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Gravitas in its portrayal of a historical tragedy fuels its long run at the box office Director Hur Jin-ho's film 'The Assassins' has surpassed its break-even point, comfortably crossing 3. 4 million admissions despite the historical distortion controversy that erupted after its release.

〈The Assassin 〉, which follows an investigation into the questions and forces behind the shooting of the first lady that shocked South Korea on August 15, 1974, has ranked among the top four highest-grossing Korean films of 2026.

※ 〈The Assassins〉 review continues from Part 1. This article contains spoilers for the film.

※ This article includes plot developments from the latter part of the film and its epilogue. ​ Heo Jin-ho’s 〈Assassin 〉 rings out with six gunshots. But what the film tracks to the end is not the bullets, but the questions left behind where the shots passed. Who fired. How many rounds were fired.

The first lady was shot. Yet the investigation is riddled with questions. If "the scene does not lie," who is lying. The film 〈Assassin 〉 reconstructs South Korea's social landscape around the 1974 assassination of First Lady Yuk Young-soo.

‘The Assassins’ First-Ever Film Adaptation in South Korea … The Hidden Truth of August 15, 1974 Fact Check With Yoo Hae-jin and Hae-il Park, Releasing on Chuseok After a Decade in the Making On August 15, 1974, a turning point in modern South Korean history is finally brought to the screen.

On the 16th, Hive Media Corp announced that actors Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il, and Lee Min-ho will star in the movie 〈Assassins〉, which is based on the assassination incident on August 15, 1974. This work deals with the assassination incident that occurred during the Liberation Day ceremony held at...