Assassination

– Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The governm..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.30 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 20 Minutes
Release Year:
2015
Original Name:
암살
Assassination (2015) - Also known as 암살

Assassination is set in Korea and Shanghai in the 1930's during the Japanese occupation. The government resistance assigns a secret commando group with killing collaborators.

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Assassination (2015) - Trailer

Release Date:

07 Aug 2015

Language:

Korean, English, Japanese, Cantonese, Mandarin, French, Korean Sign Language

MPAA Content-Rating:
Not Rated

Director:

Dong-hoon Choi

Writer:

Dong-hoon Choi (screenplay), Ki-cheol Lee (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ji-hyun Jun, Jung-jae Lee, Jung-woo Ha, Dal-su Oh

Plot:

Korea in the year 1933, the country is occupied by the Japanese army. Many warriors of the resistance where forced into the exile in China. Now they are trying to organize the fight from the distance. Now the resistance has learned that the highest commander of the Japanese army is going to visit Korea. They decide to take the chance and kill him by assassination. But the only sniper who is able to make that shot is Ahn Ok-yun, who is serving her time in the prison of Shanghai. The resistance agent Yem Sek-jin is set to get her and her comrades out, but his plan is offered to the Japanese by a traitor. Now, Ok-yun and her warriors not just have to flee from the Chinese prison, she also must face the Japanese army and a very special hit-man, assigned to take her down.

Awards:

14 wins & 40 nominations.

Gross profit:

$1,904,682

Production:

Well Go USA

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
83%
Metacritic:
64%