South Korea Synopsis
개를 훔치는 완벽한 방법
“Just one dog will get them moving!”
A young girl lives in a van with her little brother & her mom. Tired of the embarrassing situation which was promised to be temporary, she decides to try to fix it all on her own. But how to get the money needed first? One day, the girl comes across a flyer offering a reward for a lost dog. Under the mistaken impression that a house could also really cost just that much, she then plots to do exactly that- with the additional help of her best friend, little brother & some others, they'll find a "missing" spoiled pup, return him & get a new home just in time for her birthday! Or at least, that's the plan.. what could go wrong?
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with How to Steal a Dog. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Little Big Pictures
Family + Drama in South Korea
25 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Family and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding How to Steal a Dog itself).
The 2013–2015 South Korea Window
How to Steal a Dog holds position #74 of 208 South Korea films in the 2013–2015 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 How to Steal a Dog premiered alongside 71 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 71 other South Korea films in 2014.
The 659th 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
19 audience reviews — more than 39% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 20th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on How to Steal a Dog, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- homeless · 5
- homeless person · 3
- missing parent · 3
- scheme · 3
- homelessness · 2
- heist gone wrong · 2
- lost pet · 2
- absent parent · 2
- siblings · 2
- homeless child · 2
- motherly love · 1
- loss of pet · 1
- homeless man · 1
- working mom · 1
- smart kid · 1
- scheming · 1
- homeless girl · 1
- get rich quick scheme · 1
- poor kid · 1
- pet owner reunion · 1
- stolen pet · 1
- mobile home · 1
- poor kids · 1
- poor girl · 1
- pet owner · 1
- vanlife · 1
- dog · 23
- heist · 18
- single mother · 12
- based on novel or book · 288
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #481 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (66th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Family productions specifically: #19 of 55 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Little Big Pictures, Daemyung Culture Factory, Samgeori Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 49m |
| Release Date | December 31, 2014 |
| IMDb | tt3812402 |