Korean superstar Gang Dong-won plays a former slave who becomes the leader of a rebellion in Uprising, a lavish period epic from Kim Sang-man (Midnight FM).

The film opened the 29th Busan International Film Festival on October 2, and will be released on Netflix next week.

Co-written and produced by Park Chan-wook, this blood-soaked military saga set in the Joseon dynasty (1392-1910) in Korea centres on a falling-out between two childhood friends, who find themselves on opposing sides of a conflict that threatens to consume the nation.

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