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| Hangul | 최종병기 활 |
| Hanja | 最終兵器 活（弓） |
| RR | Choejongbyeonggi Hwal |
| MR | Choechongp'yŏngki Hwal |
| Directed by | Kim Han-Min |
| Produced by | Won-seok Jang and Sung-hwan Kim |
| Written by | Kim Han-Min |
| Starring | Park Hae-il Moon Chae-Won Ryoo Seung-Ryong |
| Music by | Kim Tae-sung |
| Cinematography | Tae-seong Kim |
| Editing by | Kim Chang-ju Choi Min young |
| Distributed by | Lotte Entertainment |
| Release date(s) | August 11, 2011 |
| Running time | 122 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean Manchu |
| Admissions | 7,452,338 |
War of the Arrows (Hangul: 최종병기 활; Hanja: 最終兵器 弓; RR: Choejongbyeonggi Hwal; MR: Choechongp'yŏngki Hwal) is a South Korean historical action film starring Park Hae-il. This film was released on August 11, 2011. The film is about a archer who risks his life to save his sister from slavery under Prince Dorgan's rule. The film won four awards in 48th Daejong Awards to Best Actor for Park Hae-il and Best New Actress for Moon Chae-won.
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During the Second Manchu invasion of Korea in 1636, a village is attacked by Manchurian soldiers. They kidnap Ja-In on her wedding day with her childhood sweetheart Seo-Goon. Her brother Nam-Yi, a skilled archer and hunter, returns to the village and learns his sister was kidnapped into slavery. Nam-Yi has a tragic past; as children he and Ja-In witnessed their father being betrayed and executed by King Injo and then they were raised by Seo-Goon's father. Ja-In was sold to Prince Dorgon whose ally, Jyusthina, is his best archer, troop leader and commands an elite force of warriors. As Nam-Yi seeks to rescue his sister he clashes with Jyusthina and his troops.
The film begins with two children Nam-yi and Ja-in being chased by King Injo's guards and saved by their father who was skilled archer and an officer of previous king. He sends his own children to find a place of refuge with his best friend Kim Min-soon. As they escaped crying, Ja-in begged to her brother to go back to their father but the father was killed in front of Nam-yi. Nam-yi, though bitten by the guard dogs, kills them and escapes with Ja-in. Nam-yi becomes the only family Ja-in knows. 13 years later Nam-yi who is now a skilled archer and hunter learns from Seo-goon that he and Ja-in plan to get married with the approval of Min-soon who is also Ja-In's godfather .
During the wedding, Nam-Yi is up in the mountains hunting deer. He hears the rumble of the invading forces. When Nam-Yi makes it back to the village, he finds his step-father slaughtered and his sister taken away. Nam-Yi then sets out to find the Qing army and take out their army with his bow. The great commander of the Qing army, Jyuu Shin-Ta (Ryoo Seung-Ryong) discovers the mysterious man trailing his men and taking them out one by one. Jyuu Shin-Ta then sets out to find Nam-Yi. A war of arrows is set to begin and Nam-Yi prepares to make the ultimate sacrifice....
Kim Mu-yeol who played Seo-goon is a musical actor who sang the ending theme for the movie.
2011 (48th) Daejong Film Awards - October 17, 2011
2011 (31th) Critics Choice Awards - October 30, 2011
2011 (32nd) Blue Dragon Film Awards - November 25, 2011