The Age of Shadows

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. Pictures
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[1][2]

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.[3][4] It was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 89th Academy Awards, but it was not nominated.[5][6]

The film won the Best Picture award in the Action Features category at the 2016 Fantastic Fest held in Austin, Texas.[7][8]

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