South Korea Synopsis
주홍글씨
“Sex. Lies. Murder.”
A cop's desire for love gets in the way of his job and his professional life. Secret love affairs begin to dangerously collide as he gets assigned to a new homicide case.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Scarlet Letter. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From LJ Film
Thriller + Mystery in South Korea
61 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Mystery genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Scarlet Letter itself).
The 2003–2005 South Korea Window
The Scarlet Letter holds position #55 of 113 South Korea films in the 2003–2005 window, below highlighted by audience rating.
The 2000s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year across the 2000s in South Korea, 321 titles in total. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Scarlet Letter premiered alongside 36 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 36 other South Korea films in 2004.
The 178th 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
33 audience reviews — more than 61% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (61th percentile) outruns trending popularity (30th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Scarlet Letter, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- infidelity · 22
- mature · 8
- mistress · 6
- murder · 155
- police · 105
- investigation · 45
- detective · 44
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #911 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (35th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.3 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Thriller productions specifically: #123 of 218 (top 56%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | LJ Film, Showbox |
| Runtime | 1h 55m |
| Release Date | October 28, 2004 |
| IMDb | tt0427411 |