Min Joon-ki

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Min Joon-ki
Born (1968-02-19) February 19, 1968 (age 53)
Occupation Film director, screenwriter
Korean name
Hangul
민준기
Revised Romanization Min Jun-gi
McCune–Reischauer Min Chun-gi

Min Joon-ki (born February 19, 1968) is a South Korean film director. He wrote and directed Heaven's Soldiers (2005), in which Halley's Comet causes North and South Korean soldiers to travel back in time from 2005 to 1572, where they join Korean national hero Yi Sun-sin in fighting the Jurchen tribes. [1]

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References

  1. Lee, Seung-jae (14 July 2005). "Movie Makes Young Lee Sun-shin a Hero". The Dong-a Ilbo . Retrieved 2013-09-11.