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.
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
Action + Thriller in South Korea
82 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The City of Violence itself).
The 2005–2007 South Korea Window
The City of Violence holds position #56 of 122 South Korea films in the 2005–2007 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
2006 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 46 titles released, including The City of Violence. Bars below show how the 2000s stacked up year by year (321 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 45 other South Korea films in 2006.
The 241st 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
119 audience reviews — more than 85% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 74th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The City of Violence, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- police station · 4
- mob · 4
- organized crime · 20
- revenge · 210
- gore · 51
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 |