What’s also interesting is that the Korean actors playing Japanese characters often speak in Japanese. I don’t speak Japanese myself so I can’t say whether it was all spoken correctly, but I will say that some of the actors sounded less than confident when speaking their lines.

The evil depiction of the Japanese really does go over-the-top in this and certain other films. I’ve never been a fan of that sort of villainous depiction of any nation. It’s not interesting and it’s not helpful. Besides which, I think that the strength of your villain can sometimes decide how good your film is, so if the villain is just a caricature then you’re probably not gonna have a great film. The Admiral has a lot of things wrong with it, but a more human villain would’ve definitely helped.