---
title: 'The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Kim Han-min'
released: '2014-07-30'
runtime_minutes: 128
genres:
  - 'Action'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'South Korea'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-admiral-roaring-currents-2014'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3541262/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014)

2014 · 128 min · Action, War · South Korea

Original title: 명량
Part of: Yi Sun-sin trilogy

## Synopsis

The Admiral: Roaring Currents (Korean: 명량), or simply The Admiral, is a 2014 South Korean epic historical action-war film directed and co-written by Kim Han-min. Based on the historical Battle of Myeongryang, it stars an ensemble cast led by Choi Min-sik as the Korean naval commander Yi Sun-sin. The film was released theatrically in South Korea on July 30, 2014.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Kim Han-min](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-han-min)
- **Screenplay:** [Kim Han-min](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-han-min), [Jeon Cheol-hong](https://cinepixo.com/people/jeon-cheol-hong)
- **Producer:** [Kim Han-min](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-han-min)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Kim Tae-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-seong)
- **Director of Photography:** [Kim Tae-seong](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-tae-seong-2)
- **Editor:** [Kim Chang-ju](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-chang-ju)

## Cast

- [Jang Jun-nyeong](https://cinepixo.com/people/jang-jun-nyeong) as Na Dae-yong
- [Choi Min-sik](https://cinepixo.com/people/choi-min-sik) as Yi Sun-sin
- [Ko Kyung-pyo](https://cinepixo.com/people/ko-kyung-pyo)
- [Kim Myung-gon](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-myung-gon) as Tōdō Takatora
- [Cho Jin-woong](https://cinepixo.com/people/cho-jin-woong) as Wakizaka Yasuharu
- [Kim Won-hae](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-won-hae) as Bae Seol
- [Ryu Seung-ryong](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryu-seung-ryong) as Kurushima Michifusa
- [Kim Gu-taek](https://cinepixo.com/people/kim-gu-taek)
- [Nam Kyung-eup](https://cinepixo.com/people/nam-kyung-eup) as Kwŏn Yul
- [Jin Goo](https://cinepixo.com/people/jin-goo)
- [Ryohei Otani](https://cinepixo.com/people/ryohei-otani)
- [Kang Tae-Young](https://cinepixo.com/people/kang-tae-young)
- [Lee Jeong-hyeon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-jeong-hyeon)
- [Choi Deok-mun](https://cinepixo.com/people/choi-deok-mun)
- [Lee Seung-jun](https://cinepixo.com/people/lee-seung-jun) as Anwi

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