🏙 Towns & cities
Daejeon
metropolitan city in South Korea
🇰🇷 South Korea · 36.3500, 127.3850
Daejeon is recorded as a filming location for 8 productions. Wikidata records these shoots at town level — somewhere in Daejeon, rather than at one identified spot. Wikipedia names it for 1 more.
“City scenes were filmed in Daejeon, while the island set pieces were filmed on Seongapdo located in Ongjin.”
Movies and TV series filmed in Daejeon
- Squid Game 2021–2025
- Miracle in Cell No. 7 2013
- New World 2013
- The Crucible 2011
- The Thieves 2012
- Love 911 2012
- 26 Years 2012
- Runway Cop 2012
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Productions whose English Wikipedia article names Daejeon as somewhere it was shot, with no matching statement on Wikidata. Weaker evidence than the statements above, so it gets its own list — each production’s own page links the exact section the claim comes from.
- Innocent Thing 2014
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Neighbourhood in South Korea
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🏞 Landscapes & nature
Seongap-do
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island in South Korea
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bridge
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Frequently asked questions
What was filmed in Daejeon?
9 productions are recorded as filmed in Daejeon, including Squid Game (2021–2025), Miracle in Cell No. 7 (2013) and New World (2013). 1 of the credits come from Wikipedia articles rather than Wikidata statements and are labelled per Wikipedia.
Which is the best known production filmed in Daejeon?
Squid Game (2021–2025), covered by 110 Wikipedia language editions, which is how this atlas ranks fame.
Where is Daejeon?
Daejeon is in South Korea, at 36.3500, 127.3850.
Where does this information come from?
Filming location statements on Wikidata, joined to the place's coordinates and Wikipedia article, plus places named in Wikipedia articles, which are labelled per Wikipedia wherever they appear. The photograph is from Wikimedia Commons, by 대전광역시 동구, KOGL Type 1.