South Korea Synopsis
실미도
“A Forbidden History Now Breaks It Deep Silence.”
On 31 January 1968, 31 North Korean commandos infiltrated South Korea in a failed mission to assassinate President Park Chung-hee. In revenge, the South Korean military assembled a team of 31 criminals on the island of Silmido to kill Kim Il-sung for a suicide mission to redeem their honor, but was cancelled, leaving them frustrated. It is loosely based on a military uprising in the 1970s.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Silmido. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Action + Drama in South Korea
114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Silmido itself).
The 2002–2004 South Korea Window
Silmido holds position #21 of 91 South Korea films in the 2002–2004 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 Silmido premiered alongside 30 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 30 other South Korea films in 2003.
The 144th 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
102 audience reviews — more than 83% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 80th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on Silmido, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- korean army · 14
- incheon · 7
- spy · 46
- island · 41
- prison · 32
- inter-korean relations · 32
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #585 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (58th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.2 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #104 of 266 (top 39%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Hanmac Films, Cinema Service |
| Runtime | 2h 15m |
| Release Date | December 24, 2003 |
| IMDb | tt0387596 |