The Age of Shadows
Infiltrate and deceive.
ActionThrillerHistoryjapanshanghai, chinaindependence movement1920skorean resistancejapanese occupation of koreakorea
A tense, morally complex espionage thriller set during Japanese occupation of Korea, built on cat-and-mouse intrigue and the paranoia of infiltration.
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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