South Korea Synopsis
박열
“The most interesting anarchists ever during Japanese colonial era now fight against the world.”
Based on the life of the Korean anarchist Park Yeol, the film shows his struggle to counter the massacre of Koreans by the government during the 1923 great Kanto earthquake, focusing on his activities as the leader of the anti-Japanese organization Bulryeongsa and his relationship with Japanese comrade Fumiko Kaneko.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Anarchist from Colony. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
Anarchist from Colony holds position #91 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 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 Anarchist from Colony premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 872nd 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
27 audience reviews — more than 54% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 40th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Anarchist from Colony, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- anarchist · 3
- japanese occupation of korea · 25
- 1920s · 18
- court · 15
- independence movement · 7
- korean resistance · 7
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #416 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (70th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea History productions specifically: #17 of 53 (top 32%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | English, Korean, Japanese |
| Production Companies | Plus M Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | June 28, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6903980 |