South Korea Synopsis
포크레인
20 years after discharge from the army and now an excavator driver, a former paratrooper who had been mobilized to suppress the May 18th Democratic Uprising in Korea in 1980, happens to find a skull in the ground one day. Driving his excavator, he pays visits to his former superiors one by one and realizes they were all both assailants and victims of the times.
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Excavator. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
Excavator holds position #78 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 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 Excavator premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 879th 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
13 audience reviews — more than 22% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 14th percentile among South Korea films.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #338 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (76th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #248 of 868 (top 29%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Kim Ki Duk Film |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | July 27, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt7506740 |