Movie
Assassination
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-07-22
- Runtime
- 140 min
- Genres
- Action, Thriller, Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Caper Film, Showbox
- Country
- South Korea
- Original language
- KO
Cast
- Gianna Jun as Ahn Ok-yun
- Ha Jung-woo as Hawaii Pistol
- Lee Jung-jae as Yeom Seok-jin
- Oh Dal-su as Pomade
- Cho Jin-woong as Big Gun / Chu Sang-ok
- Lee Kyung-young as Kang In-gook
- Choi Deok-moon as Hwang Deok-sam
- Kim Eui-sung as Butler
- Park Byung-eun as Kawaguchi
- Jin Kyung as Ahn Seong-sim
- Heo Ji-won as Myeong-woo
- Kim Hong-pa as Kim Goo
Crew
- Choi Dong-hoon - Director
- Choi Dong-hoon - Screenplay
- Lee Ki-cheol - Screenplay
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