South Korea Synopsis
포화 속으로
“The day that courage came of age.”
In August 1950, waiting for UN troops to arrive, the South Korean army assembled to protect Nakdong River. Only 71 student-soldiers are left behind to guard the city of Pohang. Now they are on a mission to defend the country from North Korean troops.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with 71: Into the Fire. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2009–2011 South Korea Window
71: Into the Fire holds position #24 of 137 South Korea films in the 2009–2011 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when 71: Into the Fire premiered alongside 53 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 0m runtime, production spent $87K per minute on screen and earned $175K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 53 other South Korea films in 2010.
The 401st South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Audience Engagement
161 audience reviews — more than 89% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (89th percentile) outruns trending popularity (70th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on 71: Into the Fire, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- student soldier · 2
- fight to the death · 1
- historical · 28
- korean war · 20
- based on true story · 98
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #350 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (75th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea War productions specifically: #12 of 35 (top 34%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean |
| Production Companies | Taewon Entertainment, UBU Film, H Plus Communication, Lotte Entertainment, Korean Film Council |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | June 16, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1587729 |