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.
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Films and series that share thematic tags with Hotel by the River. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2018-2020 South Korea release window, Hotel by the River sits at #238 of 272. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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★ 9.1 · 2018
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★ 8.9 · 2018
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★ 8.7 · 2019
#6It's Okay to Not Be Okay
★ 8.6 · 2020
#7Mr. Queen
★ 8.6 · 2020
#8Parasite
★ 8.5 · 2019
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 Hotel by the River premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2019.
The 1030th 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
54 audience reviews — more than 73% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (73th percentile) outruns trending popularity (36th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Hotel by the River, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- brunette · 1
- almond · 1
- hotel · 13
- river · 10
- south korea · 97
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 |