Musa
Director: Kim Seong-soo
Genre: Wuxia, Action, History, War film, Action/Adventure, Martial arts, World cinema, Drama
Year: 2001
Country: South Korea
Language: Standard Mandarin, Korean Language, Mandarin Chinese
Starring: Zhang Ziyi, Ahn Sung-ki, Jung Woo-sung, Ju Jin-mo, Yong-woo Park, Jeong-hak Park, Hye-jin Yu, Seok-yong Jeong, Du-il Lee, Yeong-mok Han
Musa (武士, 무사, Musa), released as both The Warrior and The Ultimate Warrior in English-speaking countries, is a 2001 South Korean epic film directed by Kim Seong-soo, starring Jung Woo-sung, Ahn Sung-ki, Ju Jin-mo and Chinese actress Zhang Ziyi. The semi-historical story follows the adventures of a Korean peace delegation as they try to get back to Korea through the inhospitable deserts of northern China.
The film is regarded as being one of the biggest motion pictures in the history of South Korean cinema. At the time of its production its budget was the largest ever for a Korean film. It features a high degree of historical accuracy in period costumery, props, settings, and most unusually, language; that is, everyone speaks in their native tongues or through an interpreter conversant in a lingua franca.
In 1375, a small political envoy travels to Ming China to meet the emperor. Mistaken for spies, the envoy is arrested. Their prisoner transport is attacked by Mongol marauders, who kill the Chinese guards and allow the Koreans to live. All the Korean ambassadors have died, leaving the inexperienced general Choi-Jung to take charge. The soldiers arm themselves and quickly discover
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