The changing face of Korean cinema, 1960 to 2015 / Brian Yecies and Ae-Gyung Shim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yecies, Brian, 1967- author.

Shim, Ae-Gyung, 1973- author.

Series:

Asia's transformations

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motion picture industry--Korea--History--20th century.

Motion picture industry.

Motion picture industry--Korea--History--21st century.

Motion pictures--Korea--History--20th century.

Motion pictures.

Motion pictures--Korea--History--21st century.

History.

Korea.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

xxii, 282 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2016.

Summary:

The rapid development of Korean cinema during the decades of the 1960s and 2000s reveals a dynamic cinematic history which runs parallel to the nation's political, social, economic, and cultural transformation during these formative periods. This book examines the ways in which South Korean cinema has undergone a transformation from an antiquated local industry in the 1960s into a thriving international cinema in the twenty-first century. It investigates the circumstances that allowed these two eras to emerge as creative watersheds and demonstrates the forces behind Korea's positioning of itself as an important contributor to regional and global culture, especially its interplay with Japan, Greater China, and the United States. Beginning with an explanation of the understudied operations of the film industry during its 1960s take-off, it then offers insight into the challenges that producers, directors, and policy makers faced in the 1970s and 1980s during the most volatile part of Park Chung Hee's authoritarian rule and the subsequent Chun Doo-hwan military government. It moves on to explore the film industry's professionalization in the 1990s and subsequent international expansion in the 2000s. In doing so, it explores the nexus and tensions between film policy, producing, directing, genre, and the internationalization of Korean cinema over half a century. By highlighting the recent transnational turn in national cinemas, this book underscores the impact of developments pioneered by Korean cinema on the transformation of "Planet Hallyuwood". It will be of particular interest to students and scholars of Korean Studies and Film Studies. Book jacket.

Contents:

Part I The Golden Age of the 1960s 17

1 Hypergrowth of the Propaganda Factory and the Producing Paradox 19

2 At the Crossroads of Directing and Politics 42

3 Genre Intersections and the Literary Film 62

4 Feasting on Asian Alliances: Hong Kong Co-productions and Japanese Remakes 81

Part II The Dark Age of the 1970s and Hollywood's Domination in the Aftermath 105

5 Policy and Producing under Hollywood's Shadow in the 1970s and 1980s 107

6 Robust Invalids in a New Visual Era: Directing in the 1970s and 1980s 127

7 Weapons of Mass Distraction: The Erotic Film Genres of the 1970s and 1980s 141

Part III The Golden Age of the Post-censorship Era 155

8 The Rise of the New Corporate and Female Producers 157

9 The Rise of the Female Writer-Director and the Changing Face of Korean Cinema 182

10 Genre Transformations in Contemporary Korean Cinema 207

11 Korean Transnational Cinema and the Renewed Tilt Toward China 227.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780415707657

041570765X

OCLC:

913890315