South Korea Synopsis
스파이
Chul-soo is one of Korea’s best intelligence agents: he can accomplish any given mission. One day, a mysterious explosion takes place in Seoul. Chul-soo flies to Thailand on a mission to rescue a person who holds clues to the incident. Meanwhile, Young-hee goes on a business trip to Thailand and gets entangled with Chul-soo’s mission. Will he accomplish his mission and save his wife at the same time?
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Spy: Undercover Operation. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From CJ Entertainment
Action + Comedy in South Korea
69 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Comedy genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Spy: Undercover Operation itself).
The 2012–2014 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2012-2014 South Korea release window, The Spy: Undercover Operation sits at #152 of 183. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
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 Spy: Undercover Operation premiered alongside 56 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 56 other South Korea films in 2013.
The 565th 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
29 audience reviews — more than 56% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 50th percentile among South Korea films.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Spy: Undercover Operation, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- missile · 3
- secret identity · 3
- national intelligence service (nis) · 12
- agent · 11
- terrorist attack · 9
- south korea · 97
- terrorism · 47
- spy · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #1,141 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (18th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.8 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #218 of 266 (top 82%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | CJ Entertainment, JK Film |
| Runtime | 2h 1m |
| Release Date | September 5, 2013 |
| IMDb | tt3025712 |