South Korea Synopsis
화려한 휴가
“The day a nation's conscience died.”
The citizens of Gwangju lead a relatively peaceful life, until one day the military takes over the city, accusing the residents of conspiracy and claiming that they are communist sympathisers preparing a revolution against the current government. Seeing as the soldiers beat defenceless people, mainly students, to death, the citizens are in for retaliation and form a militia.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with May 18. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CJ Entertainment
Drama + History in South Korea
41 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding May 18 itself).
The 2006–2008 South Korea Window
May 18 holds position #36 of 114 South Korea films in the 2006–2008 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when May 18 premiered alongside 30 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 30 other South Korea films in 2007.
The 290th 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
35 audience reviews — more than 62% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (62th percentile) outruns trending popularity (25th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on May 18, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- gwangju · 5
- historical event · 4
- 1980s · 18
- democratization movement · 8
- gwangju uprising · 6
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #789 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (44th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #552 of 868 (top 64%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, KiHweck ShiDae |
| Runtime | 1h 58m |
| Release Date | July 25, 2007 |
| IMDb | tt0800341 |