Operation Chromite (film)

Operation Chromite
Theatrical release poster
Korean인천상륙작전
LiterallyOperation Inchon Landing
Directed byJohn H. Lee
Written by
Produced by
  • Jeong Tae-won
  • Kyu C. Lee
Starring
Edited bySteve M. Choe
Music byLee Dong-joon
Production
company
Distributed by
Release date
  • 27 July 2016 (2016-07-27) (South Korea)
Running time
1 hour 51 minutes (111 minutes)[1]
CountrySouth Korea
Languages
BudgetUS$12.7 million[2]
Box officeUS$50.9 million[3]

Operation Chromite (Korean: 인천상륙작전; Hanja: 仁川上陸作戰; RR: Incheon Sangnyuk Jakjeon; lit. Operation Inchon Landing) or Battle for Incheon: Operation Chromite in US, is a 2016 South Korean spy war film co-written and directed by John H. Lee. It is a fiction based on a true story of Operation X-ray [ko] by ROK Navy Intelligence Unit and Operation Trudy Jackson [ko] by US Military Intelligence Unit (including KLO and CIA), depicts espionages which took charge for preparatory stage of Operation Chromite (Incheon Landing Operation, Battle of Inchon) in Korean War.[4][5][6]

Produced by Taewon Entertainment [ko], presented by Finecut. In South Korea, released July 27, 2016 which the date concluded the armistice agreement of Korean War, distributed by CJ Entertainment.[7]

  1. ^ "Operation Chromite (12A)". British Board of Film Classification. 3 November 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
  2. ^ "Operation Chromite (2016)". The Numbers. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. ^ "Operation Chromite (2016)". Korean Film Biz Zone.
  4. ^ Kim, Dong-joo. "The cast for movie Operation Chromite finalized". StarN News. Archived from the original on 20 December 2016. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  5. ^ "Operation Chromite to pay homage to hidden heroes of Incheon Landing". The Korea Herald. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 8 December 2015.
  6. ^ 영화‘인천상륙작전’실재 주인공에게 듣다
  7. ^ Kil, Sonia (31 July 2016). "Liam Neeson's Operation Chromite Tops Korean Box Office". Variety. Retrieved 1 August 2016.