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Quick Info

Rating

7.2/10

Release2016

Runtime2h 20m

StatusReleased

Budget$9,620,000

Revenue$53,165,427

Production

Harbin

Warner Bros. Korea

Dark Circle Pictures

Movie

The Age of Shadows

2016

2h 20m

7.2

Action

Thriller

Synopsis

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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