The Assassin(s) Teaser Sends Yoo Hae Jin, Park Hae Il, and Lee Min Ho After a Hidden Order

The new teaser for The Assassin(s) places Yoo Hae Jin, Park Hae Il, and Lee Min Ho at the center of a dangerous investigation into an August 15 shooting incident that shocked South Korea. The film is scheduled to premiere on September 23.

The preview begins at the moment of the assassination attempt. Police superintendent Cheol Gu, played by Yoo Hae Jin, and rookie journalist Young Il, played by Lee Min Ho, witness the attack firsthand. Elsewhere, veteran journalist Jae Hwan, portrayed by Park Hae Il, receives a call as the incident is still unfolding.

A police investigation others want stopped

Cheol Gu works at Jungbu Police Station and treats the case as a direct test of his duty. People around him warn that the incident is too dangerous to touch, but he refuses to step back. For him, identifying and arresting the person responsible is not optional; it is the purpose of the investigation and the job he is expected to do.

That insistence immediately places him against forces that would prefer silence. The teaser does not reveal who ordered the attack, yet the warnings surrounding Cheol Gu make clear that the mystery reaches beyond the visible shooter. His search must move from the person who carried out the crime toward the authority or organization behind it.

The preview reinforces that structure by cutting between the investigation and images of the assassin preparing for the attack. Viewers see the crime taking shape while the three central figures struggle to reconstruct it afterward. The contrast creates tension between what was planned in secret and what can be proven in public.

Two reporters approach the same truth

Jae Hwan is an editor in the social affairs department of Dongsung Daily. His pursuit of the case is guided by a firm belief that truth is the essential responsibility of journalism. He challenges Cheol Gu to determine whether the culprit can be caught regardless of the person’s identity or influence.

His position draws the attention of Sang Pil, an intelligence agency operative played by Park Hoon. Even when Sang Pil threatens him, Jae Hwan maintains that the public must be informed. The confrontation shows that gathering facts will not be the journalists’ only obstacle; they must also withstand direct pressure from people connected to powerful institutions.

Young Il brings a different energy to the inquiry. As a rookie reporter, he moves quickly through the scene, asks questions without pause, and follows each available clue. His lack of seniority does not make him cautious. Instead, his suspicion grows because nearly everyone involved appears to be concealing something.

That observation turns secrecy itself into evidence. When every participant holds back information, the investigation can no longer focus on one obvious suspect. Cheol Gu, Jae Hwan, and Young Il must determine whether the hidden stories overlap, contradict one another, or point toward the person who gave the command.

Three professions converge on one question

The film brings together a police officer and two generations of reporters, giving the central mystery three investigative viewpoints. Cheol Gu has legal authority and responsibility for catching the culprit. Jae Hwan has experience and a public-interest argument for exposing the truth. Young Il contributes urgency and a willingness to chase details others may dismiss.

Their methods differ, but the teaser unites them around the same demand: they want to know who issued the order. Intense confrontations suggest that reaching that answer will require more than finding physical evidence. The trio must identify the chain of power that turned a plan into an assassination attempt and then encouraged others to look away.

The title The Assassin(s) adds another layer of uncertainty. Its parenthetical plural raises the possibility that responsibility extends beyond a lone attacker, matching a story concerned with hidden forces as much as the person holding a weapon. The teaser keeps those connections unresolved while showing the cost of asking the wrong people the right questions.

With its September 23 release approaching, The Assassin(s) is presenting an investigative thriller driven by professional duty under pressure. Cheol Gu, Jae Hwan, and Young Il begin in different roles, but each refuses to accept an incomplete version of the August 15 incident. Their pursuit of the truth leads toward the same dangerous question: not only who fired, but who wanted the shooting to happen.