South Korea Synopsis
짝패
“The rowdy pair is in town.”
Tae-su, a detective fighting organized crime, returns to his hometown for his high school friend Wang-jae's funeral. There, he meets his old friends Pil-ho, Dong-hwan and Seok-hwan and they reminisce. Suspecting something fishy about Wang-jae's death, Tae-su and Seok-hwan start investigating it, each in his own way. Their investigations lead to a land development project that Pil-ho is directing.
The 2005–2007 South Korea Window
122 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The City of Violence sits at position #56.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The City of Violence. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CJ Entertainment
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2000s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The City of Violence premiered. 321 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #891 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (36th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #165 of 266 (top 62%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, Filmmaker R&K |
| Runtime | 1h 32m |
| Release Date | May 25, 2006 |
| IMDb | tt0821470 |