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The Age of Shadows

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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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Status: Released

Released Date: 2016-09-07

Runtime: 140 mins

Director: Kim Jee-woon

Writer: Lee Ji-min, Park Jong-dae

Spoken language: 日本語, 普通话, English, 한국어/조선말

Genres: Action, Thriller

Original title: The Age of Shadows

Production Companies: Harbin, Warner Bros. Korea, Dark Circle Pictures

Production Countries: South Korea

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