South Korea Synopsis
동주
“The poems that are untold, the youth that is unfinished.”
Based on the life and work of Korea’s renowned poet, Yun Dong Ju. Dong Ju, while studying literature in Japan, was charged and detained for having participated in the Korean Independence Movement. Known to have created hundreds of poems during his time in jail where he spent the last two years of his life, Dong Ju passed away at the young age of 27. Although it has not been proven, some believe he died due to medical experiments that were performed on his living body.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From M-Line Distribution
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 Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet itself).
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet holds position #50 of 254 South Korea films in the 2015–2017 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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 Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 750th 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
18 audience reviews — more than 37% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 26th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- college freshman · 1
- study abroad · 1
- torture · 26
- japanese occupation of korea · 25
- male friendship · 17
- black and white · 10
- independence movement · 7
- korean resistance · 7
- poet · 6
- based on true story · 98
- biography · 75
- 1940s · 35
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #287 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (79th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #210 of 868 (top 24%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | M-Line Distribution, Luz y Sonidos, Plus M Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | February 17, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5799928 |