While some distributors hold onto festival acquisitions so long that the attention has all but evaporated by the time they eventually hit theaters, a few seem to be doing things right. For whatever reason, this year they all seem to be related to Asian cinema. Following U.S. releases timed to international debuts for The Mermaid, The Wailing, Three, and Train to Busan, now CJ Entertainment has announced they’ll release Kim Ji-woon‘s The Age of Shadows in North American theaters beginning on September 23.
The first film from Warner Bros. Korea, the thriller takes place in 1920s Korea and Shanghai during the Japanese occupation, following the Korean resistance and their occupiers. We’ll have our review shortly, but in the meantime, a new trailer has landed, complete with English subtitles. Starring Song Kang-ho (Snowpiercer), Gong Yoo (Train to Busan) and Han Ji-min, check out the new trailer and poster below.
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 the independence of Korea led by an old acquaintance of his, Kim Woo-jin (GONG Yoo). After an intel leak and the death of a resistance leader, pressure on Captain Lee to take down the resistance grows, but as he works deeper into their web, it becomes more unclear who is actually playing who and where true allegiances lie.
The Age of Shadows premiered at Venice, screens at TIFF, and arrives on September 23.