Assassins
True crime meets global spy thriller in this gripping account of the assassination of Kim Jong-nam, the half brother of the North Korean leader. The film follows the trial of the two female assassins, probing the question: were the women trained killers or innocent pawns of North Korea?
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Cast
15 people
Siti Aisyah
Self (archive footage)
Doan Thi Huong
Self
Hadi Azmi
Self
Anna Fifield
Self
Kim Jong-nam
Self (archive footage)
Also in
North Korea's Deadly Dictator
Kim Jong-un
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Inside North Korea: The Next Leader
The Red Princess
Donald Trump
Self (archive footage)
Also in
Trump: The Art of the Insult
Art of the Surge
Ri Sol-ju
Self (archive footage)
Moon Jae-in
Self (archive footage)
Also in
wandering camera
Kim Yo-jong
Self (archive footage)
Also in
The Red Princess
Khalid Abu Bakar
Self (archive footage)
Gooi Soon Seng
Self
Ryan White Director · Blake Neely Composer John Benam Cinematographer
United States release January 15, 2021 · Produced in United States · Languages English, Indonesian, Japanese, Korean, Malay, Vietnamese
Production
Greenwich Entertainment
Production
Tripod Media
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Indonesian · Japanese · Korean · Malay · Vietnamese
Release dates
United States · January 26, 2020
Premiere · Sundance Film Festival
United States · January 15, 2021
Digital
Canada
September 26, 2020 · Premiere · CIFF
China
November 5, 2020 · Premiere · 中国香港Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Hong Kong SAR China
November 5, 2020 · Premiere · Hong Kong Asian Film Festival
Hungary
May 20, 2021 · Digital
Japan
October 10, 2020 · Digital
South Korea
August 12, 2021 · Theatrical
Spain
July 9, 2024 · Premiere · TV3
Sweden
November 15, 2020 · Premiere · Stockholm International Film Festival
Switzerland
September 25, 2020 · Premiere · Zurich Film Festival
United Kingdom
January 29, 2021 · Digital
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