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.
Acting
Jun Ji-hyun's transformation from sniper to shattered woman.
Direction
Choi Dong-hoon juggles three timelines without dropping tension.
Production
1930s Shanghai and Seoul recreated with obsessive detail.
Director
Choi Dong-hoon
Jun Ji-hyun
Ahn Ok-yun
Ha Jung-woo
Hawaii Pistol
Lee Jung-jae
Yeom Seok-jin
Oh Dal-su
Pomade
Cho Jin-woong
Big Gun / Chu Sang-ok
Lee Kyung-young
Kang In-gook
Choi Deok-moon
Hwang Deok-sam
Kim Eui-sung
Butler
Park Byung-eun
Kawaguchi
Jin Kyung
Ahn Seong-sim
Heo Ji-won
Myeong-woo
Kim Hong-pa
Kim Goo
Jeong Gyu-su
Hunchback
Kim Kang-woo
Investigator
Cho Seung-woo
Kim Won-bong
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The train platform sequence required building a full-scale 1930s Gyeongseong Station set. Jun Ji-hyun performed her own sprint through actual explosions.
The film sparked debate in Korea about fictionalizing real independence fighters—Ahn Ok-yun was a genuine resistance sniper, though her personal story was invented for dramatic purposes.
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