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The South Korean Film Industry
Sangjoon Lee, Dal Yong Jin, and Junhyoung Cho, Editors
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As shown by the success of Squid Game and Parasite, South Korea's film industry is producing films and original series for streaming services, film studios, and television stations worldwide. South Korea is now arguably considered one of the few countries outside the United States to have captivated the world's hearts and minds through pop music, TV dramas, and film. Similarly, the exponential growth in the South Korean film industry has been mirrored by a growing body of industry and film policy forums and academic conferences in both the East and the West.
The South Korean Film Industry is the first detailed scholarly overview of the South Korean film industry. The thirteen chapters discuss topics from short films to popular television series that have engaged global audiences. Contributors explore the major changes in South Korean film making, marketing, and in the international growth and popularity of South Korean films. By bringing together a wide range of academic specialists, The South Korean Film Industry situates the current scholarship on South Korean cinema within the ongoing theoretical debates in contemporary global film studies. This volume will be widely read in undergraduate and graduate classes related to Korean and East Asian studies, cinema and media studies, cultural studies, and communication studies. Moreover, many institutions offer dedicated modules on South Korean cinema, media, and popular culture, for which The South Korean Film Industry will be ideal.
Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Notes on Contributors
Acknowledgments
1. The South Korean Film Industry
Part 1: History, Policy, and Structure of the Industry
2. A Brief History of the Korean Film Industry
3. Film Policy in South Korea
4. Production, Distribution, and Exhibition of South Korean Cinema
Part 2: Industry Dynamics
5. The South Korean Film Industry’s Ambivalent Relationship with the Studio System
6. The South Korean Animation Industries
7. The South Korean Film Industry and Chinese Cinema
8. Challenges and Changes Facing South Korean Cinema in the Multiplatform Era
Part 3: Film Cultures
9. Festival or Box Office? The Critical Reception of Spring in My Hometown and the Debate over the Direction of South Korean Cinema 1998–1999
10. BIFF and the City
11. Seven Reasons to Make Short Films in South Korea
Part 4: International Territories
12. Transnational Film Relationships Between South Korea and Europe (2005–2018)
13. The Predicament of the South Korean Film Industry
Figure 6.1. Number of new animation feature films produced, and number of broadcast minutes devoted to television animation in South Korea, 1965–2004. Source: Kenta Yamamoto, The Agglomeration of the Animation Industry in East Asia (2014, 46).
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