The Age of Shadows (2016)

The Age of Shadows is a 2016 South Korean period action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Lee Ji-min and Park Jong-dae. The film is set in Shanghai and Seoul in the 1920s and stars Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated. This film won the Best Picture award in the Action Features category at the 2016 Fantastic Fest held in Austin, Texas.

The Japanese colonial authority has accused Korean police captain Lee Jung-chool of tracking down members of the country's resistance movement. But, while Lee has a history of betraying his own people in order to gain favor with the Japanese, the murder of Kim Jang-ok, a former classmate and resistance fighter, has affected him harder than normal. Che-san, the resistance's commander, thinks that if addressed and treated properly, this traitor will be turned once more — this time in their favor. So starts a gradual, coded psychological dance between Lee and a major resistance figure called Kim Woo-jin (Gong Yoo), whose antique shop serves as a front for a conspiracy to transport bombs into Seoul from Shanghai.

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Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min, Uhm Tae-goo

Original release: September 3, 2016

Link to watch: imdb.com/title/tt4914580/