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Assassination (2015)

Where Assassination says it takes place, and where it was really shot.

Gyeongseong's streets and Shanghai were both built on sets, and the mansion is a real house you can walk into

Scenes and places

The Sontag Hotel attack of 1911 (1911)

Kang In-guk courts the Japanese governor-general over a meal, hoping to win gold-mining rights. Yem Sek-jin's attempt on the governor-general fails, and the Kang who was meant to die instead walks away with a powerful new friend.

Set in Sontag Hotel, Seoul — The 1911 reception where the governor-general is entertained and the film's first attempt on his life is made. Google Maps · Apple Maps

A real Seoul hotel of the Japanese-occupation era, used here only as a story location.

The independence army post in Manchuria (1933)

Yem arrives with an order to transfer the sniper Ahn Ok-yun to the Provisional Government. On the eve of a Japanese surprise attack she insists on going back for the machine guns, and Yem sees how she handles a rifle at long range.

Set in Korean Independence Army post, Manchuria — A frontier camp where Captain Yem comes to collect Corporal Ahn Ok-yun, a sniper, for a secret mission.

A remote army post; the real Manchurian setting is only implied on screen.

Filmed at Hwangmaesan, Hapcheon, South Gyeongsang — Battle scenes against Japanese troops were filmed on this mountain. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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The Hotel Mirabeau check (1933)

A French inspector sweeps the lobby of the Hotel Mirabeau checking papers while soldiers hunt the wanted Koreans. The hitman Hawaii Pistol, a stranger to Ahn, claims she is his wife on the spur of the moment, and she slips out.

Set in Hotel Mirabeau, French Concession, Shanghai — The hotel where the three recruits are due to meet Kim Won-bong, and where a Japanese-assisted raid goes wrong.

A fictional hotel in the French Concession, shot on a film-base street built for 1930s Shanghai.

Filmed at Chedun Film and Television Base (Shanghai set), Songjiang — The Shanghai street and hotel scenes were shot on this Chinese film base. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Cafe Anemone in Seoul (1933)

Ahn, Big Gun and Duk-sam reach Seoul, where the madam lays out the plan: strike the two targets in the traffic near Seoul Station. Ahn proposes seizing a gas station on the route and making the cars stop there.

Set in Cafe Anemone, Seoul — A cafe-bar run by a madam loyal to the resistance, with a sewer tunnel behind it.

A small Seoul cafe in the story that serves as the base.

The gas-station ambush in Gyeongseong (1933)

Ahn and Duk-sam wait for the cars at a gas station they have taken over. The car that stops turns out to be a decoy, and the ambush explodes into a street fight. Hawaii Pistol, hired to kill them, is on the scene.

Set in Gasoline shop near Seoul Station, Gyeongseong — A gas station on the road the two targets must pass on their way to Seoul Station.

A recreated 1930s Seoul street with Japanese-style houses, built on a film park in the south.

Kang In-guk's mansion (1933)

Ahn walks into the mansion pretending to be Mitsuko, the twin she has never known, while the hitman Hawaii Pistol arrives in disguise as a guest of the groom. The house is where she faces her father's world and decides how to use it.

Set in Kang In-guk's mansion, Seoul — The home of the pro-Japanese businessman, where his daughter Mitsuko lives and where Ahn is brought.

A traditional Korean house in Seoul's Gahoe-dong, open to visitors since November 2015.

Filmed at Baek In-je House, Gahoe-dong, Jongno District — The mansion's rooms, including the main sarangchae, were shot here. Google Maps · Apple Maps

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Characters

• Ahn Ok-yun — A sniper from the independence army, released from jail to join a mission in Seoul.
• Hawaii Pistol — A contract killer from Hawaii who takes any job for money.
• Yem Sek-jin — An independence captain who is secretly reporting to the Japanese.
• Kang In-guk — A pro-Japanese businessman who gets rich under the occupation.

Questions answered on the map

• Where was 1930s Seoul in Assassination really filmed?
• Was the Shanghai hotel in Assassination filmed in Shanghai?