Actors
- Ji-Hyeon Jeon
- The Girl - My Sassy girl
- Yenicall - The Thieves
- Jeong-Min - White Valentine
- Ah-Joong Kim
- Kang Hana - 200 Pound beauty
- Yun-Jeong - My PS Partner
- Lee Kyeong-Jae - When Romance Meets Dynasty
- Kang-Ho Song
- Lee Jang-gil - Shiri
- Lee Ho-Chang - YMCA Baseball Team
- Song U-Seok - The attorney
- Min-Sik Choi
- Oh Dae-Su - Old Boy
- Park Mu-yong - Shiri
- Cheon Man-Deok - The Tiger
Directors
- Chan-Wook Park
- Old Boy (2003)
- Lady Vengance (2005)
- Thirst (2009
- Ki-Duk Kim
- Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...and Spring (2003)
- 3 Iron (2004)
- Pieta (2012)
- Chang-Dong Lee
- Bakha Satang (1999)
- Oasis (2002)
- Secret Sunshine [Milyang] (2007)
- Jae-Yong Kwak
- My Sassy Girl (2001)
- The Classic (2003)
- Nae Yeojachinguruel Sogaehamnida (2004)
- Korean film gained recognition in the international market
- Mandala - Im Kwon-Taek
- Surrogate Mother and Come Come Come Upward - Actress Kang Su-Yeon (Best Actress)
- 1984 and 1986 the "Motion Picture Law" was revised
- Late 80's Hollywood studios opened branches in South Korea
- United International Pictures
- Twentieth Century Fox
- Warner Brothers
- Columbia Tristar
- Disney
- 1992 Chaebol enter the market
- Samsung
- Hyundai
- CJ
- Lotte
- Etc.
- Only 157 films produced during the Japanese Occupation
- Films were cut, altered, destroyed, etc.
- Syngman Rhee revitalized the Korean film industry.
- "Motion Picture Law"
- Following the Military Coup in 1961
- Movie were censored
- (Communism, obscenity, topics that may hurt the image of the country)
- Cinema popularity dropped
- TV shows became popular
- 2015 Korea beat its record in sales
- Rapid growth w/ IPTV and VOD
- KT
- SKT
- LG U+
- Release dates
- Korean VOD sales and Theatrical hits closely intertwined
Contents
Film Industry of Today
- Brief History
- Film Industry of today
- Notable people of the Industry
- Korean Film Council (KOFIC)
- Launched in 1999
- Funding and support for Korean films
- Runs International PR for Korean films
- 25% cash grant to foreign companies that shoot in Korea
- Korean local productions dominate over American movies with a dominant share of domestic productions
- Korean Films win prestigious awards in international film festivals
- Pieta - Kim Ki-Duk
Korean Film and Korea's History
- First Korean Film: The Righteous Revenge (1919)
- Kino drama
- Shot on a stage w/ background
- First Silent Film: Story of Janghwa and Hongryeon (1923)
- First Talking Film: Chunhyang-Jeon (1935)
- 1930's Nationalistic and propaganda films emerged
The Korean Film Industry
Sources
- "The Unique Story of the South Korean Film Industry." InaGlobal. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2016.
- "S. Korean Film Industry Scores Record Sales in 2015." Yonhap News Agency. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 July 2016.
- "THE SUCCESS OF THE SOUTH KOREAN FILM INDUSTRY: CREATING A SYNERGY BETWEEN CINEMA AND VOD." Httpswwwfilmdoocom. N.p., 2016. Web. 24 July 2016.
- www.wikipedia.org
Megan Cheng