Gangster High
2006 1h 40m movie Film South Korea

Gangster High

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Synopsis

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Sang-ho is an ordinary high school student. His dream is to enter the military academy under the influence of his father who is an army colonel. As entering high school, he became friends with Jae-gu, Chang-bae, Kyung-chul, Hong-kyu and Sang-sik. They grouped a soccer team called 'Tiger', building up friendship by playing soccer. Sang-ho and his friends ran into group of fight with seniors, these incidents made everybody in school to misunderstand them as they were serious group of gangster. When Sang-ho gets becomes close with a girl whose boyfriend is a boss of another school's gangster group, things are going worse.

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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 Gangster High itself).

The 2005–2007 South Korea Window

Gangster High holds position #51 of 122 South Korea films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

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    #1

    Alone in Love

    ★ 8.9 · 2006
  2. Avatar: The Last Airbender
    #2

    Avatar: The Last Airbender

    ★ 8.7 · 2005
  3. My Lovely Sam-Soon
    #3

    My Lovely Sam-Soon

    ★ 8.5 · 2005
  4. High Kick
    #4

    High Kick

    ★ 8.5 · 2006
  5. Jumong
    #5

    Jumong

    ★ 8.3 · 2006
  6. Coffee Prince
    #6

    Coffee Prince

    ★ 8.1 · 2007
  7. Princess Hours
    #7

    Princess Hours

    ★ 7.9 · 2006
  8. The 101st Proposal
    #8

    The 101st Proposal

    ★ 7.7 · 2006

The 2000s South Korea Landscape

2006 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 46 titles released, including Gangster High. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (321 total).

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 45 other South Korea films in 2006.

The 259th 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

40
Reviews
66th
Review-volume percentile
35th
Popularity percentile

40 audience reviews — more than 66% of South Korea films in our index.

Review volume (66th percentile) outruns trending popularity (35th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

6.7
TMDB Rating
40
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #844 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (40th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #153 of 266 (top 58%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesTaewon Entertainment, Showbox
Runtime1h 40m
Release DateOctober 19, 2006
IMDbtt0891562