The Age of Shadows Page #6

Synopsis: 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. A talented Korean-born Japanese police officer, who was previously in the independence movement himself, is thrown into a dilemma between the demands of his reality and the instinct to support a greater cause.
Director(s): Jee-woon Kim
  12 wins & 32 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.2
Metacritic:
78
Rotten Tomatoes:
100%
TV-MA
Year:
2016
140 min
$541,226
250 Views


Captain Lee.

Yes, sir.

Do it.

Do it.

Quickly, quickly.

- Say it now, quickly, say it!

- I don't know!

- Faster, say it quickly!

- I don't know! No, no!

Say quickly, fast!

I beg you, say it fast, tell us quickly!

Your facial complexion is bad.

It's not like that.

I've heard you two got

along very well in Shanghai.

Are you suspicious of me?

Everyone has suspected you from

the beginning, except for me.

After all, it's an informant's

job, during operations,

it's common practice not to

question every single thing.

Gensui Count Terauchi Masatake

once said this sentence:

"Joseon people can only choose between

obeying Japanese ruling or death."

Too bad you are Joseon.

So whatever you did,

I will let bygones be bygones.

Bring Kim Woo-jin here.

I am going now.

Passport.

Heo Chul-joo.

Heo Chul-joo.

Now that you've mentioned it, when

will the weather be warm again?

Bring him away.

Please confirm again.

You get out now.

How can you treat me like this.

Please verify the passport again.

I have a right to be here.

Police!

Faster, go, faster!

Mother, I need to go far away,

you must wait for me alive.

Mother must wait for me alive, mother!

Mother!

Not going off yet?

Hey, Joo Dong-sung.

Woo-jin came to my house.

He asked me to look for Captain Lee

Jung-chool, to create a fake ID card.

He said you'd help him.

Kim Woo-jin.

How is everybody?

Gye-soon must be suffering.

Look at you. You used

to be so confident.

Leave, quickly.

This is the pass to go on-board

a Japanese charcoal ship.

You can get to the ship if

you travel to Incheon now.

How is my brother?

I haven't seen him.

Then what are you doing here?

Joo Dong-sung.

Didn't you ask Joo Dong-sung

to look for me? ID card?

There, chase him!

Capture him alive!

Shoot his leg!

Kim Woo-jin.

Lee Jung-chool ran.

What?

Kim Woo-jin.

Did you really believe

Lee Jung-chool? Really?

Lee Jung-chool is the

one who exposed you.

Where are the explosives?

Under your feet.

Looks like you have been treated too

gently, still full of spirit and energy.

I don't know how long this will

take, but you will tell me eventually.

That will never happen.

Never.

Is Yun Gye-soon your lover?

Want to listen to an interesting story?

You must have thought your

failure was because of a spy,

But we were able to capture Yun

Gye-soon, whom we have not seen,

because we have this

photo of Yun Gye-soon.

It's from your photo studio.

Let's see how long you can resist this.

Strong-willed and hard boned, right?

Let's start.

He has bitten his tongue.

We still can't find the explosives?

Minister!

We have captured Lee Jung-chool.

Rise.

Sit.

We will start the public trial.

Defendant, please give your statement.

Lee Jung-chool.

Lee Jung-chool.

Please come to the front.

Please give your statement.

In order to retrieve the

explosives from Kim Woo-jin,

and to successfully pass on to the police

force, I purposely delayed reporting.

I was waiting for the arrival

of the Gyeongseong station police

and to capture everyone in one swoop.

I've always abided by police duties,

hoping to be successful

and to rise up positions.

I've always believe in this by

giving my upmost in operations.

I...

I have only fulfilled my

duty as a Japanese policeman.

I am not a member of Heroic Corps.

I just wanted to

manipulate Kim Woo-jin.

I am not his comrade or friend.

I am innocent.

This Japanese dog!

You will go to hell, son of a b*tch!

Can't wait to kill you!

Hey, Lee Jung-chool!

One month later

Hey Mr. Dumb.

Yun Gye-soon just

passed away this morning.

Why is it so small?

It's that beautiful prisoner.

From China, no one

knows her, and no family.

Can't find a right place to bury

her, can't throw her away either.

There is no time. Excuse me, excuse me.

You haven't eaten at all?

Do you have no appetite?

Are you going out?

Where is Minister Higashi?

There is an evening dinner tonight.

The police club is having

a Kendo's night event.

Who's going to the party?

The Japanese government officials, high

ranks from the police force, governors.

It's a Japanese party.

Brother.

Brother.

Help me take care of the explosive.

I'll draw them away, so you

can hide those explosives.

You're a mad and crazy

man, until the very end.

Still making deals with me.

Even if you're captured,

never disclose this.

You should never say you're a member

of Heroic Corps until you're dead.

We need at least one survivor,

so that our plan will have hope.

So that we aren't

sacrificing for nothing.

Thank you. If it wasn't for you,

we would not have come this far.

Kill him, kill him!

Hey!

Everyone, Minister Higashi is here!

Cheers!

Let's go.

Officer, officer!

Is the rumour true?

Quiet, quiet!

Hey. Hey, Mr. Dumb.

Have you heard?

There was a huge explosion

at the Japan's club.

Many casualties and many people wounded.

I heard it was a big

mess. It's like man's hell.

And I've heard the Heroic

Corps explosive from Shanghai,

they have not found even half of it.

This is the scariest part.

Okay, it's better than being

confiscated by the Japanese.

But here is the issue, it'll be trouble

if others know I'm funding the army.

You have to promise me, to keep this

a secret before the independence.

Do you think we will

have independence, sir?

We have people like you,

independence is a matter of time.

Sir, how much is this worth?

I'll say, there are way more of these badges in

Gyeongseong than there are dogs in the streets.

Please, tell me, how much do you need?

The amount you've earned

from betraying Kim Jang-ok.

Who told you this? Jo

Hwe-ryung or Joo Dong-sung?

This is a gift for you.

We must succeed.

Is everything good for the chief?

Yes, he is good.

When he heard of the operation,

he cried for a long time.

And he said this:

"We have to move forward

even when we fail.

"By moving forward, we are

stepping on our failures.

"We will stand on higher

ground in the end."

Anything you want to tell the chief?

"We shall meet again."

We have to move forward

even when we fail.

By moving forward, we are

stepping on our failures.

We will stand on higher

ground in the end.

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