South Korea Synopsis
대호
“A hunter's fight to protect.”
In 1925 Korea, Japanese rulers demand the last remaining tiger be killed. The tiger easily defeats his pursuers until a legendary hunter takes him on.
Audience Engagement
195 audience reviews — more than 91% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 82th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Tiger. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Sanai Pictures
Action + History in South Korea
20 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and History genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Tiger itself).
The 2014–2016 South Korea Window
The Tiger holds position #47 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 Tiger premiered alongside 78 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 78 other South Korea films in 2015.
The 738th 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 Tiger, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hunter · 4
- korean tiger · 1
- amur tiger · 1
- jirisan · 1
- japanese occupation of korea · 25
- snow · 17
- mountain · 11
- tiger · 8
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #302 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (78th percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.7 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #45 of 266 (top 17%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Korean |
| Production Companies | Sanai Pictures, Next Entertainment World |
| Runtime | 2h 19m |
| Release Date | December 16, 2015 |
| IMDb | tt5066556 |