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The Age of Shadows

2016 · 140 min

A taut, brooding cat-and-mouse thriller that keeps you on edge with its shifting loyalties and bursts of violence.

Directed by: Kim Jee-woon
Genres: Action, Thriller
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min

Tagline: Infiltrate and deceive.
Overview: 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.

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Directed by: Kim Jee-woon
Genres: Action, Thriller
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min

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Tone: tensestrength 3 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: betrayal
loyalty
survival
freedom
identity
Places: big city
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex none

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Action	7
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	7
Romance	1
Tension	8
Darkness	7
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: action, thriller
Directed by: Kim Jee-woon
Written by: Park Jong-dae, Lee Ji-min
Starring: Song Kang-ho, Gong Yoo, Han Ji-min, Shingo Tsurumi, Um Tae-goo, Shin Sung-rok, Lee Byung-hun, Park Hee-soon
Music: Mowg
Cinematography: Kim Ji-yong
Runtime: 140 min
Country: South Korea
Languages: Mandarin, Korean, English, Japanese

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