D-War

D-War
North American theatrical release poster
Hangul
디워
RRDiwo
MRTiwŏ
Directed byShim Hyung-rae
Written by
  • Shim Hyung-rae
Produced by
    • Choi Sung-ho
    • Jeong Tae-sung
    • James B. Kang
Starring
CinematographyHubert Taczanowski
Edited byTim Alverson
Music bySteve Jablonsky
Production
company
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 1 August 2007 (2007-08-01) (South Korea)
  • 14 September 2007 (2007-09-14) (US)
Running time
90 minutes
Countries
  • South Korea
  • United States
Languages
  • English
  • Korean
Budget$32 million
Box office$75 million

D-War (Korean디워, released in North America as Dragon Wars: D-War) is a 2007 fantasy monster action film written and directed by South Korean filmmaker Shim Hyung-rae and starring Jason Behr, Amanda Brooks, Craig Robinson, Elizabeth Peña and Robert Forster. The plot involves ancient Korean dragons (Imugi) appearing in modern-day Los Angeles.

The film was an international co-production between South Korea and the United States, with a mainly-Korean crew but shot in the United States with American actors. At the time of its release, it was the highest-budgeted South Korean film of all time, and was the first Korean film in nearly 30 years to receive a wide theatrical release in North America. D-War grossed $75 million worldwide and received generally negative reviews.