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Korean Film ‘Assassination’ Tops 7 Mln Viewer Mark


Since its release on July 22, "Assassination" had been watched by 7,064,429 viewers as of  Aug. 3. (image: still image of the film)

Since its release on July 22, “Assassination” had been watched by 7,064,429 viewers as of Aug. 3. (image: still image of the film)

SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) A domestic action film featuring colonial-era assassination attempts by Korean independence fighters topped 7 million in attendance, according to an early box-office report by its distributor on Tuesday.

Since its release on July 22, “Assassination” had been watched by 7,064,429 viewers as of 7:30 a.m., Showbox said.

Set in Shanghai and Seoul in the 1930s, when Korea was a colony of Japan, the star-studded film by Choi Dong-hoon tells the story of three Korean independence fighters teaming up to assassinate the commander of the Japanese troops in Korea and a Korean business tycoon with ties to Japan.

Among the actors in the leading roles are Jun Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae and Ha Jung-woo.

(Yonhap)

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