South Korea Synopsis
이상한 나라의 수학자
“A genius mathematician with a hidden past and a needy student given up on math.”
Ji-woo, an outcast at a prestigious private school, meets Hak-sung, the school janitor who is actually a mathematical genius who defected from North Korea.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with In Our Prime. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
In Our Prime holds position #55 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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★ 9.1 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2022
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★ 9.0 · 2021
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★ 8.9 · 2023
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★ 8.8 · 2022
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★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including In Our Prime. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1286th 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
41 audience reviews — more than 66% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 53th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on In Our Prime, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- private school · 3
- private lessons · 2
- mathematics · 1
- mathematician · 1
- janitor · 1
- high school student · 18
- national intelligence service (nis) · 12
- north korean defector · 8
- high school · 88
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #200 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (86th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +1.0 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #146 of 868 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Joy Rabbit, Showbox |
| Runtime | 1h 57m |
| Release Date | March 18, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt12663772 |