China I Am Sun Mu is a China–South Korea co-production — one of only a handful of such cross-border film titles indexed here.
Synopsis
Operating under a pseudonym which means 'no boundaries' – North Korean defector Sun Mu creates political pop art based on his life, homeland, and hope for a future united Korea. His hidden identity is nearly compromised when a massive historical exhibit in Beijing is shuttered by Chinese and North Korean authorities.
China × South Korea Co-Production
Other China×South Korea titles
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with I Am Sun Mu. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2014–2016 China Window
I Am Sun Mu holds position #92 of 143 China films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s China Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in China, 515 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when I Am Sun Mu premiered alongside 43 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 43 other China films in 2015.
The 408th China title from China we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1935).
Our China catalog contains 946 titles in total (747 films).
Audience Engagement
10 audience reviews — more than 7% of China films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 3th percentile among China films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on I Am Sun Mu, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- news · 1
- north korea · 12
- north korean defector · 8
- biography · 75
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #704 of 946 China films indexed here (26th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the China average of 6.7/10.
Among China Animation productions specifically: #82 of 97 (top 85%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | China |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | United States of America, China, South Korea |
| Original Language | En |
| Production Companies | Required Reading Productions |
| Runtime | 1h 20m |
| Release Date | October 3, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4722674 |
| Official Site | www.iamsunmu.com |