South Korea Synopsis
돈 크라이 마미
Divorced mother Yoo Rim (Yoo Seon) lives with her teenage daughter Eun Ah (Nam Bo-Ra), who is having a tough time at her new school. She has a crush on classmate Jo Han (U-Kiss's Shin Dong Ho), but he turns out to be different than what she expected. He and his friends rape her and then threaten her with a videotape of the assault. Eun Ah eventually takes her own life, leaving Yoo Rim alone and devastated. As minors, Jo Han and his friends are let off with light punishments. Yoo Rim takes matters into her own hand to get revenge for her daughter.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Don't Cry, Mommy. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Seoul Broadcasting System
Action + Drama in South Korea
114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Don't Cry, Mommy itself).
The 2011–2013 South Korea Window
Don't Cry, Mommy holds position #87 of 157 South Korea films in the 2011–2013 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 Don't Cry, Mommy premiered alongside 53 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 53 other South Korea films in 2012.
The 524th 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
28 audience reviews — more than 55% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (55th percentile) outruns trending popularity (38th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Don't Cry, Mommy, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- troubled teen · 2
- teen suicide · 1
- mother · 14
- rape and revenge · 12
- revenge · 210
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #850 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (39th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #156 of 266 (top 59%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Seoul Broadcasting System |
| Runtime | 1h 31m |
| Release Date | November 22, 2012 |
| IMDb | tt2468826 |