Cinema of Korea

Cinema of Korea encompasses films and film industries across the Korean peninsula, from cinema before the 1945 division to the distinct traditions of North and South Korea.

Korean Empire: The Korean state that existed from 1897 until Japan’s annexation in 1910. Its final years coincided with the arrival of cinema on the peninsula.
Arirang (1926 film): A 1926 Korean silent film directed by Na Woon-gyu, now largely lost. Its nationalist themes made it a foundational work in accounts of early Korean cinema.
Na Woon-gyu: A Korean actor and filmmaker who directed the 1926 film Arirang. His filmmaking and screen presence helped define the colonial-era national cinema.
Cinema of South Korea: The films, institutions, and history of the Republic of Korea’s motion-picture industry. Its commercial and artistic development forms one distinct branch of the peninsula’s cinema.
South Korean New Wave: A movement of South Korean filmmakers who reshaped the country’s cinema from the late 1980s onward. Its emergence followed political liberalization and renewed creative freedom.
Japanese rule in Korea: Japan’s colonial rule over Korea from 1910 to 1945. Colonial censorship and production conditions shaped early Korean filmmaking.
The Housemaid: A 1960 South Korean thriller directed by Kim Ki-young about a family and its maid. Its unsettling domestic story became a landmark of postwar South Korean filmmaking.
Shin Sang-ok: A South Korean film director and producer active from the 1950s through the 1970s. His career connects the commercial cinema of the South with a remarkable North Korean chapter.
Cinema of North Korea: The films and state-directed film industry of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Its centralized production system contrasts with South Korea’s changing commercial industry.
Korean New Wave: The international spread of South Korean popular culture, including film, music, and television. South Korean cinema became one of the most visible parts of this cultural expansion.

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