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)
