Emergency Declaration (film)

Emergency Declaration
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
비상선언
Hanja
非常宣言
RRBisang seoneon
MRPisang sŏnŏn
Directed byHan Jae-rim
Written byHan Jae-rim
Produced by
  • Han Jae-rim
  • Baek Chang-joo
  • Eum Zoo-young
Starring
CinematographyLee Mo-gae
  • Park Jong-Chul
Edited by
  • Kim Woo-Hyun
  • Lee Kang-il
  • Han Jae-rim
Music byLee Byung-woo
Production
companies
  • Magnum Nine Co., Ltd.
  • Showbox Co., Ltd.
Distributed byShowbox
Release dates
  • July 16, 2021 (2021-07-16) (Cannes)
  • August 3, 2022 (2022-08-03) (South Korea)
Running time
147 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Budget₩26 billion
Box officeUS$21.4 million

Emergency Declaration (Korean: 비상선언; RR: Bisang seoneon) is a 2021 South Korean disaster film written and directed by Han Jae-rim, starring Song Kang-ho, Lee Byung-hun, Jeon Do-yeon, Kim Nam-gil, Im Si-wan, Kim So-jin and Park Hae-joon. Filming restarted on September 12, 2020, after a postponement due to the COVID-19 resurgence in August 2020 and wrapped on October 24, 2020.

The film premiered out of competition at the 74th Cannes Film Festival on July 16, 2021 before being released theatrically in South Korea on August 3, 2022. It was screened in various formats, including on a 4DX screen combining 4DX and ScreenX in addition to IMAX.