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| Volcano High | |
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 Volcano High promotional movie poster | |
| Korean name | |
| Hangul | 화산고 |
| Hanja | 火山高 |
| Revised Romanization | Hwasango |
| McCune–Reischauer | Hwasan'go |
| Directed by | Kim Tae-kyun |
| Written by | Kim Tae-kyun Seo Dong-heon Jeong An-cheol |
| Produced by | Cha Seung-jae |
| Starring | Jang Hyuk Shin Min-ah Kim Su-ro Kwon Sang-woo Heo Joon-ho |
| Cinematography | Choi Young-taek |
| Edited by | Ko Im-pyo |
| Music by | Park Young |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 121 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
Volcano High (Korean: 화산고; RR: Hwasango) is a 2001 South Korean martial arts action comedy film. It revolves around a troublemaking high school student named Kim Kyung-soo (portrayed by Jang Hyuk) who finds himself transferred to the last school that will take him, the prestigious Volcano High, an institution whose students display an incredible talent in martial arts, with a few demonstrating even more mysterious psychic powers. Kyung-soo is drawn into fights between different clubs, a manuscript that is told to hold great power, and a group of teachers that will do whatever possible to keep the students in line. It was the 9th highest grossing Korean film of 2001 with 1,687,800 admissions nationwide, and had both an original domestic version and edited international version.[1]
- ^ "The Best Selling Korean Films of 2001". Koreanfilm.org. Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 13 October 2014.