- It is the second film of Kim’s trilogy about battles led by Yi Sun-sin, which started with the 2014 film The Admiral: Roaring Currents.
- Principal photography began on May 18, 2020.
- In July 2022, it was selected as the Centerpiece Presentation film at the 21st New York Asian Film Festival, where it was screened at Lila Acheson Wallace Auditorium, Asia Society on July 28 for its U.S. premiere. It was also invited to the 26th Fantasia International Film Festival and was screened for its North American Premiere on July 27, 2022.
- A 150-minute version of the film titled Hansan: Rising Dragon Redux was released theatrically on November 16, 2022. This extended version was screened as the closing film at the 17th London Korean Film Festival on November 17.
- Hansan: Rising Dragon was released on July 27, 2022, in IMAX, 4DX, and ScreenX format by Lotte Entertainment. The film’s rights were also pre-sold to 99 countries including Japan, China, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and France. On July 29, 2022, the film was released on 32 screens in the United States.
- The film grossed $58.35 million and became the second highest-grossing movie in 2022 in South Korea.
- On 25 July, 2022, two days before its theatrical release, Hansan: Rising Dragon recorded 147,909 presales, breaking the record for most presale tickets sold in recent history, which was previously held by Oscar-winning film Parasite (2019).
- The film surpassed 1 million cumulative admissions in 4 days of release and 2 million admissions in 5 days of release. On the 8th day, it became the first Korean film of 2022 after The Roundup to cross 3 million admissions. On 15th day of release, it surpassed 5 million admissions.
Hansan: Rising Dragon
16+
July 27, 2022
2hr 9min
Status: released
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