South Korea Synopsis
킹메이커
“A politician dreams of changing the world with an excellent campaign strategist behind.”
Seo Chang-dae, an ambitious political campaign strategist who ends up having ideological differences with his present client, receives a lucrative offer that will put his loyalty under the microscope.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Kingmaker. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
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The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
Kingmaker holds position #142 of 211 South Korea films in the 2021–2023 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
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The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Kingmaker. 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 1271st 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
18 audience reviews — more than 37% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 48th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Kingmaker, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- kim dae-jung · 2
- presidential campaign · 1
- politician · 23
- election · 13
- korea president · 9
- election campaign · 6
- south korea · 97
- politics · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #615 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (56th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #423 of 868 (top 49%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Plus M Entertainment, See At Film |
| Runtime | 2h 3m |
| Release Date | January 26, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt17491616 |