Commitment
2013 1h 53m movie Film South Korea

Commitment

동창생

“He'll stop nothing to save her.”

Synopsis

동창생

“He'll stop nothing to save her.”

The son of a North Korean spy decides to follow in his father's footsteps to protect his little sister. After his father's botched espionage mission, North Korean Myung-hoon and his young sister Hye-in are sent to a labor prison camp. In order to save his sister's life, Myung-hoon volunteers to become a spy and infiltrates the South as a teenage defector. While attending high school in the South, he meets another girl named Hye-in, and rescues her when she comes under attack.

The 2012–2014 South Korea Window

183 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Commitment sits at position #54.

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    #1

    Scooby-Doo! and the Sea Monsters

    ★ 9.8 · 2012

  2. Incomplete Life
    #2

    Incomplete Life

    ★ 8.7 · 2014

  3. Bridal Mask
    #3

    Bridal Mask

    ★ 8.6 · 2012

  4. Fated to Love You
    #4

    Fated to Love You

    ★ 8.4 · 2014

  5. Secret Love Affair
    #5

    Secret Love Affair

    ★ 8.4 · 2014

  6. Pinocchio
    #6

    Pinocchio

    ★ 8.3 · 2014

  7. Gu Family Book
    #7

    Gu Family Book

    ★ 8.3 · 2013

  8. Witch's Romance
    #8

    Witch's Romance

    ★ 8.3 · 2014

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with Commitment. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Commitment premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.3
TMDB Rating
106
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #445 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (68th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #312 of 868 (top 36%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Golden Fish Pictures, The LAMP
Runtime 1h 53m
Release Date November 5, 2013
IMDb tt3144098

Themes & Motifs

  • high school
  • assassin
  • secret mission
  • spy
  • secret agent
  • bullying
  • murder
  • motorcycle
  • government assassin
  • inter-korean relations

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