Al umn i ▁of ▁the ▁London ▁Academy ▁of ▁Music ▁and ▁D ram atic ▁Art ▁Category : Al umn i ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁Oxford ▁Category : 1 9 7 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people <0x0A> </s> ▁The ▁Age ▁of ▁Sh adows ▁( ; ▁lit . ▁" Em iss ary ") ▁is ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁South ▁Korean ▁period ▁action ▁thr iller ▁film ▁directed ▁by ▁Kim ▁Je e - wo on ▁and ▁written ▁by ▁Lee ▁Ji - min ▁and ▁Park ▁J ong - da e . ▁The ▁film ▁stars ▁Song ▁K ang - ho ▁and ▁G ong ▁Y oo . ▁It ▁was ▁selected ▁as ▁the ▁South ▁Korean ▁entry ▁for ▁the ▁Best ▁Foreign ▁Language ▁Film ▁at ▁the ▁ 8 9 th ▁Academy ▁Awards , ▁but ▁it ▁was ▁not ▁nominated . ▁ ▁The ▁film ▁won ▁the ▁Best ▁Picture ▁award ▁in ▁the ▁Action ▁Fe atures ▁category ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁Fant astic ▁Fest ▁held ▁in ▁Austin , ▁Texas . ▁ ▁Plot ▁ ▁Korean ▁police ▁captain ▁Lee ▁Jung - ch ool ▁( S ong ▁K ang - ho ) ▁has ▁been ▁charged ▁by ▁the ▁res iding ▁Japanese ▁government ▁with ▁root ing ▁out ▁members ▁of ▁the ▁country ' s ▁resistance ▁movement . ▁But ▁while ▁Lee ▁has ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁s elling ▁out ▁his ▁own ▁people ▁to ▁secure ▁a ▁favor able ▁position ▁with ▁the ▁Japanese , ▁he ’ s ▁been ▁hit ▁harder ▁than ▁usual ▁by ▁the ▁death ▁of ▁Kim ▁J ang - ok ▁( P ark ▁He e - so on ),