In 1598, on his deathbed, the Japanese Emperor Toyotomi ordered his troops to withdraw from the Korean kingdom. Admiral Yu Sun-sin was able to push back the Japanese force. The shadows of the past haunt the admiral. His family was once murdered and he still seeks revenge. He does not want to let the Japanese fleet go without a final battle. With the bombastic fight against the Japanese, the great saga about Admiral Yi Sun-sin ends. The films in the trilogy are among the most successful in Asia's cinema history. Many critics consider the action-packed epic to be the best part. In fact, the elaborately and authentically staged battles reach a scale that is hard to top even by Hollywood. The war epic, which is as exciting as it is emotional, fires on all cylinders.