The Age of Shadows (2016)

Original title

밀정

Directed by

Kim Ji-woon

Genre

drama film

Country

South Korea, United States

Runtime

2h 20m

Rated

16

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 378 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A cat-and-mouse game unfolds between Korean independence fighters and Japanese colonial authorities in 1920s Shanghai and Seoul. A police officer is torn between his duty and his secret sympathies with the resistance.

tensesuspensefulgrittystylishperiod-piecedarkdeliberateaction-paced

What happens

The Age of Shadows (Korean: 밀정; lit. 'Emissary') is a 2016 South Korean period action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Lee Ji-min and Park Jong-dae. The film is set in Shanghai and Seoul in the 1920s and stars Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. The film won the Best Picture award in the Action Features category at the 2016 Fantastic Fest held in Austin, Texas. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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