South Korea 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.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Default. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Zip Cinema
Drama + History in South Korea
41 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Default itself).
The 2017–2019 South Korea Window
Default holds position #145 of 271 South Korea films in the 2017–2019 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
#1Intention
★ 9.1 · 2018
#2Youn's Kitchen
★ 8.9 · 2017
#32018 GFRIEND FIRST CONCERT Season of GFRIEND
★ 8.9 · 2018
#4BLACKPINK: Arena Tour 2018 'Special Final in Kyocera Dome Osaka'
★ 8.7 · 2019
#5My Last Love
★ 8.6 · 2017
#6Hyori's Bed and Breakfast
★ 8.6 · 2017
#7Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
#8Are You Human?
★ 8.5 · 2018
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
2018 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 93 titles released, including Default. Bars below show how the 2010s stacked up year by year (719 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 92 other South Korea films in 2018.
The 998th 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
47 audience reviews — more than 70% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (70th percentile) outruns trending popularity (53th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Default, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- financial crisis · 3
- stock market · 3
- government official · 3
- finances · 2
- economy · 1
- economic crisis · 1
- 1990s · 14
- bank · 7
- based on true story · 98
- south korea · 97
- south korea · 97
- seoul · 38
Reception Benchmarks
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 |