Korean independence fighter Ahn Jung-geun (Hyun Bin) and his comrades plot to assassinate Japanese statesman Ito Hirobumi in 1909. After his act of mercy toward Japanese prisoners leads to ...
as they plan and carry out the assassination of Ito Hirobumi, Japan’s first prime minister and resident-general of Korea, at China’s Harbin Station. The event unfolds just before Japan’s ...
1905 -- Ito Hirobumi, the mastermind behind Japan's takeover of Korea, is named his country's first ruler of the Korean Peninsula. 1968 -- The Seoul-Incheon Highway is opened. 1979 -- Choi Kyu-hah is ...