Typhoon (2005 film)

Typhoon
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
태풍
Hanja
颱風
RRTaepung
MRT'aep'ung
Directed byKwak Kyung-taek
Written byKwak Gyeong-taek
An Yeong-su
Produced byYang Jung-gyeong
Park Seong-geun
StarringJang Dong-gun
Lee Jung-jae
Lee Mi-yeon
CinematographyHong Kyung-pyo
Edited byPark Kwang-il
Music byKim Hyung-suk
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • December 14, 2005 (2005-12-14)
Running time
124 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
English
Thai
Russian
Budget₩17 billion
Box officeUS$26.2 million

Typhoon (Korean: 태풍; RR: Taepung) is a 2005 South Korean action film directed by Kwak Kyung-taek and starring Jang Dong-gun, Lee Jung-jae, and Lee Mi-yeon. Jang plays a vengeful refugee-turned-pirate who plans a massive attack on North and South Korea. A top South Korean naval officer (Lee Jung-jae) is assigned the task to stop his plans and execute him.

Typhoon was the highest budget South Korean film at the time, with a budget of over 15 million dollars, or about 17 billion won. The film was shot in three countries: South Korea, Thailand, Russia.