Assassination

About Assassination

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.

Choi Dong-hoon's Assassination is a 2015 history thriller film. Its themes are assassination, independence movement, japanese occupation of korea, and japanese invasion of korea.

Gianna Jun appears as Ahn Ok-yun, Ha Jung-woo as Hawaii Pistol, Lee Jung-jae as Yeom Seok-jin, and Oh Dal-su as Pomade. Released in July 2015, it runs 140 minutes.

The screenplay is by Choi Dong-hoon and Lee Ki-cheol. It streams on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads, and Hi-YAH in the United States.

The Battle: Roar to Victory, Kaneko Fumiko, and The Age of Shadows make useful companions to Assassination. TMDB voters put it at 7.3 out of 10 across 291 votes and it carries a NR rating.