It’s the 1930s, and Japan is aggressively expanding its empire throughout the Pacific. A Korean/Japanese double agent arranges a Shanghai rendezvous between three wanted Korean freedom fighters. Their mission is simple: return to Seoul, where governor, trader and Japanese sympathizer Kang In Guk was the target of a failed assassination attempt in 1911, and finish the job. Bumping off Japanese general Kawaguchi would be an added bonus. If everything went like clockwork, one perfectly aimed bullet would do the trick, but that would be another film entirely. This Manchurian western/spy-action film doesn’t take itself entirely seriously, farcically throwing obstacle after ill-timed obstacle in its heroes’ path. In short, Assassination brings together an ensemble with a welltimed sense of humour. And national pride – an increasingly important feature of Korean films. The film won the Korean Association of Film Critics Award, an award from the Motion Pictures Association of Korea and a Blue Dragon Award, granted to blockbusters of major artistic merit.