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Title: The Age of Shadows(English title) / Secret Agent(literal title)

Director: Kim Jee-Woon

Writer: Lee Ji-Min, Park Jong-Dae, Kim Jee-Woon

Producer: Kim Jee-Woon, Choi Jae-Won, Choi Jung-Hwa

Cinematographer: Kim Ji-Yong, Kim Jae-Hong

Release Date: September 7, 2016

Runtime: 140 min.

Genre: Action / Period-1920 / Spy / Award Winning

Language: Korean

Country: South Korea

Preview

Set in the 1920's, during the Japanese occupation of South Korea, Lee Jung-Chool (Song Kang-Ho) was once a member of the Korean independence movement, but he now works as a police officer for Japan. He receives an order to take down the Korean independence group the Righteous Brotherhood.

Lee Jung-Chool introduces himself to art dealer Kim Woo-Jin (Gong Yoo) and pretends to be interested in his Korean artworks. In actuality, Kim Woo-Jin is the regional leader of the Righteous Brotherhood. Both of these men are well aware of each other's true identities and intentions, but get closer to each other seeking out more information.

The Righteous Brotherhood learn there are spies within their group and attempt to clamp down on the moles. Soon, the identities of Righteous Brotherhood members are leaked and they flee to Shanghai, China. Meanwhile, Lee Jung-Chool and Japanese police officer Hashimoto (Um Tae-Goo) lead forces to Shanghai, China. There, members of the Righteous Brotherhood decide to acquire explosive for an attack on the Japanese government in Korea.

Notes

Filming began October 22, 2015 and finished March 31, 2016.

This movie is the fourth film in which Song Kang-Ho and director Kim Jee-Woon have worked together (prior films are "The Quiet Family," "The Foul King" and "The Good, The Bad, The Weird").

Cast

Song Kang-Ho

Gong Yoo

Han Ji-Min

Um Tae-Go

Shingo Tsurumi

Lee Byung-Hun

Shin Sung-Rok

Heo Sung-Tae

Kim Dong-Young

Seo Young-Joo

Park Hee-Soon

Go Joon

Kwon Soo-Hyun1

Choi Yu-Hwa

Foster Burden

Jung Do-Won

Additional cast members

Lee Sol-Gu - Oh Nam-Won

Jung Yoo-An - Hwang Ui-Seo

Kwak Ja-Hyoung - Seo Jin-Dol

Yoo Sang-Jae - Hunter Park

Jo Young-Gyu - Kim Hak-Jin

Han Soo-Yeon - Mae-Hyang

Nam Moon-Chul - Kim Hwang-Sub

Yoo Jae-Sang - inn errand boy

Lee Soo-Kwang - Hideo

Hiromitsu Takeda - Takeda

Jeong Ha-Dam - Hanako

Baek In-Kwon - Park Woong

Kim Eui-Gun - Heo Jung-Goo

Jo Ha-Suk - Kang Jong-Ki (Shanghai source)

Park Sang-Hoon - Ha Il-Soo's subordinate

Hong-In - Ha Il-Soo’s subordinate

Choi Yoon-Ra - Umano's female secretary

Hwang Moo-Young - Heo Chul-Joo's relative

Joo Suk-Tae - prosecutor

Park Ki-Sun - judge

Oh Ha-Nee - Hwang Seo-Im

Keum Sae-Rok - train dining car bartender

Ha-Min - first class female passenger

Jung Mi-Nam - loudspeaker police officer

Kim Tae-Joon - train station employee

Kwak Min-Ho - member 3 of exterminated Righteous Brotherhood

Baek Chung-Kang - bar male singer

Kim Jeong-Woo - bar bartender

Kim Yoon-Joo - gisaeng 2

Jeon Yeo-Bin - gisaeng 4

Lee Sang-Hee - mother of baby

Jo Wan-Ki - cop arresting Ludvik

Jeon Bae-Su - prison officer of Seodaemun Prison

Won Jin-A - nun

Shin Mi-Young - Korean senior nun

Heo Hyeong-Gyu - Jung Woo-Sik

Ok Ja-Yeon - Lee Jung-Chool's wife

Yang Myung-Heon - Attorney Poshijinchi

Choi Hee-Do - Japanese man in dining car of train

Kwon Oh-Soo - court audience

Ji Eun - bomb material dealer

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