Similarly,Pachinkobegins in Busan during the 1915-1930s.

At 16, she helps run her mothers boardinghouse, trying to live a quiet life amidst the occupation.

His loyalty is torn between his fellow Koreans and his survival under Japanese rule.

Song Kang-ho, looking at someone, as Lee Jung-chool in ‘The Age of Shadows’

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Rather than surrendering, Jang-ok chooses to die by his own hand, shaking Jung-chool to his core.

Similarly,Pachinkofeatures characters caught between Korean and Japanese loyalties.

The Age of Shadowsdraws clear inspiration fromThe Army of Shadows, a 1969 film based onJoseph Kessels novel.

Gong Yoo, pointing a gun to someone, as Park Woo-jin in ‘The Age of Shadows’

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Set during World War II,it bleakly portrays the French Resistance.

The Age of Shadowsis currently available to stream on Netflix.

Eugene and Ae-shin, played by Lee Byung-hun and Kim Tae-ri, staring at each other and holding their hands over the lower halves of one another’s faces in Mr. Sunshine