South Korea Synopsis
암살
“The country falls. The operation begins.”
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
The 2014–2016 South Korea Window
237 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Assassination sits at position #65.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Assassination. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
4 sharedThe Battle: Roar to Victory
★ 7.2 · South Korea
3 sharedThe Age of Shadows
★ 7.3 · South Korea
3 sharedAnarchist from Colony
★ 7.4 · South Korea
3 sharedDongju: The Portrait of a Poet
★ 7.7 · South Korea
3 sharedHero
★ 7.2 · South Korea
2 sharedThe Battleship Island
★ 7.2 · South Korea
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Assassination premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #396 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Adventure productions specifically: #41 of 121 (top 34%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Cantonese, Mandarin, Korean, French, English, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Caper Film, Showbox |
| Runtime | 2h 20m |
| Release Date | July 22, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt3501416 |