My Wife Is a Gangster
2001 1h 50m movie Film South Korea

My Wife Is a Gangster

조폭마누라

Synopsis

조폭마누라

Eunjin who is a living legend among the gangsters dominates the male-centered underworld wielding only a pair of her trademark blades. One day, Eun-jin finds her sister from whom she was separated at an orphanage during childhood, and her sister tells Eun-jin that her last dying wish is to see that Eun-jin gets married.

Titles With Overlapping Themes

Films and series that share thematic tags with My Wife Is a Gangster. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

Action + Comedy in South Korea

69 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding My Wife Is a Gangster itself).

The 2000–2002 South Korea Window

My Wife Is a Gangster holds position #35 of 57 South Korea films in the 2000–2002 window, below highlighted by audience rating.

  1. All About Eve
    #1

    All About Eve

    ★ 8.6 · 2000
  2. Joint Security Area
    #2

    Joint Security Area

    ★ 7.9 · 2000
  3. Oasis
    #3

    Oasis

    ★ 7.8 · 2002
  4. The Way Home
    #4

    The Way Home

    ★ 7.7 · 2002
  5. Autumn in My Heart
    #5

    Autumn in My Heart

    ★ 7.7 · 2000
  6. Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance
    #6

    Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance

    ★ 7.5 · 2002
  7. Il Mare
    #7

    Il Mare

    ★ 7.5 · 2000
  8. Address Unknown
    #8

    Address Unknown

    ★ 7.4 · 2001

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 My Wife Is a Gangster premiered alongside 18 others.

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Position in Catalog

Released alongside 18 other South Korea films in 2001.

The 76th 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

56
Reviews
74th
Review-volume percentile
56th
Popularity percentile

56 audience reviews — more than 74% of South Korea films in our index.

Review volume (74th percentile) outruns trending popularity (56th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.

Reception Benchmarks

6.1
TMDB Rating
56
Audience Reviews
Well Received
Critical Tier

Ranked #1,128 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (19th percentile by TMDB audience score).

Rating is -0.8 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.

Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #215 of 266 (top 81%).

Production Details

Primary CountrySouth Korea
Original LanguageKorean
Production CompaniesHyun Jin Films, Korea Pictures, Suh Se-Won Production Co. Ltd.
Runtime1h 50m
Release DateApril 19, 2001
IMDbtt0296696