South Korea Synopsis
진범
“After his wife was killed, he began doubting everything”
Someone brutally murders Young-hoon’s wife. A hair sample was found on his wife’s body and the detectives use it to trace it back to his friend Joon-sung and locks him up. Seemingly becoming a murder’s wife overnight, Da-yeon asks Young-hoon to testify on his behalf but when he doesn’t show up for the trial, she goes to visit him at his house.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
272 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Culprit sits at position #111.
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The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Culprit premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #374 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (73rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.6 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Thriller productions specifically: #28 of 218 (top 13%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Little Big Pictures, Gom Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 40m |
| Release Date | July 10, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10633722 |