South Korea Synopsis
서부전선
“COMPLETE THE MISSION TO END THE WAR!”
Nam-bok, a middle-aged South Korean farmer is conscripted and assigned a mission to deliver a classified military document that may decide the fate of the war. After losing it while under attack from the enemy, he then faces a teenage North Korean soldier named Yeong-gwang who happens to acquire the secret document on his way to the North.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Long Way Home. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Harimao Pictures
Action + Drama in South Korea
114 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Long Way Home itself).
The 2014–2016 South Korea Window
The Long Way Home holds position #161 of 237 South Korea films in the 2014–2016 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2010s in South Korea, 719 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Long Way Home premiered alongside 78 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 78 other South Korea films in 2015.
The 720th 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
19 audience reviews — more than 39% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 24th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Long Way Home, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- enemies to friends · 1
- military · 23
- korean war · 20
- korean army · 14
- bromance · 13
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #805 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (42nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #147 of 266 (top 55%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Harimao Pictures |
| Runtime | 1h 51m |
| Release Date | September 24, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt4320560 |
| Official Site | thelongwayhome.kr |