South Korea Synopsis
강변호텔
An aging poet, Younghwan, summons his two estranged sons to a solitary hotel beside the Han River because he feels his death is near. While waiting for them to arrive, he meets two women out walking in the new-fallen snow and is struck by their angelic beauty. But the women have come to the hotel to do some healing of their own.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Hotel by the River. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Hotel by the River premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,042 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (25th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.6 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #699 of 868 (top 81%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Jeonwonsa Film, Contents Panda, MOVement |
| Runtime | 1h 36m |
| Release Date | March 24, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt8725958 |