The Age of Shadows

(2016)

★ 7.2 IMDb · 385 votes

Genres: Action, Thriller, History

Year: 2016

Runtime: 140 мин

Country: South Korea

Director: Ким Джи Ун

Cast: Сон Кан Хо, Гон Ю, 한지민, 鶴見辰吾, Ом Тхэ Гу, 신성록, Ли Бён-хон, Пак Хи-сун, Хо Сон-тхэ, 김동영

Plot

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.

Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause.