1st Edition

The Changing Face of Korean Cinema 1960 to 2015

By Brian Yecies, Aegyung Shim Copyright 2016
304 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

304 Pages 30 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

Introduction: Introducing "Planet Hallyuwood" Part 1: The Golden Age of the 1960s 1 Hypergrowth of the Propaganda Factory and the Producing Paradox 2 At the Crossroads of Directing and Politics 3 Genre Intersections and the Literary Film 4 Feasting on Asian Alliances: Hong Kong Co-productions and Japanese Remakes Part 2: The Dark Age of the 1970s and Hollywood’s Domination in the Aftermath 5 Policy and Producing Under Hollywood’s Shadow in the 1970s and 1980s 6 Robust Invalids in a New Visual Era: Directing in the 1970s and 1980s 7 Weapons of Mass Distraction: The Erotic Film Genres of the 1970s and 1980s Part 3: The Golden Age of the Post-censorship Era 8 The Rise of the New Corporate and Female Producers 9 The Rise of the Female Writer–Director and the Changing Face of Korean Cinema10 Genre Transformations in Contemporary Korean Cinema 11 Korean Transnational Cinema and the Renewed Tilt Toward China 12 Conclusion Welcome to Planet Hallyuwood

Biography

Brian Yecies is a Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of Wollongong, Australia. 

Aegyung Shim is a past Korea Foundation Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Institute for Social Transformation Research (ISTR) at the University of Wollongong, Australia.

'This volume makes a valuable supplement to the existing scholarship on the Korean film industry... '

Jinhee Choi, King’s College London, London, United Kingdom