Assassination

Jul 22, 2015

2h 20m

★ 7.3

The country falls. The operation begins.

Overview

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.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Caper Film

Showbox

Assassination Trailers

Cast

Ahn Ok-yun

Gianna Jun

Hawaii Pistol

Ha Jung-woo

Yeom Seok-jin

Lee Jung-jae

Pomade

Oh Dal-su

Big Gun / Chu Sang-ok

Cho Jin-woong

Kang In-gook

Lee Kyung-young

Hwang Deok-sam

Choi Deok-moon

Butler

Kim Eui-sung

Kawaguchi

Park Byung-eun

Ahn Seong-sim

Jin Kyung

Myeong-woo

Heo Ji-won

Kim Goo

Kim Hong-pa

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