Original subtitles

Creator of all things, help us to win...

For victory today, I would trade my life...

Sound the drums.

The Sea Battle of Noryang,

the final battle of the 7 year war, was set in motion.

Konishi Yukinaga in Wekyo, Soon-chun had bribed the Ming Navy

and succeeded in requesting aid from

Japanese forces in Sachun and Namhae.

Shimazu and the others quickly responded

rallying their forces in Jokryang for the final battle.

Faced with the threat of a pincer attack,

Yi Soon-shin and Jin Lin's Cho-Ming naval alliance went to

work on devising an effective strategy to stop them.

Shimazu's auxiliaries had two ways to get to Wekyo:

directly through Noryang or around Namhae through Mijo.

Yi Soon-shin chose Noryang.

There was only one way to destroy the enemy fleet

three times the size of the allies,

and that was to lure them into a narrow channel through Noryang,

trap them at Kwanumpo, and cut off their retreat route.

What?

Yi soon-shin placed the royal emissary in confinement

an launched a battle?

He might has well have placed me in confinement!

Yes, Your Majesty.

This is clearly high treason. He must be arrested and punished!

Bring him in! Dispatch the royal prosecutor immediately!

Father, I beg you to withdraw your command.

Father...

Leave.

Father...

Leave, I said!

Father, good men are at the heart of good government.

If good man are persecuted,

the regime can never be placed on a solid footing.

Father...!

Do you see them?

Grieving souls flocking to smell the blood...

I can see them.

And they cut me like double edged swords as they pass me by...

They want your victory and this country's victory, sir.

They are waiting and praying that the seas of Chosun

will be filled with fishermen's songs again.

Yes, since this sea was stained with their blood...

And they will want my blood as well...

Your Majesty, take my life as well!

You will defend a criminal off treason to the end?

If a man who risks his life to save this country is called a traitor

and men who manipulate the truth to bring confusion to the state

are called patriots, this country has no future, Your Majesty.

Prime Minister...

Those who should be held responsible for the treacherous

seven years of war sit right here in this room.

Those who allowed this invasion,

those who ignored the safety of the people and fled the city...

That is enough, Minister Yu.

Those who do not hesitate to malign a man that saved this land,

they must be punished first!

Your Majesty, I, Yu Sung-ryong,

have been here with you for the past thirty years.

But I was not here to serve you.

I was here to serve your master the people of Chosun.

A wise ruler fears his people and pays heed to their voices,

and a benevolent ruler cares for his people like his children

and faults himself for their pain.

It is time to end this war

and come together as one to rebuild this country.

Your Majesty, I beg you to look high and look far.

"Resignation"

What great loss...

Prime Minister Yu Sung-ryong and Supreme Commander Yi Soon-shin

are the greatest patriots of our time.

Remove the Prime Minister from his post and arrest Yi Soon-shin at once!

Are you giving up?

Has the burden of protecting Yi Soon-shin and pulling my father

to the right path become too heavy for you to bear?

I am not giving up anything, Your Highness.

I am simply trying to pay my share of the price.

The price for allowing the Japanese to invade this land

and take the lives of our people...

Neither Yi Soon-shin nor I can be free from that responsibility.

Supreme Commander Yi Soon-shin and I are trying to pay the price

for our failures in our own ways.

What is this?

Prime Minister, this is...

It is my account of the seven year war.

Don't let this day be forgotten when you rise to the throne in the future.

Remember the devastation and atrocities that the enemy has

left behind, and Chosun will never suffer the confusion of war again.

It is your job now to turn this country into a strong nation.

Minister Yu...

I pray that you will become a benevolent King.

Noryang is up ahead, sir.

How much longer until 11:00 o'clock?

Anytime now, sir.

Our first hurtle in this battle is Wekyo.

High Commander Yi and Commandant Yi will not let us down.

Raise the signal flag.

Break up the fleet into four and prepare them for an ambush attack.

Yes, sir.

What?

The ocean is covered with the enemy fleet, sir.

It's Yi Soon-shin.

The reinforcements! Where are the reinforcements?

They are yet to arrive.

What do you mean? They should've been here hours ago!

Perhaps they haven't moved fearing that this is Yi Soon-shin's trap.

What?

Send a signal fire!

No, set fire to the highest peak of the highest mountain

and let them know that we are in danger!

We must act quickly. Yi Soon-shin must have gone to Wekyo himself!

He sent his entire fleet to Wekyo unwary of us?

That doesn't sound like Yi Soon-shin...

Do you question my father-in-law's judgment?

He is desperate. He set a mountain on fire to call for help!

What is the quickest way to Wekyo?

Noryang, sir.

Very well. We will cross Noryang.

The bit.

Yes, sir.

Admiral!

Fire a few rounds toward the island.

Aye!

Ready! Fire!

Admiral, perhaps...?

They are making sure that we are not here.

All is quiet, sir. The channel is clear.

Very well, cross at full speed.

Aye!

Full speed ahead! Full speed ahead!

Admiral, they are speeding up.

Wait.

They will slow down once the first ship safely passes the channel.

Now! Fire!

Fire! Fire!

Fire! Fire!

Raise the signal flag! Turn the fleet to Kwanumpo immediately!

Aye!

Cannons ready! Fire!

Admiral, they are turning around toward Kwanumpo, sir!

Send the signal to Soon-chun and Karipo division!

Yes, sir!

Increase speed! Stay out of their projectile range!

Increase speed!

General!

Rocket launchers ready!

Fire!

Sink them all!

Destroy them! Wipe out the enemy!

Don't let one single enemy soldier survive the battle!

I will not, I will not let Yi Soon-shin destroy my fleet again!

Do you understand?

Faster! Increase speed!

Deliver the command! Surround the enemy and obliterate them!

Yes, sir!

Charge forward! Charge forward!

Advance!

The enemy is before us! Attack!

Throw the hay bales and set them on fire!

Throw the hay bales! Fire! Fire!

Fire! Continue fire!

General!

Quickly! Send a courier pigeon to General Konishi!

The enemy is in here in Noryang, so tell him to quickly aid us! Now!

Aye!

Attack! Don't let them slip out of these waters!

Fire!

General, we're getting crushed!

Yi Soon-shin...!

Reinforcements! Where are the reinforcements?

Why aren't they here?

Charge forward! Break through the enemy!

No, General! A frontal attack is too risky.

We are dealing with Yi Soon-shin! We can't win.

Next spring... we can return next spring!

Remember, our goal is safe retreat.

General, we must retreat before we lose the entire fleet.

Send out the assault team. Secure a retreat route!

Lt. Na Dae-yong, was it?

Yes, Admiral.

Would you guide the Great Ming Navy through your waters?

Admiral!

I will take the Great Ming Navy and go to Kwanumpo!

Tonight, I will share my fate with Yi Soon-shin!

It would be my honor to guide you, Admiral!

Lure the enemy to Kwanumpo!

General! General!

It's a dead end, sir! There is a port ahead!

And it's covered with the enemy!

Our fleet is still twice the size of the enemy fleet!

Regroup and breakthrough the enemy!

Aye!

Attack! Breakthrough the enemy!

Admiral, the enemy fleet is coming straight at us with great speed!

If they overwhelm us with numbers...

Hold your positions and don't let them breakthrough!

Fire!

Stain this ocean red with the enemy's blood!

General, we don't know what to do! Give us an order!

Don't bother fighting back. Increase speed!

We're getting out of here at full speed!

Aye!

Shouldn't we chase after them and finish them off?

Only a handful of them got away. We should quickly join the main force.

Yes.

Konishi... That sneaky bastard escaped alone?

General, we can't hold them back much longer.

We must retreat!

The enemy flag ship is running away!

General, the enemy flag ship is running away,

and the others have lost will to fight.

We won. We won!

Admiral, over there!

It's the Ming navy! The Ming navy is coming!

The Right Kyung-sang Navy is coming as well!

General, now the Ming navy has joined the battle.

The Chosunese fleet is is growing as well!

We must quickly retreat!

Move the fleet toward Noryang at full speed!

Yes, sir.

We will stop the cowardly bastards that are running away

and finish this fight!

General!

There will be no retreat until Yi Soon-shin is dead!

Captain Song, raise the assault flag!

But sir, we are the command ship. How could command ship lead the...

You heard my order!

The command ship will lead the fleet and go after the fleeing enemy!

The command ship is leading the assault!

Huh? What is he doing?

General, they're coming after us!

I had hoped they would.

This is where Wakizaka and Yi Soon-shin have our final fight!

Call in the assault team! Tell them to be prepared for death!

Assault team!

Increase speed!

Advance at full speed! Capture Yi Soon-shin's command ship!

Advance! Advance!

Board the enemy vessel!

Stay calm and cut the ropes!

Fire! Wipe out the enemy!

Steer to the left!

But we will collide with the commend ship, sir!

Get us next to the enemy ship! Now!

Pardon?

We must board the enemy ship!

Board! Board the enemy ship!

Commander Yi!

Commander Yi!

The rope! Save the commander! Now!

Admiral! Admiral!

Commander Yi!

Admiral, you're in danger! You must fall back!

Quickly! Lower the assault flag!

Fight! Wipe out the enemy!

Why, sir? Why did you take the spearhead?

This is a fight I must finish with my own hands.

Admiral...!

Hang in there, Commander! Don't die on me!

Do you know who I fear most, Admiral?

It's you.

Do you know who I admire most?

That's you, too.

I wanted to be just like you...

Commander Yi...

Forgive me, sir, for failing to see the battle to the end...

No.

Commander of Karipo Yi Young-nam, you were a fine soldier.

Admiral!

Admiral...

Take care of Commander Yi.

The enemy is before us!

Don't let them retreat! Attack!

The Admiral is out of his armor! Admiral!

Oh no! That's suicide! Suicide!

Admiral, protect yourself! Put on your armor!

What is he doing?

Get to the command ship! Protect the command ship!

The sea will want my blood as well...

Admiral, must you choose this path?

What radiant sun! How bright it is!

After them! Do not let the enemy retreat!

Admiral! Admiral!

Uncle!

Admiral! Admiral!

Admiral! Admiral!

Admiral! Admiral!

Uncle!

Admiral! Admiral!

No!

Uncle...

Admiral, are you all right? Stop the bleeding!

Admiral...!

Do not make a commotion. I am all right.

Uncle...

Captain Song...

Yes, sir.

Sound the drums. The battle must continue.

Admiral!

The soldiers must not be disturbed.

Don't let the enemy know of my death...

I will obey your order with my life, sir!

Attack! Attack!

Attack! Destroy the enemy!

Fight until every last one of them are destroyed!

Attack! Attack!

Admiral!

Admiral!

Fight!

Don't let one single enemy soldier return alive!

Attack! Follow the command ship!

Attack!

Wipe them out!

Attack!

Supreme Commander Yi Soon-shin...

Under his leadership, we fought

against the Japanese invaders in 23 battles and won them all.

But those were not the only battles we fought and won.

Sir, nobles don't send their sons into military service.

It's been that way for years.

There is no social distinction in defending the country!

Does this country belong to the commoners alone?

I will sacrifice my pride to gain a good man.

We fought against social traditions and old habits that had deeply

taken root in the past 200 years in Chosun society.

Do not forgive them...!

Why don't I buy you a drink?

Pardon, sir?

When it comes to wit, you are my number one man.

And we battled our own weaknesses and shortcomings and won.

How could you!

Don't you know how important the Turtle Ship is to us?

The world may think it's impossible, no one may want to help us,

but you and I must keep trying.

We challenged the impossible time and time again and prevailed.

What is the meaning of this!

Let go! Let go of me!

Admiral...

Don't fault yourself.

We lost the entire fleet... I have no excuse...

One life is worth more than the entire fleet of battleships.

We fought against the bone crushing shame of defeat and won.

I respectfully decline, sir.

High Commander Kwon...

You only have 12 galleys left.

Let us be glad that we didn't lose all of the galleys.

The enemy has one thousand, no, closer to two thousand battleships.

That is why we need you.

You are the only one who can start over with me with

the 12 ships that we have.

He who seeks death shall live, and he who seeks life shall die.

Those willing to trade your life to protect your country, follow me!

We fought against deep despair and won,

and learned how not to lose hope.

Admiral, can you hear it?

The cheers of victory!

The Chosun Navy annihilated the enemy and swept them out of our sea!

- Admiral! - Admiral!

Yi Soon-shin, man too great to be called simply a hero...

We bury him at sea that he so loved.

But we cannot let him go just yet.

If we honor him simply as a great navy admiral who defeated the

invading enemy, we would not be doing him justice.

Only when we understand that the

first enemy that we must face is ourselves,

only when we have the courage to continue the arduous fight

to keep our principles,

only when we can serve the people as our true masters,

only then we can lay him to rest.

That is why his death is not the end but a beginning...