A Short History of Korean Film
1903-1945: Korea Under Japanese Rule
1903 -- First public screening of a film in Korea.
1910 -- Korea is formally annexed by Japan.
1919 -- First film, a kinodrama (play with motion picture inserts) named Uirijeok Gutu.
1923 -- First silent film, Plighted Love Under the Moon directed by Yun Baek-nam.
1926 -- Arirang by Na Un-Kyu.
1935 -- First sound film, Ch'unhyang-jon directed by
Lee Myung-woo.
1937 -- Japan invades China; the Korean film industry is converted into a propaganda machine.
1945-1955
1945 -- Japan surrenders to the Allied Forces; Korea regains independence, but is soon divided in two.
1949 -- Korea's first color film, The Women's Diary by Hong Sung-gi.
1950 -- War starts on the Korean Peninsula.
1953 -- Cease-fire agreement signed at P'anmunjom.
1955-1969: A Golden Age for Korean Cinema
1960 -- The Housemaid, directed by
Kim Ki-young.
1961 -- Obaltan, (pictured left) directed by
Yu Hyun-mok.
1961 -- The Houseguest and My Mother, directed by Shin Sang-ok.
The 1970s
1973 -- Establishment of Korean Motion Picture Promotion Corporation (KMPPC).
1974 -- Establishment of Korean Film Archive.
1979 -- Military dictator Park Chung-Hee is assassinated.
1980-1992
1980 -- Kwangju Massacre.
1981 -- Mandala, directed by Im Kwon-taek.
1988 -- Hollywood studios granted direct distribution rights in Korea.
1992-1999
1992 -- Marriage Story is the first film produced by a member of the chaebol.
1993 -- Democratically-elected government led by
Kim Young-sam succeeds military dictatorship. 1993 -- Sopyonje, directed by Im Kwon-taek.
1997 -- Opening of Seoul Cinema Complex in
Kyonggi-do.
1999 -- Shiri, directed by Kang Jae-Gyu, becomes best-selling film ever.
History of the Korean screen quota
-Introduced in 1966 but took effect in 1993
-In 1993 the Korean government allowed Hollywood films to be distributed directly by meeting most of the demands of US-Korean film negotiations that had taken place in 1985 and 1988.
-Given no governmental support, the market share of Korean films amounted to only 15% at that time.
-Korean movie theaters were compelled to run their own movies 146 days a year before 1993 but in reality many theaters were only running Korean films 6 days a year while Hollywood films were run the rest of the year.
-After 1993 the “Screen Quota Watchers” and the screen quota system keep track of the days that Korean films are played and enforce the laws that are in effect.
The Legal System
-Movie promotion law required a screen to run Korean films 40% of the time or 146 days a year but after a couple of regulations that lessened the quotas effect the number has been reduced to 106 days a year or 29.
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