The Age of Shadows

The Age of Shadows (Korean: 밀정; lit. "Emissary") is a 2016 South Korean period action thriller film directed by Kim Jee-woon and written by Lee Ji-min and Park Jong-dae. The film is set in Shanghai and Seoul in the 1920s and stars Song Kang-ho and Gong Yoo. It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.

The Age of Shadows
Theatrical release poster
Hangul
Hanja
Literal meaningEmissary
Revised Romanizationmiljeong
McCune–Reischauermilchŏng
Directed byKim Jee-woon
Written by
  • Lee Ji-min
  • Park Jong-dae
Produced by
  • Choi Jeong-hwa
  • Kim Jee-woon
Starring
CinematographyKim Ji-yong
Edited byYang Jin-mo
Music byMowg
Production
companies
  • Grimm Pictures
  • Warner Bros. Korea
  • Harbin Films
Distributed byWarner Bros.
Release dates
  • 3 September 2016 (2016-09-03) (Venice)
  • 7 September 2016 (2016-09-07) (South Korea)
Running time
140 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguagesKorean
Japanese
Budget$8.62 million
Box office$55.3 million

The film won the Best Picture award in the Action Features category at the 2016 Fantastic Fest held in Austin, Texas.

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