South Korea Synopsis
황해
“The only thing he must not have crossed.”
A Korean man in China takes an assassination job in South Korea to make money and find his missing wife. But when the job is botched, he is forced to go on the run from the police and the gangsters who paid him.
The 2009–2011 South Korea Window
137 South Korea films released in this three-year window, ranked here by audience rating. The Yellow Sea sits at position #27.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with The Yellow Sea. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
The 2010s South Korea Landscape
Catalog density by release year in the 2010s. Highlighted year (yellow) is when The Yellow Sea premiered. 719 total titles in this decade from South Korea.
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #395 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (72nd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is +0.5 points above the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Drama productions specifically: #286 of 868 (top 33%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Spanish, Mandarin, Korean |
| Production Companies | Wellmade Starm, Popcorn Film, 20th Century Fox Korea, Showbox, Fox International Productions Korea |
| Runtime | 2h 21m |
| Release Date | December 22, 2010 |
| IMDb | tt1230385 |
| Official Site | www.hwang-hae.co.kr |