South Korea Synopsis
보통사람
Major crimes unit detective Seong-jin arrests Tae-sung for petty crimes, but shocked to find out that he is the notorious serial killer. However, Seong-jin becomes doubtful of his identity as the serial murder case is investigated.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Ordinary Person. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Crime + Action in South Korea
77 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Crime and Action genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Ordinary Person itself).
The 2016–2018 South Korea Window
Ordinary Person holds position #105 of 268 South Korea films in the 2016–2018 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Ordinary Person premiered alongside 88 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 88 other South Korea films in 2017.
The 847th 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
36 audience reviews — more than 63% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (63th percentile) outruns trending popularity (15th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Ordinary Person, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- physical abuse · 2
- wrongfully accused · 1
- sudden deafness · 1
- busan · 25
- police corruption · 19
- 1980s · 18
- revolution · 14
- time skip · 6
- south korea · 97
- serial killer · 42
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #463 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (67th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.4 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #66 of 202 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | 영화사 장춘, Opus Pictures, Trinity Pictures |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | March 23, 2017 |
| IMDb | tt6857282 |