1. The Age of Shadows | Rotten Tomatoes
Korean resistance fighters smuggle explosives to destroy facilities controlled by Japanese forces.
2. The Age of Shadows movie review (2016) | Roger Ebert
Sep 23, 2016 · “The Age of Shadows” is about a man caught between country and duty; decency and obligation. It is about people in a time in which black and white lost their ...
At 140 minutes, Kim sometimes loses the rhythm of his spy thriller, but he's such a confident filmmaker—and his leading man such a magnetic presence—that he quickly gets its back.
3. the age of shadows (2016) - korean film jottings
Mar 4, 2020 · A group of korean rebels are out to import bombs from shanghai to resist japan's occupation of korea in the 1920s.
the age of shadows (2016) truth is, this was never going to be a genuine oscars foreign film contender (korea’s nomination should’ve been the handmaiden). the age of shadows is a move that delivers on...
4. “The Age of Shadows” – Screen Zealots
Oct 8, 2016 · The movie is set in 1920s Korea, when Seoul was under Japanese rule and resistance fighters worked to destroy the foreign government and restore ...
LOUISA: MATT: LOUISA SAYS: “The Age of Shadows” looks so freaking amazing that I really didn’t care about the messy, rambling plot: which is a good thing because it’s all ov…
5. The Age of Shadows (2016) - Korean Film Biz Zone
Lee Jung-chool, a Korean who works as a Japanese police office, is given the special mission of uncovering the Righteous Brotherhood, and begins tracking its ...
It’s the end of 1920s, a period marred by the Japanese occupation of Korea. Lee Jung-chool, a Korean who works as a Japanese police office, is given the special mission of uncovering the Righteous Brotherhood, and begins tracking its leader Kim Woo-jin. Standing on the opposite ends of this fight, both men dig information on each other. The Brotherhood soon finds out that there are leakers on both sides and cracks down to find the moles. They travel to Shanghai to evade the investigation and to obtain explosives. But this information is also leaked and the Japanese officers follow suit. As th...
6. The Age of Shadows (밀정) - Academy Museum
Jan 13, 2024 · Inspired by a true event in Korea during the Japanese occupation in the 1920s, The Age of Shadows explores the complicated emotions of its ...
Inspired by a true event in Korea during the Japanese occupation in the 1920s, The Age of Shadows explores the complicated emotions of its characters whose moral
7. The Age of Shadows (2016) directed by Kim Jee-woon - Letterboxd
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives ...
Set in the late 1920s, The Age of Shadows follows the cat-and-mouse game that unfolds between a group of resistance fighters trying to bring in explosives from Shanghai to destroy key Japanese facilities in Seoul, and Japanese agents trying to stop them.
8. Film Notes: The Age of Shadows, 2016 (Original title - A Crime is Afoot
Oct 2, 2017 · With The Age of Shadows, his first film in three years, Kim at last takes his singular vision to the spy genre. Set in the 1920s, during the ...
KR / 140 min / Color / Grimm Pictures, Warner Bros Korea Dir: Kim Jee-woon Pro: Kim Jee-woon, Choi Jaeweon Scr: Lee Jimin, Park Jongdae Cine: Kim Jiyong Mus: Mowg Cast: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han…
9. Review: South Korea's Oscar Submission "The Age of Shadows"
Oct 28, 2016 · The film, set in the 1920s, takes as its subject the Korean resistance to Japanese rule, and follows the career of a double agent named Lee Jung-chool.
Tim here . Age of Shadows is currently making its way around the U.S. art house circuit, giving Am...
10. Venice Film Review: The Age of Shadows - Variety
Sep 2, 2016 · Cult director Kim Jee-woon delivers the goods with an ultra-stylish cloak-and-dagger actioner set in 1920s Korea, under the Japanese occupation.
Kim Jee-woon's electrifying tale of intrigue, South Korea's candidate for the foreign-language Oscar, is an action classic.