This war film was released in the US in 1966 under the title Marine Battleground but it got director Lee a best director award at the Grand Bell awards in 1964. Everything he did (depressingly not much) was perfection. LEE MAN-HEE IS ONE OF THE BEST FILMMAKERS EVER TO HAVE LIVED AND HE DIED TOO EARLY. The Marines Who Never Returned 돌아오지 않는 해병 (Lee Man-hee, 1963) – So I’m going to give you a few last ones and then feel free to leave a comment and let me know what you liked, hated, etc and I can maybe make another post if I’ve got time. But my food delivery just arrived and I actually want to watch a movie. I could keep talking about these films, performers, themes and historical points for ages. And if you like it, look up the director. It’s not like any road movie or feel-good youth crap you’re used to. It stars one of my very favorite Korean actors 안성기 Ahn Sung-ki and if you watch a lot of Korean films, you’ll know him cuz he’s been in almost 200 films and started acting when he was a kid. Whale Watching 고래사냥 (Bae Chang-ho, 1984)- This is an anti-road road movie loosely about shitty crushes and how it is hard to be young. Or maybe those films got lost? Who the hell knows. It’s almost as if the word “flop” didn’t exist in their vocabulary. MANY of the filmmakers who had been working in the 60s and 70s were still making movies in this period and made stunning work during this period. Korean cinema in the 80s was a different monster than the 60s or the 70s and definitely different than the late 90s. I’m going to recommend a few different films from the 80s that I think are dynamite and should be seen at all costs. His shit is off the hook & not simple “cult” or “horror” cinema. He was an independent genre filmmaker during a time when that just didn’t happen & was deeply influenced by playwrights like Ibsen & O’Neill. As you can tell, he is very difficult to classify which is why he is amazing. His most famous film is The Housemaid/하녀 (1960) which has been classified as a noir also but I strongly disagree with that classification as well. Most people call him a cult director or a horror film guy. Let me know/leave me a message if you have ANY problems…. So the links I have here go straight to the YouTube channel where they should play fine. They’re just omfgsogreat!Īlso? In Korea, many of these are age-restricted because they are, uh, well…you’ll see. Obvs, you will be able to tell my successes & failures.īe kind. Some I have done a LOT of research into and some I have not. I will be listing some films under directors w/bio info & some just as films. They are like NOTHING you have ever seen or ever will see again.Īnd now, without, further ado, my holiday gift to you…. Know that classic Korean films are long but they are WORTH IT.ĭo not let their running time deter you from watching them. I will tell you, flat out, every movie here is one I will BACK 100%. I’ve had a lot of people asking me for my selections. Some bits of it are clipped from personal emails I have sent to people but the rest…is totally new. I have been thinking & planning this list for a while. If something I recommend is no longer on there, it was likely taken down due to a Blu-ray release or something of that sort. They have been putting films up there for almost 10 years, I think, and they constantly add new things. I recommend to you here I watched on that channel. While I will pursue a more archives-and access-centered piece on the specific topic of the YouTube Channel itself at a later date, I want y’all to know that EVERY. There was a link that people were passing around like popcorn before I left for Korea about the Korean Film Archive and their YouTube channel. I am ridiculously addicted to it and my career/training as an archivist only makes this situation more painful: much of it is no longer available, has deteriorated, or is, in some fashion, lost or unaccessible. It’s devilishly specific and I cannot get enough of it. This is beyond all other kinds of cinemas I’ve ever studied, watched, consumed. What shook me was how deeply and completely I fell in love with…Classic Korean cinema. ![]() That was sorta to be expected, right? I live here and all. In this last year, my interest in Korean cinema intensified into something more than what it had been. Once, I even participated in a Korean Blogathon to get over an intensely bad break-up. All over the US.įor those of you who know me, you know I’ve loved Korean cinema for well over a decade. I don’t want to dwell on the pandemic too much- after all, this is supposed to be movie talk- but here I am sitting in my apartment, the yacht rock station playing (shuddup, it’s better for writing background music), thinking about friends all over the world. I’m finally living in Seoul, I’ve left Paju, it’s a year and change since I left the United States and the entire world is ENTIRELY DIFFERENT.
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