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When first encountering the title Assassins, most audiences would naturally picture a flashy action thriller featuring cold-blooded killers eliminating targets from the dark shadows. However, the actual film diverges significantly from widespread expectations and the genre nuances the title implies. Rather than a purely entertaining action flick with splattering blood and hailing bullets, it is much closer to a heavy, serious historical drama and political thriller that thoroughly dissects one of the most shocking incidents in modern South Korean history. And precisely for that reason, it is a work destined to inevitably stand at the center of fierce controversy. Looking at examples from both Korea and abroad, works that bring real historical figures or sensitive events of modern history to the screen are always engulfed in fierce debates and controversies upon release. Unless it is ancient history from the distant past, modern history inevitably involves individuals directly or indire...