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The King

2017 · 134 min · Director: Han Jae-rim ★ IMDb 6.8 · 2,792 ratings

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Park Tae Soo was born to a difficult family, one day he wanted to be a prosecutor. He was able to achieve his dream accepted in one of the best university in South Korea and became a prosecutor. Park Tae Soo is one of the best prosecutor although he is the youngest among them. Then everything changed when he meet Han Kang Sik, prosecutor who has the power of the king, but then Tae Soo see what's behind the curtain, the movie reflected the power of the prosecutors on the 90s.

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The King (2017) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Anger 30%, Anxiety 25%, Excitement 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Anger30%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Anger, Anxiety, Excitement. Genres: Drama, Crime, Action. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Anger, Anxiety and Excitement. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Tension
  • Disturbing
  • Sadness

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Hope

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Tension
Disturbing
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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 3 %, then peaks around 78 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityTensionDisturbingSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor37 %24 %17 %14 %
7.5 %≈ 10′Humor41 %24 %18 %14 %
12.5 %≈ 17′Hope52 %31 %30 %24 %
17.5 %≈ 23′Disturbing66 %45 %55 %37 %
22.5 %≈ 30′Disturbing66 %49 %64 %35 %
27.5 %≈ 37′Disturbing56 %41 %52 %22 %
32.5 %≈ 44′Humor50 %38 %43 %13 %
37.5 %≈ 50′Disturbing50 %42 %39 %10 %
42.5 %≈ 57′Tension54 %46 %41 %10 %
47.5 %≈ 64′Disturbing59 %48 %51 %12 %
52.5 %≈ 70′Disturbing64 %55 %59 %15 %
57.5 %≈ 77′Disturbing68 %63 %59 %19 %
62.5 %≈ 84′Tension63 %59 %44 %25 %
67.5 %≈ 90′Sadness59 %54 %34 %30 %
72.5 %≈ 97′Tension69 %63 %48 %42 %
77.5 %≈ 104′Sadness80 %65 %62 %66 %
82.5 %≈ 111′Sadness76 %57 %50 %63 %
87.5 %≈ 117′Hope65 %54 %35 %31 %
92.5 %≈ 124′Hope63 %53 %31 %13 %
97.5 %≈ 131′Hope63 %48 %28 %9 %
Man in a hole

Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.

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

Jung Woo-sung

Han Kang-sik

Bae Sung-woo

Yang Dong-chul

KA
Kim A-joong

Lim Sang-hee

Kim Eui-sung

Kim Eung-su

JE
Jung Eun-chae

Park Si-yeon

Kim So-jin

Ahn Hee-yeon

HS
Hwang Seung-eon

Jeon Hee-sung

LJ
Lee Ju-yeon

Cha Mi-ryun

HS
Han Soo-yeon

Head Hostess

KA
Ko Asung

Miss Kim

Jo Woo-jin

Investigating Officer

KS
Keum Sae-rok

Hee-sung's Friend

SH
So Hee-jung

Ji-min's Mother

Oh Dae-hwan

Song Baek-ho

R
RYUJIN

Ji-min

CH
Cho Hyen-woo

Trainer

KK
Kim Keum-soon

Mokpo Prosecutor's Wife

JY
Jang Yeo-bin

Ji-min's Friend

Details

Directed by
Han Jae-rim
Written by
Han Jae-rim
Type
Movies
Released
2017
Runtime
134 min
Country
South Korea
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 2,792 ratings
Feels mostly
Anger
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