South Korea Synopsis
마더
“She'll stop at nothing.”
A mother lives quietly with her son. One day, a girl is brutally killed, and the boy is charged with the murder. Now, it's his mother's mission to prove him innocent.
The 2008–2010 South Korea Window
128 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. Mother sits at position #11.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Mother. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Barunson E&A
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Mother premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 2h 9m runtime, production spent $39K per minute on screen and earned $133K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #265 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (81st percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.8 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #32 of 202 (top 16%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Barunson E&A, CJ Entertainment, Michigan Venture Capital |
| Runtime | 2h 9m |
| Release Date | May 28, 2009 |
| IMDb | tt1216496 |
| Official Site | www.motherfilm.com |