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Roaring Currents

Roaring Currents

2014 · Film · South Korea · War · Historical drama

Directed by Kim Han-min · 128 min

It directly depicts the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang and Yi Sun-sin, following the battle’s key historical facts while dramatically reconstructing character relationships, battle scenes, and numerical details. The central focus is the Battle of Myeongnyang Strait between the Joseon and Japanese navies.

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OVERALL TRUTH BASIS · Fact-based dramatization

It directly depicts the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang and Yi Sun-sin, following the battle’s core historical facts, but dramatically reconstructs character relationships, battle scenes, and numerical details.

Battle of Myeongnyang

A naval battle fought in the Myeongnyang Strait in 1597, during the Jeongyu War, between the Japanese navy and the Joseon navy led by Yi Sun-sin.

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FACT / FICTION

Verification 5

Fact / Fiction verification

5 records
FactConfidence High

The 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang was a real historical battle.

On screen · Verified record
On screen
The battle between the Joseon navy and the Japanese navy in the Myeongnyang Strait is central to the film.
Verified record
The actual course of the Battle of Myeongnyang can be verified on Our History Net.
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  • 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
  • 국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 - 명량국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
FactConfidence High

Approximately 133 Japanese warships are described as having actually entered the Myeongnyang Strait and engaged the Joseon navy.

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Verified record
Our History Net describes the Japanese navy as numbering some 200 to 300 ships overall, while identifying approximately 133 sekibune as having been deployed in the actual narrow waterway.
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  • 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
  • 국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 - 명량국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
FactConfidence High

The film’s Yi Sun-sin directly portrays the historical figure Yi Sun-sin.

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Yi Sun-sin was the commander of the Joseon navy at the Battle of Myeongnyang.
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  • 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
  • 국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 - 명량국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
FictionConfidence High

Not every battle scene, line of dialogue, or individual character’s actions in the film can be taken as exactly as recorded in historical sources.

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Facts about the battle confirmed by historical sources should be distinguished from the scene construction of a historical film.
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  • 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
  • 명량 상세정보씨네21 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  • '명량' 김한민 감독 인터뷰연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
FactConfidence High

The Battle of Myeongnyang is included in the work’s true-story and historical background.

On screen · Verified record
On screen
It directly depicts the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang and Yi Sun-sin, following the battle’s core historical facts, but dramatically reconstructs character relationships, battle scenes, and numerical details.
Verified record
It directly depicts the 1597 Battle of Myeongnyang and Yi Sun-sin, following the battle’s core historical facts, but dramatically reconstructs character relationships, battle scenes, and numerical details.
View 1 sources
  • 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →

CHARACTER ↔ PERSON

Characters and real people

1 characters

Sources used

  1. 명량해협과 명량해전우리역사넷 · Official record · Grade AOpen source →
  2. 국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 - 명량국사편찬위원회 한국사데이터베이스 · Government source · Grade AOpen source →
  3. 명량 상세정보씨네21 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →
  4. '명량' 김한민 감독 인터뷰연합뉴스 · Major news · Grade BOpen source →