Shots Fired in 1974 Divide the Streets of 2026… ‘The Assassins’ Revives the ‘Unfinished Civil War’ of Modern Korean History
A bullet fired on-screen 52 years ago has lodged in the asphalt of Seoul in 2026. The uproar surrounding 〈The Assassins〉, directed by Hur Jin-ho and starring Yoo Hae-jin, Park Hae-il and Lee Min-ho, is a dramatic example of how a commercial film can touch a nation’s most intimate historical trauma and ignite a social civil war.