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ActionThrillerDrama

Assassination

- The country falls. The operation begins.

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.

Release Date : 2015-07-22

Language :CantoneseEnglishKoreanJapaneseFrenchMandarin

Adult : false

Status : Released

Production Company : Caper FilmShowbox

Production Country : South Korea

Alternative Titles : Assassination

Cast

Jun Ji-hyun

Character Name : Ahn Ok-yun

Original Name : 전지현

Gender : Female

Ha Jung-woo

Character Name : Hawaii Pistol

Original Name : 하정우

Gender : Male

Lee Jung-jae

Character Name : Yeom Seok-jin

Original Name : 이정재

Gender : Male

Oh Dal-su

Character Name : Pomade

Original Name : 오달수

Gender : Male

Cho Jin-woong

Character Name : Big Gun / Chu Sang-ok

Original Name : 조진웅

Gender : Male

Lee Kyung-young

Character Name : Kang In-gook

Original Name : 이경영

Gender : Male

Choi Deok-moon

Character Name : Hwang Deok-sam

Original Name : 최덕문

Gender : Male

Kim Eui-sung

Character Name : Butler

Original Name : 김의성

Gender : Male

Park Byung-eun

Character Name : Kawaguchi

Original Name : 박병은

Gender : Male

Jin Kyung

Character Name : Ahn Seong-sim

Original Name : 진경

Gender : Female

Heo Ji-won

Character Name : Myeong-woo

Original Name : Heo Ji-won

Gender : Male

Kim Hong-pa

Character Name : Kim Goo

Original Name : 김홍파

Gender : Male

Jeong Gyu-su

Character Name : Hunchback

Original Name : 정규수

Gender : Male

Kim Kang-woo

Character Name : Investigator

Original Name : 김강우

Gender : Male

Cho Seung-woo

Character Name : Kim Won-bong

Original Name : 조승우

Gender : Male

Kim Hae-sook

Character Name : Bar Owner

Original Name : 김해숙

Gender : Female

Cheal-jong Shim

Character Name : Commander

Original Name : Cheal-jong Shim

Gender : Male

Jeong In-kyeom

Character Name : Sasaki

Original Name : 정인겸

Gender : Male

Lee Hwan

Character Name : Se-gwang

Original Name : 이환

Gender : Male

Kim In-woo

Character Name : Kimura

Original Name : 김인우

Gender : Male

Lee Young-suk

Character Name : Terauchi

Original Name : 이영석

Gender : Male

Sim Hee-seop

Character Name : Prosecutor

Original Name : 심희섭

Gender : Male

Geum Sae-rok

Character Name : Perfume Saleswoman

Original Name : 금새록

Gender : Female

Heo Jeong-do

Character Name : Consulate Staff

Original Name : 허정도

Gender : Male

Woo Sang-jeon

Character Name : Lee Wan-yong

Original Name : Woo Sang-jeon

Gender : Male

Jo Min-ho

Character Name : Military Police

Original Name : Jo Min-ho

Gender : Male

Lee Da-il

Character Name : Kang In-gook's Driver

Original Name : 이다일

Gender : Male

Park Se-jin

Character Name : Nanny

Original Name : Park Se-jin

Gender : Female

Do Mo-Se

Character Name : (uncredited)

Original Name : Do Mo-Se

Gender : Male

Kim Tae-jun

Character Name : Optician

Original Name : Kim Tae-jun

Gender : Male

Reviews

R

Reno

@Rangan

2024-05-16

> The fight within them is to free the nation from a foreign power. I remember that a few years ago I loved 'Jeon Woo-Chi' from this same director. It was so awesome, the mix between the modern world and ancient myth with the usual Korean style presentation, a little different from other similar western films due to the cultural difference. After that, this the second movie of his I am watching and I had two opposite thoughts in the two halves of the movie. Initially, I felt I chose a wrong movie. One of the reason was, I could not get the film characters right due to complicated introductions. Too many main characters and that's a too much to recognise if you're not a Korean or not familiar with the Korean faces/actors. Somewhat I was confused, at least in the first quarter. In the second half, especially after the story moved to Korean, I get used to it and afterwards it was very smooth. The other reason was obviously the length of the movie. Only because of the puzzled opening order. Later the story development was so good, I began to feel comfortable with the narration and after that I did not notice the runtime at all. I have no source to confirm whether it was based on the real or simply a cinematic fiction, but it was very interesting as it progress. So don't force yourself to watch the movie, but it you do, then give it a time in the beginning and be focused, later definitely you will be in a position to get through as easily as I did. > "Damn, we could all die tomorrow. Let's dance." Actually, it all began in the year 1911, and moved to 20 years later during the Japan's occupation of Korea. The resistance freedom fighters plan a series of assassination of the Japanese leaders in the nation's different regions. One such man was a powerful native business tycoon. When everything goes wrong, the story begins to take a turn, complicates further by revealing the old secret. How much it affects and to whom, followed by the final battle sequence. Obviously everyone interesting in this film for Jeon Ji-Hyun's presence. Of course, as usual she was very impressive, but her so-star, Ha Jung-Woo with his weird screen name 'Hawaii Pistol' was also equally good. When I first heard Hawaii Pistol is coming, I thought it was the arms supply from Hawaii. Anyway, it was a grand intro, after his entry the movie was set to explore the rest of the story in a style. The other actors like his hilarious partner and the main villain set the tone for the movie. Certainly it is a movie to pick if you want an historic subject other than your regular Korean themes. Beautifully written for the screen, except like I said the editing was confusing for the lack of proper inception. Don't think it's simply about the brave freedom fighters; betrayal, revenge, family, third person caught in, like that it had many stuffs. It is also very rare to see a woman fighter among them. All the action scenes were really well made, because that's the title isn't. The terrific settings of the 30s as well. I can't say about it is a must see or not, but surely a fine historic movie that I am pleased with. 8/10