South Korea Synopsis
야차
“The battle of spies begins.”
Nicknamed after a human-devouring spirit, the ruthless leader of an overseas black ops team takes up a dangerous mission in a city riddled with spies.
Audience Engagement
157 audience reviews — more than 89% of South Korea films in our index.
Popularity sits at the 94th percentile among South Korea films.
Titles With Overlapping Themes
Films and series that share thematic tags with Yaksha: Ruthless Operations. Number on each card indicates how many keywords overlap.
Other Titles From Sang Sang Film
Action + Adventure in South Korea
96 South Korea titles in our catalog blend the Action and Adventure genres. Below: the top-rated of them (excluding Yaksha: Ruthless Operations itself).
South Korea × and Co-Production
The 2021–2023 South Korea Window
In the crowded 2021-2023 South Korea release window, Yaksha: Ruthless Operations sits at #176 of 211. The leaderboard below contextualises its neighbours.
#1TOMORROW X TOGETHER: OUR LOST SUMMER
★ 9.4 · 2023
#2Under the Queen's Umbrella
★ 9.1 · 2022
#3BTS: Permission to Dance on Stage – LA
★ 9.0 · 2022
#4BTS Permission to Dance On Stage – Seoul: Live Viewing
★ 9.0 · 2022
#5Undercover
★ 9.0 · 2021
#6The Good Bad Mother
★ 8.9 · 2023
#7The Fabulous
★ 8.8 · 2022
#8My Lovely Liar
★ 8.7 · 2023
The 2020s South Korea Landscape
2022 was the decade’s peak output year for South Korea — 97 titles released, including Yaksha: Ruthless Operations. Bars below show how the 2020s stacked up year by year (301 total).
Position in Catalog
Released alongside 96 other South Korea films in 2022.
The 1293rd 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 Yaksha: Ruthless Operations, grouped by how common each theme is across the full Asian catalog. Rare tags are more distinctive signals.
- prosecutor · 5
- mission · 4
- intelligence · 4
- shenyang · 1
- organized crime · 20
- secret agent · 16
- espionage · 12
- national intelligence service (nis) · 12
- china · 127
- spy · 46
Reception Benchmarks
Ranked #942 of 1,397 South Korea films indexed here (33rd percentile by TMDB audience score).
Rating is -0.4 points below the South Korea average of 6.9/10.
Among South Korea Action productions specifically: #177 of 266 (top 67%).
Production Details
| Primary Country | South Korea |
|---|---|
| All Production Countries | South Korea, Taiwan |
| Original Language | Korean |
| Spoken Languages | Japanese, Mandarin, Korean |
| Production Companies | Sang Sang Film, 1 Production Film Company, Taipei Film Commission, Busan Film Commission, Showbox |
| Runtime | 2h 5m |
| Release Date | April 8, 2022 |
| IMDb | tt12663250 |
| Official Site | www.netflix.com |