Start-Up
2019 1h 42m movie Film South Korea

Start-Up

시동

“It's time to grow up.”

Synopsis

시동

“It's time to grow up.”

Taek-il recklessly leaves home, defying his mother who asks him to go to college. In the unfamiliar neighborhood, he happens to get a job as a delivery man for a Chinese restaurant. And he mingles with new people such as Geo-seok, a chef, and Kyung-ju, a boxer. Meanwhile, Sang-pil, a friend of Taek-il, enters the private loan business to make money. At first, it seems easy to make a big fortune, but soon he finds himself in pain as he faces unexpected things.

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Films and series that share thematic tags with Start-Up. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.

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The 2010s South Korea Landscape

Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when Start-Up premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.

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Reception Benchmarks

7.0
TMDB Rating
58
Audience Reviews
Highly Rated
Critical Tier

Ranked #656 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).

Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #452 of 868 (top 52%).

Production Details

Primary Country South Korea
Original Language Korean
Production Companies Next Entertainment World, Filmmaker R&K
Runtime 1h 42m
Release Date December 18, 2019
IMDb tt11454170

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