The south korean cinema

THE South Korean cinema knows a strong craze in many countries including France. With a golden generation of unknown filmmakers and yet great talent, the film industry Hallyuwood could well conquer the world with its own genre.We find classical films, inspired by Korean traditions and culture, and for the past twenty years, a new wave of films more anchored in contemporary and social subjects.

 

Korean cinema appears during the Japanese occupation period. He immediately became a resistance tool, invested mainly by communists. Na un-gyu made in 1926 the first known film, namedArirang.

 

 

After the departure of the Japanese occupation troops, in 1945, the themes of anti-Japanese resistance and the proletarian revolution, as well as the criticism of social archaisms, dominate in the "films of the liberation".War between the USSR and the United States as well as separation with theNorth Korea Forged in South Korea a dark cinema, subject to marked censorship.

 

 

At the end of the dictatorship, the South Korean directors will be confronted with the reluctance of the public towards films tending to a social criticism. As a result, more and more young directors will go through gender films in order to free themselves from the trauma due to the years of sacrifice represented by the South Korean post-war period. Of this movement will manifest directors as Park Chan Wook, Who is now considered a real star in his country.

 

 

Since 2003 and the arrival ofOld Boy or Memories of Murder On our screens, the South Korean fiction has made its way in the West.

We discover here Oh dae-soo, a father without a story who is kidnapped one day ahead of his home. Sequets for several years in a private cell, its only link with the outside is a television. It was then that he learned of the murder of his wife of whom he would be the main suspect. He is released 15 years later, always without explanation. Oh Dae-SOO is then contacted by a stranger, who offered to discover who has removed it and why.

 

 

Inspired by the manga bearing the same name, this film was greatlyreward. We think in particular of 2004 Cannes Film Festival Grand Prix, but also at prices for the best actor and director in the year 2004 and 2005.

 

 

With Memories of Murder, here we have a story starting with the discovery of the body of a young woman raped and then murdered in the countryside. Two months later, other similar crimes take place. In a country that has never experienced such atrocities, the track of a serial killer Grows from day to day. A special police unit is created to quickly find the culprit. The latter is placed under the orders of a local police officer and a detective specially sent from Seoul. Faced with the absence of concrete evidence, the two men gradually sink into doubt ...

Most of the Korean film production is still intended for a young audience, despite a large number of major films each year. We therefore understand why the South Korean films are cutting an increasingly important part in the selections of the various international festivals. The South Korean film industry is today called

"Hallyuwood".

 

 

Except for possible Bollywood In India, the Korean film industry seems to be the most dynamic of Asia, thanks to the support of the government which turned out to be crucial in the 1990s. This illustrates the particular relations of the government and the private sector with the production of Korean films .

 

THE Korean cinema East violent And Iis physical and psychological suffering intertwine to create an often heavy atmosphere andunhealthy. From a hammer to forcible sequestration, including manipulation and play of power, films Koreans seem to represent all the darkness of human relations.

More recently, we discover films that have also marked the public to their releases. In 2016,Last train for Busan presents a world in which aUnknown virus spreads in South Korea, the state of emergency is then decreed. The passengers of the KTX train thus engage in a merciless struggle in order to survive to Busan, the only city where they will be safe ...

With Parasite, released in 2019, theClass differences between a poor family and an easy family appear in broad daylight. When Ki-Woo obtains a tutor position at the rich parks, he makes his parents and sister are also engaged in the house. The family then benefits from the luxurious lifestyle of parks, but they then discover a dark secret ...

 

From romance to thriller, including historical and fantastic series, there is something for everyone. THE K-Dramas have their own codes: episodes of more than an hour, universal themes such as love and family, modesty around sex and violence as well as societal, political or philosophical questions.

 

This development is accompanied by a wide visibility gain due to the platform Netflix. With Squid game, it is proven to us that having a different language and a story taking place on the other side of the world is not an obstacle, but rather an attraction that the series can use to their advantage. She became The most watched series From the history of Netflix and has transformed into a viral phenomenon carried by children's games and a protagonist which becomes the symbol of the struggle for social equality!

 

 

The series was created by Hwang Dong-Hyeok, a South Korean screenwriter and director. With four films and a short film to his credit, it was in 2019 that he embarked on the colossal project which is to make a series for the famous streaming platform.

 

 

There are 456 people who all have financial difficulties in life. They are then invited to take part in a mysterious survival competition, with a series of traditional children's games, but with deadly outcomes. At the end of this game, the winner is won over the prize for 45.6 billion won (about 32 million euros).

 

In these 456 people, we find Seong Gi-Hong, the main character. GEntil but a little naive, the latter has a complicated life and finds himself managing his snack bar. For him, it all starts when a manoffered to play "Ddakji" Against money if he earned. After many tests, he ended up winning and the man gave him his money and a card with a number to call if he wanted to participate in other games.

 

During the game, he sympathizes with several players like Abdul-Ali and Oh II-Nam. The latter is other than the creator of the game, who hasLost faith in humanity and has no qualms about betting human lives. After having doneFortune in loans, he began to be bored in his life. It was then that he created the squid games, the first part of which took place in 1988. There are many tests such as "rope shooting", the "Calamar game" or the "one two Three Sun".

During the latter, players must cross the line within 5 minutes. The difficulty lies in the fact that the doll Making one, two, three, Sun is filled with sensors that identify the players who have moved. The latter are then directly slaughtered by automated pistols.

Fwen Club Seen the terrifying killer doll who is rather bad player.High of 24 cm, this figurine will make you wait until the future season 2 of the series.

Young Hee Vinyl Figure

 The winner of the 2015 game, Hwang in-ho Then became the right arm of Oh II-Nam. After having in debt, he resigned himself to participating in a previous edition and as a winner. It is then that we find him atSupervise the games, dressed in black and wearing a humanoid mask also black. Known as "Front Man", he is a very strict and ruthless character. The secondary role is to direct all masked men!

Medicom Toy offers an adaptation of this mysterious character, in a format 100% + 400% And 1000% !

 

 

 

 

The technical team is in charge of the games, under the orders of the organizer. Depending on the form present on their masks, they do not have the same roles. They are divided into 3 categories : squares, triangles and circles.

After the famous doll, find another production ofFwen Club, This time relating to the masked guards of the series. We find Two 23 cm high figurines with 3 interchangeable masks.

 

Squid game guard set by fwenclub

With Medicom Toy, we rediscover the guards on the iconic Bearbrick !

The guards carrying a edge are those whogive orders to others. They are also responsible for monitoring players that other members of the technical team, thanks to surveillance cameras. They also make sure that players do not cheat during their events.

The guards carrying atriangle are responsible for surveillance but also for the execution of players. As a result, they are the only ones to be armed in addition to the organizer.

Finally, the guards carrying acircle are loaded with the rest of the tasks. They must then prepare the tests, collect the bodies and cremate them or even distribute to eat to the players.

 

 

 

  

Besides Squid game, here are Korean series that have also made an impression. With stories of mysterious assassins, mini-series with supernatural themes and omnipresent violence, they deserve to be looked at!

The Silent Sea

This series is a mixture of science fiction and apocalyptic horror. It's about a adaptation 2014 film The Sea of ​​Tranquility which takes place in the future where the earth has no more water and where humanity is faced with the possibility of extinction. There, a group of astronauts is sent to a space station on the moon, where a tragedy occurred 5 years ago, to collect a mysterious sample which has the potential to save humanity. If they can survive to bring it back ...

 My name

The mini-series of 8 episodes features So-Hee Han who plays the role of a desperate teenager, victim of harassment at school, who must become a vengeful warrior to survive alone and take revenge on an incident that has Destroy his family ...

The glory

A former victim ofschool harassment Seek to revenge By accepting a main teacher position at the primary school of the executioner's child ...

Serious series, his second part will be released in March 2023.

 

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