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The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows

Infiltrate and deceive.

2016โ€ข2h 20mโ€ข7.2/10
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7.2/10(367)

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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Production

Harbin, Warner Bros. Korea, Dark Circle Pictures

Language

KO

Status

Released

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Cast

Song Kang-ho

Song Kang-ho

Lee Jung-chool

Gong Yoo

Gong Yoo

Kim Woo-jin

Han Ji-min

Han Ji-min

Yun Gye-soon

Shingo Tsurumi

Shingo Tsurumi

Higashi

Um Tae-goo

Um Tae-goo

Hashimoto

Shin Sung-rok

Shin Sung-rok

Jo Hwe-ryung

Lee Byung-hun

Lee Byung-hun

Jung Chae-san

Park Hee-soon

Park Hee-soon

Kim Jang-ok

Heo Sung-tae

Heo Sung-tae

Ha Il-soo

Kim Dong-young

Kim Dong-young

Heo Chul-joo

Go Joon

Go Joon

Shim Sang-do

Seo Young-joo

Seo Young-joo

Joo Dong-sung

Lee Hwan

Lee Hwan

Park Dae-yi

Choi Yu-hwa

Choi Yu-hwa

Kim Sa-hee

Han Soo-yeon

Han Soo-yeon

Mae-hyang

Nam Moon-chul

Nam Moon-chul

Kim Hwang-sub

Heo Hyung-kyu

Heo Hyung-kyu

Jung Woo-sik

Jeong Do-won

Jeong Do-won

Umae

Hiromitsu Takeda

Hiromitsu Takeda

Takeda

Jeong Ha-dam

Jeong Ha-dam

Hanako

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