Korean faction film “Project 1448” came out on top over the three-day Chuseok weekend by drawing 600,000 moviegoers. According to the Korean Film Council, “Project 1448” was shown on 597 screens nationwide, attracting 597,793 people during the period from September 12th through 14th. Following “Project 1448” were “Mama Mia,” seen by almost 555 thousand people, and “Just a Movie” with heartthrob So Ji-seop.
“Project 1448” is about a secret weapon development project driven by King Sejong of Joseon Dynasty and China’s attempt to stop its fruition. The highlight of the movie is the actual-size recreation of a weapon designed to shoot explosive arrows in succession much like a rocket or a bazooka. The filmmakers took actual drawings from 1448 to build the weapon all for the sake of adding realism to the movie. The world’s first successive multi-ammunition cannon was so powerful that the largest version had a shooting range of 3 kilometers. The next weaponry with comparable fire power and range came about 350 years later in Europe.
Source: KBS World
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