South Korea Synopsis
황제를 위하여
Yi-Hwan is a former professional baseball player. He was involved in fixing games and lost everything. Gang boss Sang-Ha runs a money lending business and a gambling location. He makes Yi-Hwan work for him. Meanwhile, Yi-Hwan falls for bar owner Yeon-Soo.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with For the Emperor. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Opus Pictures
Action + Crime in South Korea
77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Crime genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding For the Emperor itself).
The 2013–2015 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2013-2015 South Korea release window, For the Emperor sits at #172 of 208. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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 For the Emperor premiered alongside 71 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 71 other South Korea films in 2014.
The 615th 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
42 audience reviews — more than 67% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 58th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on For the Emperor, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- baseball player · 1
- busan · 25
- mafia · 24
- greed · 12
- ambition · 7
- south korea · 97
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,134 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #216 of 266 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Opus Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 44m |
| Release Date | June 11, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt4136696 |