Assassination: 1932 vs The Battleship Island

The Battleship Island has the higher audience score (7.2/10 against 5/10 for Assassination: 1932). Assassination: 1932 is the shorter watch at 1h 30m compared with 2h 12m. The Battleship Island is the older of the two (2017 against 2025). Both are action, drama, history movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Assassination: 1932 posterAssassination: 19322025 VS The Battleship Island posterThe Battleship Island2017
Assassination: 1932The Battleship Island
Audience score★ 5.0/10★ 7.2/10
Year20252017
Length1h 30m2h 12m
GenresAction, Drama, History, WarAction, Drama, History, War
CountryChina–
DirectorZhou JiuqinRyoo Seung-wan
Main castRay Lui, Wang Ming, Cheng Qi, Jin Long, Elton TangSong Joong-ki, Lee Jung-hyun, Lee Kyung-young, So Ji-sub, Hwang Jung-min

Synopsis

Assassination: 1932

In 1932 Shanghai, a resistance leader and a gangster join forces to eliminate a Japanese military strategist. Their mission leads to violent encounters, public uprising, and ultimate sacrifice in the fight for freedom.

The Battleship Island

During the Japanese colonial era, roughly 400 Korean people, who were forced onto Battleship Island 'Hashima Island' to mine for coal, attempt to escape.

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