

In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan's prime minister during their quest for independence.
Acting
Hyun Bin's haunted eyes carry whole scenes.
Cinematography
Harbin as frozen purgatory—beautiful and suffocating.
Direction
Woo Min-ho makes history feel dangerously immediate.

Director
Woo Min-ho
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Ahn Jung-geun remains controversial: celebrated as hero in Korea, terrorist in Japan. The film deliberately ignores Japanese perspective entirely.
Shot in Latvia standing in for 1909 Harbin—actual location is now modern Chinese city with little Korean independence memorialization.