Posted Sat Mar 25, 2017 at 08:56 AM PDT by Tom Landy
The acclaimed South Korean period thriller is headed for Blu-ray in May.
In an early announcement to retailers, CJ Entertainment is working on 'The Age of Shadows' for Blu-ray on May 2.
The 1920s, when Korea has fallen under Japanese rule.
Lee Jung-chool (Song Kang-ho), 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 Kim Woo-jin (Gong Yoo), a leader of the resistance. These two men who stand on opposite sides of their historical era, each knowing the identity and intentions of the other, become close without revealing their inner thoughts. Meanwhile 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 that will be used to destroy facilities of the Japanese Headquarters in Seoul, while the Japanese police follow them and gather in Shanghai. The pursued and the pursuers, locked in an operation where each side uses the other and is thrown into a confusion of secret enmity and conciliation. Meanwhile, a train carrying explosives passes the border and heads towards Seoul...
Specs have yet to be revealed, but supplements will include interviews and trailers.
You can find the latest specs for 'The Age of Shadows' linked from our Blu-ray Release Schedule, where it is indexed under May 2.
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