1st Edition

Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948 The Untold History of the Film Industry

By Brian Yecies, Ae-Gyung Shim Copyright 2011
236 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

250 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

236 Pages 17 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Korea’s Occupied Cinemas, 1893-1948 compares and contrasts the development of cinema in Korea during the Japanese occupation (1910-1945) and US Army Military (1945-1948) periods within the larger context of cinemas in occupied territories. It differs from previous studies by drawing links between the arrival in Korea of modern technology and ideas, and the cultural, political and social... Read more

Introduction  1. Early Screenings, 1903-1926  2. Thriving and/or Collaborating in Silence: Na Ungyu’s Arirang (1926)  3. Systematization of Film Censorship: Profiteering From Hollywood's Golden Age, 1926–1936  4. Modernizing Tradition with Sounds, 1926–1936  5.  Empire-Building Cinema, 1936-1945  6. Cinema of Reorientation, 1945-1948  Conclusion: Occupied Cinemas in Korea

Biography

Brian Yecies is Senior Lecturer in Media and Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong. His research focuses on film policy, the history of cinema, and the digital wave in Korea. He is a pastrecipient of prestigious research grants from the Asia Research Fund, Korea Foundation and Australia-Korea Foundation.

Ae-Gyung Shim received her PhD from the University of New South Wales with the support of a Korea Foundation Fellowship for Graduate Studies. She has taught part-time in Communication and Media Studies at the University of Wollongong, and is a 2011 Korea Foundation Post-Doctorial Fellow at the Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies.