#Historical

Mr. Sunshine (2018) Review: Love, Resistance, and the End of an Era

Set in Korea at the turn of the twentieth century, during the final years of the Joseon dynasty before Japan’s annexation of the peninsula, Mr. Sunshine tells the story of an unlikely romance between Eugene Choi, a Korean-born captain in the U.S. Marine Corps, and Go Ae-shin, an aristocrat who secretly fights as a sniper for the Korean resistance.

Rather than relying solely on its love …