The films of Kim Ki-young / edited by Chung-kang Kim.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kim, Chung-kang, editor.

Series:

ReFocus. The international directors series.

ReFocus. The international directors series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Kim, Ki-yŏng, 1919-1998--Criticism and interpretation.

Kim, Ki-yŏng.

Motion picture producers and directors--Korea (South).

Motion picture producers and directors.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 177 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

At head of title: ReFocus

Place of Publication:

Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2023.

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

World-renowned South Korean directors, including Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon Ho, cite Kim Ki-young as being the greatest Korean influence on their work. During his thirty year career, Kim Ki-young produced thirty-three films and became revered by critics within the national and international community as one of the few South Korean 'auteurs'.<br><br>As the first comprehensive scholarly volume on Kim Ki-young in English, <i>ReFocus: The Films of Kim Ki-young</i> covers his entire career and history of cinematic work, highlighting the thematic and stylistic singularity of Kim's oeuvre, which was produced relative to the specific historical and cultural conditions of post-war South Korea. It offers an innovative departure point from which to explore South Korean film relative to the wider history of world cinema, in addition to situating Kim's work within the broader fields of Korean modern history, transnational cinema and cultural studies.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Figures

Notes on Film Titles, Romanization of Korean Names and Film Festival

Notes on Contributors

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Kim Ki-young, the First Global South Korean Auteur

Part 1 Beyond the Border: Transnational/Hybridity/Border-Crossing

Chapter 1 Kim Ki-young at the Intersection of Cold War Alliance, National Reconstruction and the Artistic Impulse

Chapter 2 "We Shall All Need That Basket/ A-Frame Carrier": A Comparative Analysis of Goryeojang (1963) and Ballad of Narayama (1958/1983)

Chapter 3 Love Thy Enemy: Kim Ki-young's Exploration of Korean-Japanese Romance in The Sea Knows (1961)

Part 2 Beyond the Norm: Psychology, Biopolitics and Sexuality

Chapter 4 Refiguring The Housemaid's Singularity: From Dualism to Triadism Based on the Lacanian Perspective

Chapter 5 Men, Women and the Electric Household: Kim Ki-young's Housemaid Films

Chapter 6 To Speak and To Be Spoken For: Deafness, Stuttering and the Women in the Films of Kim Ki-young

Part 3 Becoming an (Global) Auteur

Chapter 7 The Intersection of Authorship and Film Regulation During the Period of Military Rule: An Analysis of Kim Ki-young's National Policy Films, Soil (1978) and Water Lady (1979)

Chapter 8 Rediscovering Kim Ki-young: The Rise of the South Korean Auteur on the Film Festival Circuit

Appendix

Index

Notes:

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 07 Mar 2025).

ISBN:

9781399512961

OCLC:

1380732750