South Korea Synopsis
비밀은 없다
“D-15 to election, daughter has vanished.”
After an extremely close national assembly race, Jong-chan wins the nomination of his party. He and his wife Yeon-hong are fully committed to the campaign and when their teenager daughter Min-jin goes missing, Jong-chan convinces Yeon-hong not to notify the authorities fearing negative publicity. With the election imminent, Yeon-hong decides to look for her daughter, but instead uncovers a twisted series of conspiracy, secrets, and lies surrounding Min-jin's disappearance.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Truth Beneath. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Thriller + Drama in South Korea
81 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Thriller and Drama genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding The Truth Beneath itself).
The 2015–2017 South Korea Window
The Truth Beneath holds position #139 of 254 South Korea films in the 2015–2017 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 Truth Beneath premiered alongside 85 others.
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 85 other South Korea films in 2016.
The 785th 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
46 audience reviews — more than 69% of South Korea films in our index.
Review volume (69th percentile) outruns trending popularity (40th) — a durable title with sustained audience attention.
Thematic Fingerprint
Tags on The Truth Beneath, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- hit-and-run · 5
- political · 2
- elections · 1
- father daughter relationship · 29
- girls love · 24
- mother daughter relationship · 17
- disappearance · 16
- blackmail · 11
- election campaign · 6
- woman director · 246
- revenge · 210
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #659 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (53rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Among South Korea Thriller productions specifically: #76 of 218 (top 35%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Production Companies | Film Train, CJ Entertainment, Gummy Film |
| Runtime | 1h 42m |
| Release Date | June 23, 2016 |
| IMDb | tt5768474 |