Assassination
암살
“ The country falls. The operation begins. ”
CINEMA2015-07-22
DIGITAL2016-03-07
RegionKR
Runtime140 MIN
Media TypeMovie
PRODUCTION COMPANIES
Nexus Editorial Perspective Nexus Original
“Choi Dong-hoon's stylish period epic uniting resistance snipers and a romantic freelance hitman against traitorous colonial targets.”
Storyline
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
DIRECTOR / Director
Choi Dong-hoon
KEYWORDS
assassinationindependence movementjapanese invasion of korea1930skorean resistancejapanese occupation of korea
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