Default
2018 1h 54m movie Film South Korea

Default

국가부도의 날

“A week before the national bankruptcy.”

Synopsis

국가부도의 날

“A week before the national bankruptcy.”

Only one week left until South Korea will go under sovereign default. Han Shi-Hyun is a leader of the monetary policy team at the Bank of Korea. and is assigned to a crisis team.

The 2017–2019 South Korea Window

271 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Default sits at position #145.

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Titles With Overlapping Themes

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

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The 2010s South Korea Landscape

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

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Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
47
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #598 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (57th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #413 of 868 (top 48%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Zip Cinema, CJ Entertainment
Runtime 1h 54m
Release Date November 28, 2018
IMDb tt7233726

Themes & Motifs

  • bank
  • based on true story
  • finances
  • economy
  • financial crisis
  • stock market
  • government official
  • economic crisis
  • 1990s
  • south korea
  • seoul
  • south korea

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