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.
Direction
Kim Jee-woon's train sequence belongs in a museum.
Acting
Song Kang-ho's face does three betrayals in one close-up.
Cinematography
Every frame looks like a cigarette ad from an alternate timeline.
Director
Kim Jee-woon
Song Kang-ho
Lee Jung-chool
Gong Yoo
Kim Woo-jin
Han Ji-min
Yun Gye-soon
Shingo Tsurumi
Higashi
Um Tae-goo
Hashimoto
Shin Sung-rok
Jo Hwe-ryung
Lee Byung-hun
Jung Chae-san
Park Hee-soon
Kim Jang-ok
Heo Sung-tae
Ha Il-soo
Kim Dong-young
Heo Chul-joo
Go Joon
Shim Sang-do
Seo Young-joo
Joo Dong-sung
Lee Hwan
Park Dae-yi
Choi Yu-hwa
Kim Sa-hee
Han Soo-yeon
Mae-hyang
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