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Korean Cinema vs Spanish Cinema

Row by row, the person who holds a rank in Korean Cinema beside the person who holds the same rank in Spanish Cinema, on the same star power score computed inside each industry. Two names on a row hold comparable standing at home. That is all it says: nothing about style or talent, and no box office across industries, where a dollar means different things.

Korean Cinema#Spanish Cinema
Ha Jung-wooActor · Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds1Pedro AlmodóvarDirector · Pain and Glory
Don LeeActor · Along with the Gods: The Last 49 Days2Santiago SeguraActor · Torrente 4: Lethal crisis
Yoo Hai-jinActor · The King's Warden3Michelle JennerActor · Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Song Kang-hoActor · Parasite4Enrique GatoDirector · Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Hwang Jung-minActor · Ode to My Father5Óscar BarberánActor · Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Oh Dal-suActor · Ode to My Father6Toni AcostaActor · Father There Is Only One
Cho Yeo-jeongActor · Parasite7Clara LagoActor · Spanish Affair
Lee Byung-hunActor · Inside Men8Antonio BanderasActor · Pain and Glory
Lee Dong-hwiActor · Extreme Job9Dani RoviraActor · Spanish Affair
Ryu Seung-ryongActor · The Admiral: Roaring Currents10Karra ElejaldeActor · Spanish Affair
Choi Min-sikActor · The Admiral: Roaring Currents11Adriana UgarteActor · Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Ryoo Seung-wanDirector · Veteran12Javier GutiérrezActor · Torrente 4: Lethal crisis
Kim Yong-hwaDirector · Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds13Penélope CruzActor · Parallel Mothers
Park Ji-hwanActor · The Roundup14Sergi LópezActor · Pan's Labyrinth
Bong Joon-hoDirector · Parasite15Luis PosadaActor · Tad, the Lost Explorer, and the Secret of King Midas
Son Ye-jinActor · The Pirates16Mario CasasActor · The Invisible Guest
Choi Woo-shikActor · Parasite17Leo HarlemActor · Padre no hay más que uno 5: Nido repleto
Kim Yun-seokActor · The Thieves18Emilio Martínez LázaroDirector · Spanish Affair
Choi Gwi-hwaActor · The Roundup19Maribel VerdúActor · Pan's Labyrinth
Kim Hyang-giActor · Along with the Gods: The Two Worlds20Carmen MachiActor · Spanish Affair
Kim Moo-yulActor · The Roundup: Punishment21Oriol PauloDirector · The Invisible Guest
Yoo Ji-taeActor · The King's Warden22Ricardo DarínActor · Everybody Knows
Cho Jung-seokActor · EXIT23Asier EtxeandiaActor · Pain and Glory
Lee Sun-kyunActor · Parasite24Eduard FernándezActor · Everybody Knows
Lee Sang-yongDirector · The Roundup25Leonardo SbaragliaActor · Pain and Glory
The method, in full

How the two lists were built

The same score
Star power: the gross of the films a person led, how that run held up, how many there were, how recent, and how audiences rated them.
Computed separately
Each score is a percentile inside its own industry, so Korean Cinema names are scored against Korean Cinema and Spanish Cinema names against Spanish Cinema.
How to read a row
Because every industry is scored against itself, rank 25 in Korean Cinema and rank 25 in Spanish Cinema are the same fact about different places: the 25th biggest name at home. Neither number says anything about the other industry.
Who qualifies
At least 2 led films, which is what it takes for a percentile to mean anything.

Gross and rating as reported on TMDB and Wikipedia 192 Korean Cinema names and 88 Spanish Cinema names are ranked, so the lists run out at different lengths.