与中秋节期间上映的许多其他影片一样，电影《暗杀》迅速登顶票房榜，在首映四天内观影人次便突破百万。
Like many films released during Chuseok, South Korea’s national mid-autumn harvest festival, The Assassin(s) shot right to the top, selling more than a million tickets in its first four days.
然而，这部讲述1974年针对前总统兼军事领导人朴正熙的暗杀企图的影片，其票房佳绩很快便被要求停映的呼声所掩盖，甚至还有人向警方举报了该片导演及制片方。朴正熙的忠实支持者及保守派政客们则……
But the box-office success of the film about the 1974 assassination attempt on former president and military leader Park Chung-hee was quickly overshadowed by calls to halt screenings, as well as a police complaint against the film’s director and producers. Park loyalists and conservative politicians are...