Veteran (2015 film)

Veteran
Veteran
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Ryoo Seung-wan
Written by	Ryoo Seung-wan
Produced by	Cho Sung-min
Starring	Hwang Jung-min; Yoo Ah-in; Yoo Hae-jin; Oh Dal-su;
Cinematography	Choi Young-hwan
Edited by	Kim Sang-bum; Kim Jae-bum;
Music by	Bang Jun-seok
Production; companies	Film K; Filmmaker R&K;
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment
Release date	August 5, 2015;
Running time	123 minutes
Country	South Korea
Language	Korean
Budget	US$5.1 million
Box office	US$92 million

Veteran (Korean: 베테랑) is a 2015 South Korean action comedy film written and directed by Ryoo Seung-wan.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] It drew 13.4 million admissions, making it the 5th all-time highest-grossing film in South Korean cinema history. Veteran also won the Casa Asia Award at the Sitges Film Festival.^[9]

A sequel titled I, the Executioner premiered in 2024.

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