South Korea Synopsis
사마리아
“A dark tale of revenge.”
A police officer confronts his teenage daughter while they are on holiday together after learning she is moonlighting as a prostitute with the help of a friend.
Audience Engagement
184 audience reviews — more than 91% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 79th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Samaritan Girl. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Kim Ki Duk Film
The 2003–2005 South Korea Window
Samaritan Girl holds position #33 of 113 South Korea films in the 2003–2005 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 Samaritan Girl premiered alongside 36 others.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 35m runtime, production spent $11K per minute on screen and earned $3K per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other South Korea films in 2004.
The 149th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Samaritan Girl, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- pimp · 4
- illegal prostitution · 4
- double life · 2
- forgiveness · 2
- repayment · 2
- catholicism · 2
- punter · 1
- expiation · 1
- child sex trade · 1
- police officer · 25
- female friendship · 18
- daughter · 17
- dying and death · 10
- revenge · 210
- prostitute · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #713 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (49th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #496 of 868 (top 57%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Kim Ki Duk Film, Show East |
| Runtime | 1h 35m |
| Release Date | March 5, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0397619 |