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.
Audience Engagement
207 audience reviews — more than 92% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 79th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Assassination. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Adventure + Action in South Korea
96 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Adventure and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Assassination itself).
The 2014–2016 South Korea Window
Assassination holds position #65 of 237 South Korea films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Assassination premiered alongside 78 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 78 other South Korea films in 2015.
The 704th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Assassination, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- japanese occupation of korea · 25
- 1930s · 23
- assassination · 17
- japanese invasion of korea · 8
- independence movement · 7
- korean resistance · 7
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 |