Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema

By: Kim, Kyung Hyun

Book Overview

Korean cinema was virtually unavailable to the West during the Japanese colonial period (1910-1945), and no film made before 1943 has been recovered even though Korea had an active film-making industry that produced at least 240 films. For a period of forty years, after Korea was liberated from colonialism, a time where Western imports were scarce, Korean cinema became an innovative force reflecting a society whose social and cultural norms were...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0814328695
• ISBN13: 9780814328699
• Release Date: December 2001
• Publisher: Wayne State University Press
• Length: 296 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 8.9"