Short comment: The film has four stars plus the emotional points that cannot be extricated. It’s best to understand the history before watching it~ The main theme is made into a blockbuster entertainment action, and the ending is sad and thought-provoking. Jun Ji-hyun's performance is worthy of the title of heroine, Lee Jung-jae's several movies are blackened one after another without repeating the point of view. Ha Jung-woo's Hawaii Pisto is so handsome that it is impossible to think, and the sense of existence is overflowing! In the face of the national crisis, the emotional drama was forbearing and touching, and the light kiss and the unfinished agreement were even more distressing. Some people think that you only have a fate of one side, but they didn't expect to influence your life later.
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"Assassination" It is the first Korean film released in 2015 with a total of tens of millions of viewers. As of September 14th, the total number of viewers has reached 12.65 million. The speed of over 10 million visits (25 days) ranks fourth in Korean film history, second only to "Mingliang Sea Battle" (12 days), "Han River Monster" (21 days), "Invasion of Treasures" (22 days), integrated in South Korea The portal site NAVER film received 9 points (out of 10 points). The film also broke the speed record for the introduction of Korean films into China. It was released in South Korea on July 22 and in China on September 17.
Director Choi Dongxun has become the second "Twin Ten Thousand Director" after Director Yoon Ji Kyun ("International Market", "Haeundae") with "Indwelling Treasure League" and "Assassination". He has always been hailed as one of the directors who know the tastes of Korean audiences best. The work pursues entertainment first, "Assassination" is his most heavy theme so far, but it makes people look nervous and excited. However, the relationship between the characters and the historical background in the film may make people confused when watching the film, so I integrated the story behind the film to let everyone know more about the content of the film. The following content is derived from Baidu, Wiki, and film publicity drafts, and most of them are translations of Korean news, literature, and exclusive interviews with the main creator. If there is an error, please leave a message and point it out.
First, the Government of South Korea: China's intricate and
Korean Provisional Government is a government in exile after Japan and South Korea in the Korean Peninsula and close, in 1919 in Shanghai set up. With the support of the National Government and the help of Du Yuesheng in the French Concession, the Provisional Government moved into No. 4, Lane 306, Madang Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai in July 1926. Moved to Hangzhou in May 1932, and then successively moved to Zhenjiang and Nanjing. Now Shanghai has well preserved the office of the Provisional Government that year. It is a must-see attraction for Koreans when visiting China. Every South Korean president will visit there to commemorate his visit to China. On September 4th, South Korean President Park Geun-hye was invited to China. After participating in the military parade on the 70th anniversary of the victory of anti-fascism, he personally unveiled the refurbished temporary government site. In the film "Assassination", Jin Hongbo, played by Jin Hongbo, served as the chairman of the interim government at that time and had the status of the father of the nation.
The South Korean Provisional Government, Mirabeau Hotel, Casino, Myeongdong Mitsukoshi Department Store and other important shooting scenes in "Assassination" were shot at the Shanghai Shengqiang Film and Television Base. The area is about the size of the Hapcheon Movie Theme Park in South Korea. 27 times. When the actors entered the filming base, they were all amazed and envied. They felt immersive and aroused their desire to perform.
It is mentioned in the film that the "rapid gun" in the assassination group is the last student of the Xinxing Military Attache School. This military academy was also the first military attaché school established in Manchuria, China during the Korean independence movement. Over the past 10 years since the establishment of the school, more than 2,000 freshmen have been sent to the Anti-Japanese Frontier. Including Jin Yuanfeng, the leader of the Volunteer Regiment, also learned how to make bombs here. And Zhao Zhenxiong, who played "Rapid Fire Cannon", was recently appointed as the propaganda ambassador of the Xinxing Military Attache School Commemorative Business Association because of his outstanding performance in the film.
2. The 1933
"Assassination" story that was completely restored took place in 1933. The Korean Provisional Government has been in a difficult period since the 1920s. Although many people still hold the belief of independence, each group has a different route, and overall, the results have been minimal. The diplomatic activities of the Provisional Government were also fruitless. Many people increasingly lose sight of the hope of independence.
The regiment led by Jin Yuanfeng carried out many assassinations and sabotage operations in the 1920s. In the film "Assassination", actor Cao Seung-woo, who once worked with director Choi Dongxun in "Old Thousand", plays Jin Yuanfeng, a surviving figure in history. At that time, Jin Wonbong was offered a reward of 1 million won, which was also a very threatening important figure for the Japanese.
In 1931, Jin Gu established the Korean Patriotic Regiment in order to fight against Japan more actively. In 1932, Lee Bongchang was arrested and sacrificed after attempting to assassinate the Emperor of Japan in Tokyo. In the same year, Yoshihiro Yin Bongji succeeded in assassinating Japanese army general Shirakawa Yoshinori in Shanghai Hongkou Park. In the film, when the "old man" played by Wu Dashu prevented the death of Hawaiian Pisto, played by Ha Zhengyu, he said: "Master, do you think you are Li Bongchang and Yin Bongji?" And Yin Bongji was before leaving. I also took a commemorative photo in front of the national flag, holding a gun and grenade in his hand, and hanging an oath on his neck, just like what An Woyun, Rapid Fire Gun and Huang Desan did in the film.
The successful assassination of Yin Fengji also became a turning point for the independence struggle. After that, with the interim government as the center, various anti-Japanese independence movement groups also began to unite and cooperate in a targeted manner. In the beginning of the film, the Japanese military also expressed doubts about the cooperation between Jin Jiu of the Provisional Government and Jin Won Bong of the Yi Martyr, and Lee Jung Jae's Yeon Suk Jin also accused each group of different sources of money in the Opium Hall, so it became a mess. .
"Assassination" is a fictional story, and the lining is still a rigorous large-scale film. In order to restore the atmosphere and historical details of the times, in addition to the construction of the location and the large investment in CG, a lot of effort has also been made in the costume styling, using a total of 4,500 sets of costumes. , All are sewn by hand, sometimes it takes as long as 3 months to make a costume. Jeon Ji-hyun, who plays two roles in one person, has more than a dozen sets of styles, but with a strong retro style of the 1930s.
The different guns used by different roles are also a major attraction. The prop set is equipped with different weapons according to the identity and personality of each character. The independent army sniper An Woyun, played by Jun Jihyun, uses a 5kg Mosin-Nagan rifle, and the interim government spy Yeon Sukjin, played by Lee Jung-jae, uses Mauser. Pistol, Ha Zhengyu’s hired killer Hawaii Pisto uses the PPK pistol commonly used in 007,
the "old man" played by Wu Dashu uses the MP-28 submachine gun, and the livelihood independent army rapid-fire gun played by Zhao Zhenxiong uses the Thompson submachine gun. . Most of the guns that appear in the film are real guys. The actors have to learn how to load them. The guns are too old and get stuck. They are also the most common obstacles they encounter when working. In order to be more proficient in shooting, Jun Ji-hyun brought the prop gun home to practice.
Third, the pro-Japanese and "patricide Alliance" feud
war, the Chinese have a traitor, the Korean peninsula but also rape. The name "Han Jian" was given by the Chinese media, and South Korea called it pro-Japanese and traitor.
Since 1910, Japan has been under the colonial rule of the Korean peninsula for 35 years. A group of national scum is only the leader of the Japanese. They used their close relationship with the Japanese military to prey on the people’s anointing, and they were also locked in by a group of radical patriots. As the "must kill target." The assassination target in the film is a typical traitor, President Kang Inkuk. He hopes to obtain the earl status granted by the Japanese military by bribing and marrying high-ranking Japanese officials, and donating planes to the Japanese army.
In the film, the double agent Yeon Suk-Jin still flamboyantly in the police world after the war, self-proclaimed war hero, was found not guilty in court because of insufficient evidence, which also reflects South Korea's unique problem of Korean traitors. Unlike China’s determination to clean up traitors, many Korean traitors not only were not completely liquidated after the Korean peninsula was restored, but they were reused by the US military and the later Korean government. They have been the backbone of South Korea’s politics and economy for a long time. strength. At the beginning of the founding of South Korea in 1948, President Rhee Seungman established the "Special Investigation Committee for Anti-National Behaviors". However, the pro-Japanese faction is relatively strong, and the Rhee Seungman government also needs to use the knowledge and knowledge of the pro-Japanese faction. Practical experience was used to build a new country, so the special investigation committee for anti-ethnic conduct was frustrated and dissolved soon.
The film also mentions the "Killing Father Alliance" (called 살부계 "Killing Father Deed" in Korean), which is the alliance formed by the children of the "Han Traitor" who agreed to kill the traitor father of the other side. Although it is just, it is extremely tragic. When Jun Ji-hyun played An Wo Yoon and couldn't attack Han Yan's father, Ha Jung-woo's killer "Hawaiian Pisto" shot for her, which revealed his identity as a member of the "Father-killing League" . It can be guessed from his words that he also had a sad past, but the film did not reveal his true identity. In history, the "Killing Father Alliance" only exists in rumors, and there is no detailed record.
4. Character archetypes:
The characters in the film, except for "Jin Jiu" played by Jin Hongbo and "Jin Yuanfeng" played by Cao Chengyou, are all fictitious, but in fact the character archetypes still have traces to follow.
1. Jun Ji-hyun: The prototype comes from the "mother of the independent army".
Jun Ji-hyun plays a female sniper from the third detachment of the Korean Independence Army who was requisitioned by the Provisional Government to perform assassination missions. There is also a character similar to An Woyun in Korean history. Ms. Nan Cixian, known as the "Mother of the Independence Army". She participated in the assassination of Japanese generals at a banquet celebrating the establishment of the Puppet Manchukuo in 1933. But the reality is far less romantic than the movie. Nan Cixian has been fighting for national independence all his life, savoring the bitterness of imprisonment and being martyred.
Jun Ji-hyun has acted in many scenes in the past, but this is the first time for a hard-line female assassin like An Woyun. Her main weapon is a Mosin-Nagan rifle weighing 10 kilograms. Real guy, when Jun Ji-hyun was filming. He carried the gun on his back at any time, and practiced the techniques of loading and shooting at any time. In several action scenes, he ran wild with the gun.
Director Choi Dong-hoon thinks it doesn’t matter whether this character is beautiful or not. Everyone should not pay attention to her appearance and ask Jun Ji-hyun to cut her long hair that has always been a symbol. Almost the entire time she appeared on the spot without makeup, the makeup time was shorter than that of the actor who had to put on the beard, but from the reflection after the screening, everyone still felt that the makeup is also beautiful.
2. Lee Jung Jae: Skin and bones for the five-minute drama
Lee Jung-jae plays the interim government agent Lian Shuojin with two faces. He is the captain of the Provisional Government Police Bureau, and his name is also derived from the real person Lien Dongjin. Yeom Dongzhen was originally a member of the Jin Jiu side, but because of factional struggles in the Provisional Government in 1935, he came to the enemy of Jin Jiu, and eventually left the Provisional Government and formed the Baiyi Society in 1942. He was also suspected of assisting the Kwantung Army in pro-Japanese activities in 1940, but no conclusive evidence was left. Lian Shuojin in "Assassination" actively participated in the assassination plan, but he was also a hindrance from it. He is not a character who only lives for the independence of the motherland.
This time, Lee Jung-jae was "desperately" for the role, and for a highlight, he almost fainted on the scene without sleeping for 48 hours. The scene of the elderly stripping off in court at the end was very horrible. Just because the scene looked closer to the old man, Lee Jung-jae was originally asked to gain weight and get a bloated stomach, but he was helpless because of his physique, so he could only do the opposite. And crazy muscle reduction, so that the body becomes shriveled, and a special makeup effect is added from the collarbone to the belly.
In the play, Lee Jung Jae's age span is also very large, from 20 to 60 years old. The beginning of the film is the story of Lian Shuojin’s youth in the 1910s. Director Cui Dongxun originally wanted to make these 15 minutes into black and white. He also prepared both black and white and color versions. However, after the internal screening, he still felt that the black and white version was too risky and he chose A colored version.
3. Ha Jung-woo - guns against the enemy
Ha Jung-woo plays a hired killer Hawaii Pistone is not his real name in the script, the film has not been a detailed account of his story. Director Choi Dongxun originally named him Cuba Revovler (Cuba Revolver), but he changed his name because he likes Hawaii. The strange nickname "Pisto" was inspired by the bodyguard of Park Geun-hye's father. Ha Jung Woo once said with a smile that 50% of the reason for the filming of the film was to like the name of the character.
Finally, in the film, Hawaii Pisto staged a street-fighting gunfight, which is similar to the charitable deeds of the Kim Sang-ok martyr in history. After throwing shells at the Jongno Police Station, Kim Sang-ok fought with two guns. With 400 Japanese policemen from 1 enemy (or even one enemy 1000), he fought on the streets for 3 hours until the ammunition was exhausted. He aimed the last bullet at his head and yelled: "Long live South Korea's independence" after committing suicide. He was only 34 years old.
5. Director Choi Dongxun and Caper Movie
Caper Movie is a branch of crime genre movies, specifically referring to movies that portray a series of processes in order to commit crimes such as theft. For example, for a common criminal goal, several experts gathered together from planning to implementation, showing the specific steps and process in detail. In addition to one or two starring roles, there will also be other accomplices with heavier roles. Often there will be betrayers in the team, or encounter other unexpected things that make the criminal plan difficult to implement. Such as the Hollywood movies "Eleven Arhats", "Inception", "Stealing the Sky", South Korean movies "Technicians", "Gone with the Wind", and director Choi Dong-hoon's previous work "Reconstruction of Crime" and "Invasion of Treasures" They are all typical Caper Movies.
Director Choi Dongxun has been regarded by the Korean industry as a director who is good at making Caper Movies since his debut in "The Reconstruction of Crime". Director Choi Dongxun and his wife Ahn Soo Hyun PD, who served as the producer, jointly established the Caper Film production company, and successively created "Invasion of Treasures" and "Assassination." Although "Assassination" is not aimed at criminal acts such as theft, it also depicts the preparation and implementation process of various people for assassination, and can also be classified as a Caper Movie.
Choi Dongxun is hailed as one of the directors who know the tastes of Korean audiences best. The films he directed are always entertaining first. Although most film critics don't like it, the audience loves it very much. This time, "Assassination" is the heaviest theme in his work. However, he also used some funny language elements and eye-stimulating action scenes to make the movie look interesting and not boring.
He is also good at mobilizing star actors to attract the attention of the audience. The cast of cast members in the films directed by Choi Dongxun is always shocking. From Cao Seung-woo, Kim Hye-soo, and Kim Yun-seok in "Old Thousand", to "Invincible" Jeon Ji-hyun, Lee Jung-jae, and Oh Dah-suk, and now "Assassination" has attracted Ha Jung-woo and Zhao Zhenxiong to join. All of them can be taken out as their own, but they are integrated into a collective in the works of director Choi Dongxun, showing their sense of existence in their respective positions.
6. A super strong lineup of each other's predecessors
"Assassination" not only brought back the main lineup of "Industrial Treasure League", it also attracted the actor Ha Zhengyu to join. There is a relationship between each other, and just pulling the line of relationship can open up the beauty of the Korean movie for ten years.
Jun Ji-hyun and Lee Jung-jae have collaborated for the third time after "The Untouchable Lovers" and "The Raiders of the Lost Alliance", and the "Raiders of the Raiders" and "Assassination" have successively exceeded 10 million viewers. Ha Jung Woo and Jun Ji Hyun starred as husband and wife in "Berlin", and the few remaining romances in "Assassination" are also left to them to continue their relationship and torment their fans. The "predecessors" of the two goddesses staged an infernal fight in "Assassination", but fans have not seen it. Director Choi Dong-hoon also laughed and said that in the future, he would have to make a movie where two people are jealous for the sake of Jun Ji-hyun.
Ha Zhengyu has appeared in more than 30 movies so far, but "Assassination" is his first movie with more than tens of millions of viewers. Wu Dashu, who has partnered with Ha Jeongwoo for the first time, has more than 40 movies and is an indispensable familiar face of Han Ying. But "Assassination" is the first time the two have collaborated. Ha Jung Woo once said with a smile that Wu Da-shu was a "thousand-million goblin", because Wu Da-shu’s resume has 70 million movie viewers ("International Market", "Raiders League", "Han River Monster" (dubbing for monsters), " The Gift in Room 7", "The Defender", "Assassination", "Veteran"). The two will continue to collaborate on the new work "Tunnel" by Kim Sung Hoon, director of "To the End".
It is also the first time that Ha Jung Woo and Lee Jung Jae have cooperated. Although the performance style and temperament of the two are different, they are very harmonious and coordinated in and out of the play. Coincidentally, Lee Jung-jae made his debut work "Oh! The actor of "Brothers", and Ha Zhengyu is the actor of the box office masterpiece "National Representative" directed by Jin Ronghua. Afterwards, Ha Jung Woo will also star in the new film "With God" directed by Jin Ronghua. Earlier, it was revealed by the media that Lee Jung Jae also received the script of "With God". The two may have the opportunity to play again in Jin Ronghua's movie. .
The collaboration between Zhao Zhenxiong and Ha Zhengyu, who appeared in "Rapid Fire Cannon", is almost seamless: I have worked on "War against Crime: The Heyday of the Bad Guys" earlier (yes, he was headshot by Ha Zhengyu in a glass bottle. "Scarface", "The Bandit", "Xu Sanguan", "Assassination", and later will cooperate in Park Chan-wook's new work "Miss". He Zhengyu has also collaborated with Li Jingrong in works such as "Berlin", "Horror Live", "Group Thieves", "Xu Sanguan" and "Assassination".
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Q&A #1. Who was the witness who was killed? A: It was the hunchback that Lian Shuojin chased in the theater at the beginning. Humpback was the liaison of Jin Jiu and Jin Yuanfeng, and then sold the information to the Japanese police. When Jin Jiu, Jin Yuanfeng and Lian Shuojin were plotting the assassination, Lian Shuojin asked if only the three of us knew about it? Jin Jiu said, hunchback also knows a little bit. Humpback was a tainted witness in the end, because he was also a Japanese informant.
Q&A #2: Who killed the witness? A: Lian Shuojin's men. After Lian went to inform the secret, he answered the phone next to him and said that the commander had been slightly injured, and the president Kang was okay. Later, Lian became a cadre of the secret service of the Japanese army, and his subordinates followed, including the wedding shootout and the one who later called to confirm the tunnel to Cheonggyecheon. Finally, when the prosecutor asked the witness to appear in court, he gave a close-up of the man standing by the door.
Q&A #3: Where do those anonymous donations come from? A: The guess is that An Woyun continued to live as Mizuko after the 1933 assassination, using his father's inheritance and hereditary status to provide funds and news of the Governor's Office, and continue to support the independence movement in another way. It wasn't until 1945 that Japan surrendered, so Jin Gu said that this should be the last sum of money. However, this statement has not been confirmed by the creator. I haven't seen the relevant interview for the time being.
ps, some people may think that it is because they are condemned by the heart to donate money. However, when Lien was 33 years old, he planned to kill Jin Jiu with Sasaki, and he also smoked a big cigarette to kill the passer-by. It can be seen that he hated Jin Jiu in his heart, and he still had no regrets at the 49th trial. So it shouldn't be him logically. Besides, he has been taken to court as a defendant. If he really donated money, it would be very helpful to clear his charge, but he didn't mention it at all.
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Small details #1: Huang Desan said that he was born in 1900, and asked about the age of rapid-fire guns (Korean people have a strong age concept), and he said he was born in the 1800s (dubbed here) There is a problem, it is 1800 "year", and the Korean script is 1800 "year"). In fact, it was written in the information Jin Yuanfeng gave to Lian Shuojin that Qiu Shangwo's rapid-fire gun was in 1899, which is one year older than Huang De.
Small details #2: Lian Shuojin’s 1911 assassination failed and the number of the captured prisoner was 31347...(Who cares?!)
Small details #3: In the photo frame with the key hidden on the wall of Jinjiu office, I went to Shanghai Hongkou Park A commemorative photo taken by Yon Bong-gil, who threw a bomb to assassinate Japanese army general Yoshinori Shirakawa, before leaving, was also sent by Jin Gu. The same goes for An Woyun and the commemorative photos of the three members of the assassination team, holding guns and grenades in front of the national flag, and sworn oaths on their chests.
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