Korean Film growth & prospect

20101727 ye jin , Jung

1. The beginning of Korean Film2. The growth of Korean Film3. The golden age of Korean Film

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4. Film Festival Success5. The prospect of Korean FilmContents

The beginning of Korean film According to the October 19, 1897 issue of The Times, "Motion pic-

tures have finally been introduced into Joseon, a country located in the Far East. At the beginning of October 1897, motion pictures were screened for the public in Jingogae, Bukchon, in a shabby barrack that was borrowed from its Chinese owner for three days. The works screened included short films and actuality films produced by France's Pathe Pictures". There are reports of another showing of a film to the public in 1898 near Namdaemun in Seoul.

Korea's first movie theater, Dongdaemun Motion Picture Studio, was opened in 1903. The Dansung-sa Theater opened in Seoul in November 1907. Before the creation of a domestic film industry, films imported from Europe and the United States were shown in Korean theaters. Not merely a theater-operator, as the first film producer in Korea, Dan-sung-sa's owner, Pak Sung-pil, took an active part in supporting early Korean cinema. He financed the first Korean domestic film, Loyal Re-venge (Korean: 의리적 구토 ; Uirijeok Guto), as well as the first Korean documentary film, Scenes of Kyongsong City and showed both at his theater on October 27, 1919.

The growth of Korean film 1926-1945 : Korean film studios at this time were Japanese-operated.

major work) Chunhyang-jeon <Korea first sound film>, Arirang, Jalitgeola

↑Jalitge-ola←Chunhyang-jeon

1945-1953 : With the surrender of Japan in 1945, Korean cinema en-joyed a burst of liberty. During the Korean War, film production slowed;

only five or six films were produced each year from 1950 to 1953. major work) Viva Freedom!

Viva Freedom

1953-1979 : With the armistice of 1953, Korean cinema enjoyed a brief period of freedom. 1970, South Korean had a very authoritar-ian political system that was led by Park Chung-hee. Although The "Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corporation" was created in April 1973, this organization was primarily created to control the film in-dustry and promote the "politically correct" films in order to support

censorship and the government ideals. major work) Aimless Bullet , The march of fools, Mother and a guest

The march of fools

Mother and a guest

The golden age of Korean film

In 1980s, Korea film had experienced political confusion. the audi-ence for domestic films reached a low point.

In early 1990s, many new directors with various materials and forms appeared, and gave a boost to the movies. Blockbuster movies which

cost a lot to make have shown since 1999. For example, Swiri and Joint Security Area.

A memorable scene of Swiri

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfy4cydVbPg

Film Festival Success1961 – “A Coach Man (by Daejin, Kang)” - Berlin Film Festival

<The first win a prize by international film festival>. .

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2002 – “ Chiwhaseon (by Kwon taek, Im) – Cannes Film Festival

2002 – “ Oasis (by Chang dong, Lee)” – Venice Film Festival

2004 – “ Smaria (by Ki duk, Kim) “ – Berlin Film Festival

2004 – “ Old boy (by Chan wook, Park) – Cannes Film Festival

2004 – “ 3-Iron (by Ki duk, Kim) – Venice Film Festival

The prospect of Korean Film Korean films are growing

every day. Some of them have been awarded in an overseas film festival. Also, many filmmakers abroad are getting interested more in Korean films.

Above all, Korean love their movies and really enjoy watching them. The genres of films are getting various and the quality is also get-ting higher and higher in or-der to satisfy audiences.The future of Korean films will be promising and bright as long as our interests keep going on.

Source

http://www.wikipedia.org/http://www,naver.com

http://www.youtube.co.kr

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