South Korea Synopsis
브로커
“Some leave. Some retrieve.”
Sang-hyeon is always struggling from debt, and Dong-soo works at a baby box facility. On a rainy night, they steal the baby Woo-sung, who was left in the baby box, to sell him at a good price. Meanwhile, detectives were watching, and they quietly track them down to capture the crucial evidence.
Audience Engagement
312 audience reviews — more than 95% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 96th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Broker. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Zip Cinema
Drama + Comedy in South Korea
214 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Broker itself).
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
Broker holds position #123 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
★ 9.4 · 2023
#2Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#6The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Broker. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1311th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Broker, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- broker · 1
- abandoned baby · 1
- baby box · 1
- busan · 25
- road trip · 23
- road movie · 16
- adoption · 7
- baby · 6
- south korea · 97
- family relationships · 57
- investigation · 45
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #503 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (64th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.3 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #350 of 868 (top 40%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Zip Cinema, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | June 8, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt13056052 |