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Silmido

2003 · 135 min · Director: Kang Woo-suk ★ IMDb 7 · 5,023 ratings

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Based on a true story of 1968 Korean Republic Army plan to assassinate North Korean president Kim Il-Sung. 31 criminals and death row inmates are recruited into secret training on the island of Silmi; for two years they are subjected to maximum mental and physical abuse before the mission is cancelled and the unit terminated.

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Silmido (2003) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Tension 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger15%
  2. Relief10%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Tension, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Tension and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.0/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Sadness
  • Empathy

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Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Tension
Sadness
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 38 %, then peaks around 93 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionSadnessEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension68 %67 %13 %13 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Tension68 %64 %23 %26 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Tension70 %65 %26 %39 %
17.5 %≈ 24′Tension70 %66 %21 %38 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Tension70 %66 %29 %40 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Sadness74 %64 %46 %59 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Empathy70 %56 %40 %66 %
37.5 %≈ 51′Empathy66 %57 %29 %59 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension74 %69 %45 %57 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Sadness83 %74 %69 %64 %
52.5 %≈ 71′Sadness81 %68 %70 %65 %
57.5 %≈ 78′Tension79 %68 %57 %63 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Tension83 %76 %56 %66 %
67.5 %≈ 91′Tension85 %81 %63 %71 %
72.5 %≈ 98′Tension86 %85 %66 %73 %
77.5 %≈ 105′Tension89 %86 %73 %76 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Sadness91 %85 %80 %81 %
87.5 %≈ 118′Tension94 %88 %84 %84 %
92.5 %≈ 125′Sadness95 %85 %89 %88 %
97.5 %≈ 132′Sadness95 %77 %93 %90 %
Riches to rags

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Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.

Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.

Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.

Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.

Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.

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Cast

AS
Ahn Sung-ki

Jae-hyun

Jung Jae-young

Sang-pil

IW
Im Won-hee

Won-hee

Kang Shin-il

Geun-jae

KS
Kang Seong-jin

Chan-seok

LJ
Lee Jeong-heon

Sergeant Park

UT
Uhm Tae-woong

Won-sang

LJ
Lee Jong-mun

Jeong-hun

KK
Kim Kang-woo

Min-ho

JM
Jo Min-jun

Ji-hwan

LS
Lee Seung-cheol

Lee Byeong-ho

RJ
Ryoo Je-seung

Je-seung

WW
Won Woong-jae

Sang-min

CJ
Cho Jae-wan

Jeong-seob

LH
Lee Hyo-jeong

Director Oh

LS
Lee Sang-hong

Jae-yong

LG
Lee Gyeong-geun

Jae-seok

KH
Kim Hong-taek

Jang-soo

Details

Directed by
Kang Woo-suk
Written by
Hie-jae Kim, Kim Hee-jae
Type
Movies
Released
2003
Runtime
135 min
Country
South Korea
Genres
Drama, Action
Ratings
★ IMDb 7 · 5,023 ratings
Feels mostly
Sadness
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