THE AGE OF SHADOWS

In the 1920s, Korea is under Japanese rule. Jung-chool Lee, a Korean police captain in the Japanese police force, is given a special mission to infiltrate the armed resistance fighting for Korean independence. He approaches Woo-jin Kim, a leader of the resistance. These two men on opposite sides of their era, each knowing the identity and intentions of the other, become close without revealing what they’re thinking. Sensitive intel is being leaked on both sides, and no one knows who the informants are. Members of the resistance meet in Shanghai to obtain explosives to destroy the Japanese Headquarters in Seoul, while the Japanese police hunt them. The pursued and the pursuers are locked in a battle where each side uses the other and is thrown into a maze of secret plots and alliances. Meanwhile, a train carrying explosives crosses the border toward Seoul...