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The Age of Shadows

KIM Jee-woon

Korea2016140min DCP Color

Synopsis

[Korea : No.3]
It's 1920 and Korea has fallen under Japanese rule. LEE Jungchool (SONG Kangho), a Korean police captain in the Japanese police force, is given a special mission to infiltrate the armed resistance fighting for Korean independence.

Diretor

KIM Jee-woon

KIM Jee-woon was born in Seoul, South Korea. He made his debut in 1998 with The Quiet Family. He directed The Foul King (2000), A Tale of Two Sisters (2003), A Bittersweet Life (2005), The Good, the Bad, and the Weird (2013), The Age of Shadows (2016), and Illang : The Wolf Bridge (2018). Cobweb was invited to the out of competition at this year's Cannes Film Festival.