Asian Drama

Under the colonial rule of Japan, 400 or so Koreans who are conscripted into slave labor on 'The Battleship Island', attempt to escape for life. 1944, during the Japanese occupation of Korea, conscripted civilians head out to the Hashima island. Nicknamed 'The Battleship Island' after its resemblance to a war vessel, some are lured by false promises of high wages. LEE, a bandmaster of a jazz bigband and his only daughter, CHOI, a thug, and Mallyeon are among the workers. But upon arrival, they found that the island turns out to be an isolated hell where the workers are forced into slave labor. As the Pacific War nears its end, PARK, a Korean independence activist assigned on a mission to rescue a Korea's spiritual leader from the island. As the U.S. launches massive counterattack on Japan, the Japanese decided to blow up the island in order to bury the truth about their awful treatment of the Korean slave labors. PARK discovers the plan, and conspires with LEE and others for mass escape of all 400 Koreans.

A nuclear power plant is built in a peaceful small town in South Korea. All residents praise the nuclear power station for bringing new jobs and life to the quiet town except Jae Hyuk who lost his father and a brother due to coolant exposure an accident while working on the nuclear power plant. But now, he is forced to work in the station against his will. The nuclear power plant gradually corrodes, and one day, with an unexpected earthquake, old pipes in the nuclear power plant break and hydrogen gas explode. To stop the atomic explosion, Jae Hyuk goes into the nuclear power plant to save his beloved people. Will he save the ones he loves from the disaster? Will he come back alive?