South Korea The Age of Shadows returned 5.5× its production cost, earning $53.2M against a $9.6M budget — one of the highest-return South Korea films in our catalog.
Synopsis
밀정
“Infiltrate and deceive.”
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.
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
254 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Age of Shadows sits at position #86.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Age of Shadows. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Age of Shadows premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 20m runtime, production spent $69K per minute on screen and earned $380K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #435 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (69th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #63 of 266 (top 24%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Mandarin, Korean, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Harbin, Warner Bros. Korea, Dark Circle Pictures, Finecut, Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 20m |
| Release Date | September 7, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt4914580 |