://cinepixo.com/people/park-joong-hoon) as Gyebaek - [Lee Moon-sik](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-moon-sik) - [Oh Ji-myeong](https://cinepixo.com/people/oh-ji-myeong) as Uija - [Shin Hyun-jun](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-hyun-jun) - [Kim Seung-woo](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-seung-woo) - [Lee Ho-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-ho-seong) as Muyeol of Silla - [Ryu Seung-su](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryu-seung-su) as Kim Inmun - [Kim Sun-a](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-sun-a) - [Jeong Jin-yeong](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeong-jin-yeong) as Kim Yushin - [Ahn Nae-sang](https://cinepixo.com/people/ahn-nae-sang) as Munmu of Silla - [Jeon Won-ju](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeon-won-ju) - [Kim Yun-tae](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-yun-tae) as Kim Jeon-chon - [Lee Won-jong](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-won-jong) as Yŏn Kaesomun - [Shin Jung-geun](https://cinepixo.com/people/shin-jung-geun) as Kim Heum-sun ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/once-upon-a-time-in-a-battlefield-2003 Film facts: Wikidata (Q624054); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.