The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

7.2IMDb Score
Released:2016-09-07
Duration:140 min
Country:South Korea
Director:Kim Jee-woon
Actors:Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min, Shingo Tsurumi, Um Tae-goo
Production:Harbin, Warner Bros. Korea, Dark Circle Pictures

Overview:

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.

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