Assassination
The country falls. The operation begins.
ActionThrillerDramaHistoryassassinationindependence movementjapanese invasion of korea1930skorean resistancejapanese occupation of korea
A tense, morally complex thriller about Korean resistance fighters navigating betrayal and impossible choices under Japanese occupation, where idealism collides with brutal pragmatism.
In Japanese-occupied Korea, three freedom fighters are assigned a mission to assassinate a genocidal military leader and his top collaborator. But the plan goes completely awry amidst double-crossings, counter-assassinations, and a shocking revelation about one of the assassins' past.
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