Hanyo / The Housemaid (dir. Kim Ki-young): a delirious melodrama critical of Western culture and Confucian traditions
Kim Ki-young, “Hanyo / The Housemaid” (1960) Delirious and overwrought in its soap-opera melodrama, this
Category: Korean Films
Broker: road film exploring complexities behind illegal baby adoptions in South Korea
Hirokazu Kore-eda, “Broker” (2022) A young woman brings her baby to a church’s baby box
Human Form: cosmetic surgery as a tool of social oppression to eliminate individuality and identity
Noh Doyeon, “Human Form” (2014) A deeply unsettling short film about a teenage schoolgirl’s quest
Korean Films | North American Films
The Dark Side of South Korea’s Incredible Economic Success: the harmful impact of South Korea’s industrialisation on its culture and people
“The Dark Side of South Korea’s Incredible Economic Success” (Explained with Dom, 1 June 2022)
Chinese and Chinese-language Films | Korean Films
How the Rich Ate South Korea: how the chaebol have dominated South Korean politics and economy since 1945
“How the Rich Ate South Korea” (Asianometry, March 2022) One paradox regarding South Korea’s economic
Korean Films | North American Films
The United States Started the Korean War: an unjust lie corrected
Carlton Meyer, “The United States Started the Korean War” (Tales of the American Empire, 11
Pinki: a modern fairy-tale of self-discovery through memories of old technology
Hyunsuk Kim, “Pinki” (2018) Initially looking like a Korean mash-up of Neil Blomkamp’s “District 9”
Korean Films | North American Films
Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in South Korea: how South Korea and the US use North Korean defectors as propaganda tools
David Yun, “Loyal Citizens of Pyongyang in South Korea” (2018) Made by then UCLA undergraduate
Korean Films | North American Films
The Mythical North Korean Threat: how the US exploits North-South Korean tensions for its own benefit
Carlton Meyer, “The Mythical North Korean Threat” (Tales of the American Empire, 26 June 2020)
Thicker Than Water: a touching film about a mother’s love and care
Seung Yeob Lee, “Thicker Than Water” (2015) Modern South Korean families, in particular the relationship
