Musa (film)

Musa
Theatrical poster
Korean name
Hangul	무사
Hanja	武士
Revised Romanization	Musa
McCune–Reischauer	Musa
Directed by	Kim Sung-su
Written by	Kim Sung-su
Produced by	Cha Seung-jae Shang Xia
Starring	Ahn Sung-ki Jung Woo-sung Joo Jin-mo Zhang Ziyi
Cinematography	Kim Hyung-koo
Edited by	Kim Hyeon
Music by	Shirō Sagisu
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	September 7, 2001 (2001-09-07)
Running time	158 minutes 133 minutes (international version)
Country	South Korea
Languages	Korean Mandarin
Budget	US$8 million

Musa (Korean: 무사; Hanja: 武士; RR: Musa; lit. "The Warrior"), released as both The Warrior and The Ultimate Warrior in English-speaking countries, is a 2001 South Korean epic action drama film directed by Kim Sung-su, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Joo Jin-mo and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. The semi-historical story follows the adventures of a Korean peace delegation as they try to get back to Korea through the inhospitable deserts of northern China.

The film is regarded as being one of the biggest motion pictures in the history of South Korean cinema. At the time of its production, its budget was the largest ever for a Korean film. It features a high degree of historical accuracy in period costumery, props, settings and most unusually, language; that is, everyone speaks in their native tongues or through an interpreter conversant in a lingua franca. The film was the eighth highest-grossing film of 2001 with over two million tickets sold.^[1]