My Korean Teacher
2016 1h 38m movie Film Japan

My Korean Teacher

いきなり先生になったボクが彼女に恋をした

“LOVE BLOOMS ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA”

My Korean Teacher sits in the top 1% of Japan films on this catalog — ranked #27 of 4,579 by TMDB audience score.

Synopsis

いきなり先生になったボクが彼女に恋をした

“LOVE BLOOMS ON THE ISLAND OF OKINAWA”

Young-Ung was dumped by his girlfriend. While he is in Okinawa, Japan on a business trip, the company he works for goes bankrupt. Sakura is a single mother and works for a travel agency. She needs to learn Korean for her job. At a Korean language institute, Sakura meets Young-Ung and their romance begins.

Reception Benchmarks

8.8
TMDB Rating
12
Audience Reviews
Outstanding
Critical Tier

Ranked #27 of 4,579 Japan films indexed here (99th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +1.9 points above the Japan average of 6.9/10.

Among Japan Comedy productions specifically: #11 of 1,411 (top 1%).

Comedy + Romance in Japan

120 Japan titles in our catalog blend the Comedy and Romance genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding My Korean Teacher itself).

Position in Catalog

Released alongside 212 other Japan films in 2016.

The 3453rd Japan title from Japan we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1899).

Our Japan catalog contains 4,579 titles in total (2,908 films).

Audience Engagement

12
Reviews
16th
Review-volume percentile
8th
Popularity percentile

12 audience reviews — more than 16% of Japan films in our index.

Popularity sits at the 8th percentile among Japan films.

Production Details

Primary CountryJapan
Original LanguageJapanese
Spoken LanguagesJapanese, Korean
Runtime1h 38m
Release DateNovember 3, 2016
IMDbtt5877060