Veteran (2015 film)

Veteran
Theatrical poster
Directed byRyoo Seung-wan
Written byRyoo Seung-wan
Produced byKang Hye-jung
Kim Jung-min
StarringHwang Jung-min
Yoo Ah-in
Yoo Hae-jin
Oh Dal-su
CinematographyChoi Young-hwan
Edited byKim Sang-bum
Kim Jae-bum
Music byBang Jun-seok
Production
company
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • August 5, 2015 (2015-08-05)
Running time
123 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
BudgetUS$5.1 million
Box officeUS$92 million

Veteran (Korean: 베테랑; RR: Beterang) is a 2015 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8] It drew 13.4 million admissions, making it the 5th all-time highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history. Veteran also won the Casa Asia Award at the Sitges Film Festival.[9]

A sequel titled I, the Executioner premiered in 2024.

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