South Korea Synopsis
내츄럴 시티
“The war has begun.”
Two cops, R and Noma, hunt down renegade cyborgs. Cyborgs are used as commandos by the military, as lust objects and for companionship. Normaly they have a limited lifespan of three years but black market technology is being developed to be able to transfer a cyborg's artificial intelligence into human host. This drives R to find a suitable host for his expiring cyborg Ria.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Natural City. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Science Fiction + Action in South Korea
13 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Science Fiction and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Natural City itself).
The 2002–2004 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2002-2004 South Korea release window, Natural City sits at #81 of 91. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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 Natural City premiered alongside 30 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 30 other South Korea films in 2003.
The 133rd 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
94 audience reviews — more than 82% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (82th percentile) outruns trending popularity (66th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Natural City, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- metropolis · 4
- megacity · 3
- detective inspector · 3
- neon · 1
- 2080s · 1
- cyborg · 28
- rain · 15
- futuristic · 11
- dystopia · 45
- future · 43
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,306 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (7th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -1.5 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Science Fiction productions specifically: #23 of 31 (top 74%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Jowoo Entertainment, Tube Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 54m |
| Release Date | September 5, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0378428 |