The South Korean Film Industry (Perspectives On Contemporary Korea)

A multifaceted exploration of the South Korean film industry

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. 

Editors:

• Sangjoon Lee is Associate Professor in the School of Creative Media at the City University of Hong Kong. 
• Dal Yong Jin is Distinguished Professor in the School of Communication at Simon Fraser University.
• Junhyoung Cho is Senior Researcher of the Korean Film Archive.

Contributors:

• Jason Bechervaise (Hanyang University)
• Joyce Heeyoung Cho (Chung-Ang University)
• Simone Shu-Yeng Chung ( Université Grenoble Alpes - GATES Fellow)
• Andrew David Jackson (Monash  University
• Nikki J.Y. Lee (Nottingham Trent University)
• Daniel Martin (Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology)