South Korea Birthday sits in the top 9% of South Korea films on this catalog — ranked #124 of 1,397 by TMDB audience score.
Synopsis
생일
“A story of a family left behind.”
Jung-il and Soon-nam were just ordinary parents who raised two lovely kids. It was not until their son Su-ho’s sudden death the family started to break apart, with all the happiness gone at once. While the pain seemed to grow every day, the bereaved families around the family try to console them at their best. Based on the true event of Sewol Ferry disaster which killed more than 300 people in Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #124 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (91st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.3 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #85 of 868 (top 10%).
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The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
Birthday holds position #49 of 272 South Korea films in the 2018–2020 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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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 Birthday premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2019.
The 1032nd 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
23 audience reviews — more than 47% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 23th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Birthday, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- birthday · 4
- sewol · 3
- bereavement · 2
- family · 74
- tragedy · 33
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Next Entertainment World, NOWFILM, RedPeter Film, Pinehouse Film |
| Runtime | 2h 0m |
| Release Date | April 3, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10248334 |