A South Korean film revisits a 1974 shooting and has sharpened arguments over the country’s history and political memory. The case has also inspired conspiracy theories in the style of the Kennedy assassination.
01Summary
- 01The film, “The Assassin(s),” centres on a 1974 shooting in South Korea.
- 02The shooting has spawned J.F.K.-style conspiracy theories.
- 03The movie has exposed divisions over how South Korea’s history is remembered and interpreted.
- 04The story says the film is fuelling South Korea’s culture wars.
02Why it matters
The film has become part of a wider dispute over national identity and historical memory in South Korea. That makes it relevant beyond cinema, touching politics, public debate and how past violence is understood today.
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