The Great Battle

2018 2h 15m movie Film

The Great Battle

안시성

“Fight to the death”

Synopsis

안시성

“Fight to the death”

Kingdom of Goguryeo, ancient Korea, 645. The ruthless Emperor Taizong of Tang invades the country and leads his armies towards the capital, achieving one victory after another, but on his way is the stronghold of Ansi, protected by General Yang Man-chu, who will do everything possible to stop the invasion, even if his troops are outnumbered by thousands of enemies.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with The Great Battle. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

War + History in South Korea

11 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the War and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Great Battle itself).

The 2017–2019 South Korea Window

In the crowded 2017-2019 South Korea release window, The Great Battle sits at #191 of 271. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

2018 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 93 titles released, including The Great Battle. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (719 total).

Budget & Box Office Efficiency

$13.3M

Budget

$41.5M

Revenue

$28.2M

Net Profit

3.1×

Return Ratio

At a 2h 15m runtime, production spent $99K per minute on screen and earned $307K per minute back.

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 92 other South Korea films in 2018.

The 977th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).

Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).

Audience Engagement

142

Reviews

88th

Review-volume percentile

84th

Popularity percentile

142 audience reviews — more than 88% of South Korea films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 84th percentile among South Korea films.

Thematic Fingerprint

Tags on The Great Battle, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.

Distinctive themes · rare across catalog

korea · 5
7th century · 5
siege · 4
fortress · 3
kingdom of goguryeo · 1
tang dinasty · 1
stronghold · 1

Recurring themes · common across catalog

tang dynasty · 9
chinese invasion of korea · 7
ancient korea · 6

Mainstream tags · widely used across catalog

china · 127

Reception Benchmarks

6.8

TMDB Rating

142

Audience Reviews

Well Received

Critical Tier

Ranked #774 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (45th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea War productions specifically: #26 of 35 (top 74%).

Production Details

Primary Country	South Korea
Original Language	Korean
Spoken Languages	Korean, Mandarin
Production Companies	Soojak Film, Next Entertainment World, Studio & New
Runtime	2h 15m
Release Date	September 19, 2018
IMDb	tt6931414
Official Site	www.wellgousa.com

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