Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield

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Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield
Theatrical release poster
Hangul	황산벌
Hanja	黃山伐
Revised Romanization	Hwangsanbeol
McCune–Reischauer	Hwangsanbŏl
Directed by	Lee Joon-ik
Written by	Choi Seok-hwan Jo Cheol-hyeon
Produced by	Oh Seung-hyeon Jo Cheol-hyeon Lee Joon-ik
Starring	Park Joong-hoon Jung Jin-young Lee Moon-sik Ryu Seung-soo
Cinematography	Ji Gil-woong
Edited by	Kim Jae-beom
Music by	Oh Seok-joon
Production company	Cineworld
Distributed by	Cineworld
Release date	October 17, 2003 (2003-10-17)
Running time	104 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean

Once Upon a Time in a Battlefield (Korean: 황산벌; RR: Hwangsanbul) 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.^[1] Its popularity spawned a sequel, titled Battlefield Heroes, which debuted in 2011, and takes place in the subsequent Silla-Tang invasion of Goguryeo.