In 1592, admiral Yi Sun-sin and his fleet face off against the might of the invading Japanese navy and its formidable warships. As the Korean forces fall into crisis, the admiral resorts to using his secret weapon, the dragon head ships known as geobukseon, in order to change the tide of this epic battle at sea.
Kim Han-min (김한민) is a South Korean film director and screenwriter, best known for his films The Admiral: Roaring Currents (2014) and War of the Arrows (2011), the former of which is the #1 ticket-seller in Korean film history.