The Old Woman with the Knife

Hornclaw is a 65-year old “disease control specialist” who's been killing people for nearly 50 years. Lately she's been missing a step, and in her line of work that can get you killed. She's still working while deflecting well-meaning suggestions of retirement, to outright hostility for the presumption she can continue on at her age. But a few near botched jobs has her wondering if sabotage is afoot, or may she's just getting sloppy, sentimental even.

It's a fun romp through the corporate world of assassination that is reminiscent of Un-su Kim's The Plotters. Hornclaw is part of a functioning underground with its attendant fixers, doctors and disposal experts, and The Old Woman With the Knife feels like a small story within that universe. I've already fan cast this translated work, perfectly suited as a streaming actioner, with Helen Mirren in the titular role.