South Korea Synopsis
악인전
“Don't let the devil win.”
After barely surviving a violent attack by an elusive serial killer, crime boss Jang Dong-su finds himself forming an unlikely partnership with local detective Jung Tae-seok to catch the sadistic killer simply known as K.
The 2018–2020 South Korea Window
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Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil. 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 The Gangster, the Cop, the Devil premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 50m runtime, production spent $59K per minute on screen and earned $234K per minute back.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #226 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (84th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.9 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Crime productions specifically: #24 of 202 (top 12%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Acemaker Movieworks, BA Entertainment, Kiwi Media Group, B&C CONTENT |
| Runtime | 1h 50m |
| Release Date | May 15, 2019 |
| IMDb | tt10208198 |