Kingmaker
2022 2h 3m movie Film South Korea

Kingmaker

킹메이커

“A politician dreams of changing the world with an excellent campaign strategist behind.”

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.

The 2021–2023 South Korea Window

211 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Kingmaker sits at position #142.

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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 2020s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2020s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Kingmaker premiered. 301 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.1
TMDB Rating
18
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

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

Themes & Motifs

  • election campaign
  • politics
  • politician
  • election
  • presidential campaign
  • korea president
  • south korea
  • kim dae-jung

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