South Korea Synopsis
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“A beautiful yet dangerous place…”
Mute Hee-Jin is working as a clerk in a fishing resort in the Korean wilderness; selling baits, food and occasionally her body to the fishing tourists. One day she falls in love with Hyun-Shik, who is on the run from the police, and rescues him with a fish hook when he tries to commit suicide.
Audience Engagement
285 audience reviews — more than 94% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 83th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Isle. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Myung Films
Drama + Thriller in South Korea
81 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Drama and Thriller genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Isle itself).
The 1999–2001 South Korea Window
The Isle holds position #9 of 47 South Korea films in the 1999–2001 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
The Isle premiered in 2000 — a quieter year for South Korea cinema with only 15 titles in our catalog. The 2000s overall landed 321 films and series across 10 years of activity.
Budget & Box Office Efficiency
At a 1h 30m runtime, production spent $555 per minute on screen and earned $277 per minute back.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 14 other South Korea films in 2000.
The 58th South Korea title from South Korea we index (earliest catalogued entry: 1955).
Our South Korea catalog contains 1,397 titles in total (931 films).
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Isle, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- card game · 5
- liquor · 1
- eroticism · 25
- jealousy · 24
- sadomasochism · 8
- island · 41
- prostitute · 39
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #637 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (54th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #439 of 868 (top 51%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Myung Films, CJ Entertainment |
| Runtime | 1h 30m |
| Release Date | April 22, 2000 |
| IMDb | tt0255589 |