My favorite is Memories of Murder (By Bong Joon-Ho). It's an enigmatic honest take on the crime genre and I honestly think it's the best there is. Check it out if you loved Parasite.
Song Kang Ho is like the go-to guy for all the legendary Korean directors in this video. He made: 4 movies with Bong Joon Ho (Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer, Parasite) 4 movies with Kim Jee Won (The Quiet Family, The Foul King, The Good The Bad The Weird, Age of Shadows) 3 movies with Park Chan Wook (Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Thirst) 2 movies with Lee Chang Dong (Green Fish, Secret Sunshine) I don’t think even in Hollywood there’s an actor who’s become such a favorite of that many legendary directors and starred in so many legendary movies.
@@eggt1836 not really, they didn't really have a footing in the early half century because of military regimes. It wasn't until the pro-democracy movement around the late 80's which garnered interest in socially conscious works that Korean films became a creatively independent force
I really love The Handmaiden, it's just so eclectic, a Korean movie based on English novel, set in Victorian era, combining Korean, Japanese, and Western cultures. I just hoped it could..... Show lesbian sex scene more correctly and not overly sexualized though.
Some other great mentions I think should be here are Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver", and Kim Hyun-Seok's "I Can Speak", both brilliant films that tap into what makes Korean cinema so good.
I recommend 'tale of two sisters' by Kim Ji-woon. It based on folktale in Korean. In my opinion It's best thriller, horror film at the same time very beautiful film.
@@bhuvaneshwarimarimuthu4483 I watched "JSA" "OLD BOY" "Thirst" "The Handmaiden". My favorite is "The Handmaiden" but I think Joon ho and Chang dong works more better.
Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It’s his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html
The Korean society went thru so many changes in the past 100 yrs from a colony of Japan, the Korean war, American military rule,several dictatorships and finall democracy since Prez Kim DaeJung some 20yrs ago. He began budgeting 1 percent of GNP on the culture business like movies and art. Thanx to the great Prez!!
all movies mentioned here are amazing, there is no arguing about it but please don't miss " Christmas in August " on the best Korean movie lists from now on.
Can't agree more. Some might think Korean cinema is all about violence and thrill but there are lots of fine Korean films that have beautifully shown human's emotion and its complexity. I highly recommend this film.
As a typical Korean man, born in 1986, I grew up with this wave, don't know the past, and NOW I am a novelist & short fiction writer inspired by them. Blessed.
My favourite and idk if it would be considered New wave but.. Green fish staring Han Suk Kyu is one of my favorites. Its from 97. Its about a soldier comming bavk from military services, unable to find work he ends up working as a driver for a Night club owner, who turns out to be a Mob boss. Amazing story 🤩🤩😍
Korean new wave is not heavily influenced by Kim Ki-young. maybe few could be. i think the term is misdefined. knw is normally considered to emerge in late 80s. it's not beginning with shiri in 99. in late 80s to early 90s, big names are Jang Sun-woo, Park Gwang-su, Lee Myong-se. They made different movies. An eminent critic, Kim Young-jin said "Korean films don't have their fathers" which means modern korean directors don't know the movies their predecessors made. Kim Ki-young is barely rediscovered in mid 90s, the time Bong just started his career. Big names of mid 90s are Hong Sang-su, Kim Ki-duk. They have ruled korean art film over 15 years. And one of them is almost expelled because of his charge of sexual harassment. But Hong is still on top. Park Chan-wook made his debut earlier than them but his movies are excoriated critically and failed in box office. Hong, Kim ki-duk, Park Chan-wook, Lee Myong-se, and Jang were left to make unprecedented movies because they hardly watched 50s-60s korean classics. Bong is so-called the last generation of knw. It's possible that he is influenced by Kim Ki-young in person. But you can't generalize to whole knw.
Well, I'm glad about the video and this comment, it has given me information to start looking for more and to see what's the work of these people. I can't help but feel excited because despite being a huge fan of Korea's audiovisual industry, I've never understood their cinematography history -at least not in the way I've learned in university about Universal Cinema's History in university (Russia, Japan, U.S.A, Germany, France, etc.).
박찬욱 봉준호 모두 김기영을 존경한다고 말했고 특히 봉준호는 기생충이 김기영의 영화 하녀 영향을 받았다고 말했어요.... Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho both said they respect Kim Ki-young, and especially Bong Joon-ho said that Parasite was influenced by Kim Ki-young's movie .
Guess I gotta say what's the favs of mine on the list of this channel and which might be helpful if you're about to into Korean cinema. Park: Oldboy(2003) Bong: Mother(2009) Kim Ji-Woon: A Tale of Two Sisters(2003) Lee: Poetry(2010) Hong: Hill of Freedom(2014) Na: The Yellow Sea(2010) Kim Ki-Duk: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring(2003) Besides them in the video, There are some hidden bonafide director and actor whom I'd like you to look around. Choi Dong-hoon and Kim Yoon-Seok. These guys are real hidden gems in today's Korean cinema industry that some non-Korean people might not notice them and just don't care if they keep on sticking their noses only into the big shots. You'd say Choi and Kim ain't got no worldwide, critically acclaimed reputation like Bong and Park but sometimes I find a certain value of cinema when watching films from like them somehow. Here are two movies I'd rec: Tazza The high rollers(2006), Woochi: The Demon Slayer(2009). The first one is sort of a film-noir meets gambling like Dark city of Charlton Heston. Another one is actually my favorite film of Choi and it has an oriental, exotic but fascinating and fabulous visual theme. The movie would drop you off at the "theme park" where an ancient Asian philosophy of fantasy tale flows abundantly. The two films have Choi and Kim both. Hope this would be useful.
I tell u movies that are masterpieces in the world in Korean cinema - no mercy 2010,the chaser 2008,broken 2014,enemy at the dead end 2010,silenced 2011 if u wanna know more ask me any time by the way I'm from india and we made mind blowing movie too
I put na hong-jin up there with all the directors spoken about more in depth the chaser is one of the best crime thrillers ive ever seen and the wailing is a master piece Yellow Sea is also a great thriller to be fair those are his only 3 movies but they proved enough to me
Totally agree, they protected their culture and were able to achieve an authentic creativity, if only other countries were able to do the same then this industry would have been way more different today.
@@SherryNiles1312 Yes but not by much (The Chaser is 11 years old) - he is still such a key player, and responsible for some of the best and most innovative films South Korea has produced in recent times.
true, and it is also a bit sad there hasn't been any newer director that surpasses Na Hong-jin's emergence in 2008 with 'The Chaser' - sadly the last groundbreaking debut of a director. Many Korean film critics are concerned that Korean Film, internationally speaking, are still very much represented by Park, Bong, Hong Sang-soo, Lee Chang-dong and sometimes Na Hong-Jin. Except Na, all of those other directors debut in the 90s, so there hasn't been much of a generational shift in terms of the industry key-players as of yet. As for the younger generation there are more notable female Korean directors these days but the type of movies they make are very independent-level, small-scale films: Bora Kim (House of Hummingbirds), Yoon Ga-eun (The World of Us). If these female director can direct something more of a bigger scale and commercially viable films, there might be some generational shift in the industry. Another hopeful ray of sunshine in the industry might be Hwang Dong-Hyuk's notoriety with SQUID GAME series - who is originally a film director who also debuted in 2008 so technically not a younger generation but still can bring revitalization in the industry... and Eom Tae-hwa, director of Concrete Utopia (2023) might be another promising director. But yeah, the film industry nowadays is unlike the heydays of Korean films (2003-2006) where commercial viability and artistic excellence went hand-in-hand. The studio is focusing more on a fail-proof approach and this is making all the films very trite and boring..
Great overview, and The Housemaid is a great film, but there are tons of other great Korean films from the 1960s and beyond that have influenced the New Wave. It's probably more accurate to say that The Housemaid influenced Bong Joon-Ho, but not an entire era.
Best Korean I seen is Train to Busan Oldboy I saw the devil Mermories of murder .... Etc They put out movie That not alway the star of the films survive it make the movie worthy of watching it all the way to end to see what happen..! Not of the hero bs that everything is ok at the end..! Thanks South Korea..! Kdrama are good to Mr sunshine Vagabond Strong girl boom soon To much to lost..!!!!
Lots of heavy hitters in this list. Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-Ho and Kim Jae Woon are once the Trifecta in Korea but now its seems Bong surpases the 2 now.
The problem is that there is no more master since late 90s and early 2000s rising directors, Joonho Bong, Chanwook Park, Jeewoon Kim, Donghoon Choi, Hongjin Na etc. I think it's because of economic situation. Young directors cannot get an opportunity. Maybe only Byunghun Lee(not actor, he has just same name) is doing well as a young director.
Most of fillmmakers and actors of Korean New Wave are Generation X to early Millenials who'd just come out on the early democratization era of South Korea after 40 years of dictatorships, or precisely in the late 80s to 90s. The artistry and philosophy behind KMW are much more influenced by basically everything happened around them at that time. In the mid-to-late 80s and 90s South Korea, the country went through a massive transformation into a more progressive lane. Capitalism is pretty much hated as well as the favoritism over certain regions (the Gyeongsang and Jeolla sentiment). This circumstance influenced Korean artists who were born at that era. They became one of the most artistically productive yet politically outspoken generation of that era. FYI, Bong Joon-Ho himself was once a member of the New Progressive Party of Korea, an (obviously) now-defunct progressive left party in South Korea.
6:25 is "gutguri zangdan" which is traditional melody beat. The music instrument used is zang-gu. Check samulnori out! 6:57 ost of memories of murder by my favorite Bong
@@jonctmaga1486 I was not asking about the used instruments. I meant the music in general. It is a soundtrack of a movie, but I cant remember it. 6:57 is "Memories of Murder", I know, but that was not the question. Thanks anyway!
I was 10 years old probably when i saw the oldboy by chan wook park. Since then i cant remember anything about my life. Im 25 now. I still have no idea about whats going on around me. That was sniper rifle bullet. Im still looking for my brain pieces on the floor
List of good Korean movies not known to Westerners 초록물고기 Green Fish, 1997 8월의 크리스마스 Christmas In August, 1998 박하사탕 Peppermint Candy, 1999 내 마음의 풍금 The Harmonium In My Memory, 1999 공동경비구역 JSA, 2000 번지점프를 하다 Bungee Jumping Of Their Own, 2000 플란다스의 개 Barking Dogs Never Bite, 2000 파이란 Failan, 2001 봄날은 간다 One Fine Spring Day, 2001 취화선 Chihwaseon, 2002 연애소설 Lover's Concerto, 2002 지구를 지켜라! Save The Green Planet!, 2003 장화, 홍련 A Tale Of Two Sisters, 2003 실미도 Silmido, 2003 올드보이 Oldboy, 2003 4인용 식탁 The Uninvited, 2003 살인의 추억 Memories Of Murder, 2003 클래식 The Classic, 2003 령 Dead Friend, 2004 내 머리 속의 지우개 A Moment To Remember, 2004 태극기휘날리며 TaeGukGi, 2004 아는 여자 Someone Special, 2004 달콤한 인생 A Bittersweet Life, 2005 주먹이 운다 Crying Fist, 2005 너는 내 운명 You're My Sunshine!, 2005 혈의 누 Blood Rain, 2005 웰컴투 동막골 Welcome To Dongmakgol, 2005 친절한 금자씨 Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, 2005 비열한 거리 A dirty Carnival, 2006 음란서생 Forbidden Quest, 2006 괴물 The Host, 2006 그해 여름 Once In a Summer, 2006 타짜 The War of Flower, 2006 바르게 살자 Going By The Book, 2007 밀양 Secret Sunshine, 2007 행복 Happiness, 2007 추격자 The Chaser, 2008 님은 먼곳에 Sunny, 2008 불신지옥 Possessed, 2008 똥파리 Breathless, 2008 마더 Mother, 2009 용서는 없다 No Mercy, 2009 김씨 표류기 Castaway On The Moon, 2009 작전 The Scam, 2009 부당거래 The Unjust, 2010 아저씨 The Man from Nowhere, 2010 황해 The Yellow Sea, 2010 악마를 보았다 I Saw The Devil, 2010 고지전 The front line, 2011 범죄와의 전쟁 Nameless Gangster, 2011 써니 Sunny, 2011 아이들 Children, 2011 최종병기 활 War of the Arrows, 2011 의뢰인 The Client, 2011 카운트다운 Countdown, 2011 광해, 왕이 된 남자 Masquerade, 2012 베를린 The Berlin File 2012 몽타주 Montage, 2012 내가 살인범이다 Confession of Murder, 2012 이웃사람 The Neighbors, 2012 용의자 The Suspect, 2013 관상 The Face Reader, 2013 신세계 New World, 2013 화이 : 괴물을 삼킨 아이 Hwayi : A Monster Boy, 2013 방황하는 칼날 Broken, 2013 변호인 The Attorney, 2013 더테러 라이브 The Terror LIVE, 2013 소수의견 Minority Opinion, 2013 감시자들 Cold Eyes, 2013 신의 한수 The Divine Move, 2014 국제시장 Ode to My Father, 2014 해적 The Pirates, 2014 제보자 The Whistleblower, 2014 명량 Roaring Currents, 2014 암살 Assassination, 2015 내부자들 Inside Men, 2015 검은 사제들 The Priests, 2015 베테랑 Veteran, 2015 더 킹 The King, 2016 터널 Tunnel, 2016 덕혜옹주 The Last Princess, 2016 부산행 Train to Busan, 2016 곡성 The Wailing, 2016 원라인 ONE-LINE, 2016 아가씨 The Handmaiden, 2016 택시운전사 A Taxi Driver, 2017 아이 캔 스피크 I Can Speak, 2017 보통사람 Ordinary Person, 2017 남한산성 The Fortress, 2017 조작된 도시 Fabricated City, 2017 청년경찰 Midnight Runners, 2017 강철비 Steel Rain, 2017 1987 When the Day Comes, 2017 마녀 The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion, 2018 공작 The Spy Gone North, 2018 국가부도의 날 Default, 2018 스윙키즈 Swing Kids, 2018 암수살인 Dark Figure of Crime, 2018 사바하 SVAHA : The Sixth Finger, 2019
Dammit, they just had to add Rhe Avengers mention so that American audiences could do the stupid “i know that reference” thing. The Korean New Wave has been going on for so long that it really should’ve been picked up by Americans a long time ago. Same with the Taiwanese (1st & 2nd) Film Wave. Asian cinema isn’t as appreciated as it should be in America and it’s taken until 2019 for Americans to finally start trying.
No wonder why Korea movie then until now are still great than Hollywood movie. Meanwhile Hollywood or Bollywood stealing their idea or remake it. Sorry for my bad English.
We need to retire the term "Korean New Wave" cinema. It's simply "Korean Cinema." Calling it "New Wave Korean" is pedantic at worst, and simply wrong at best. It was "New Wave" about 15-16 years ago when Korean cinema filled the void left by Hong Kong cinema (after it was snuffed out by the handover of the region to the Chinese Communist Party). Arguably, 2003's "Oldboy" most dramatically cemented the "Korean-style" of film making. Bottom line is that that was nearly 20 years ago. Something can't be "New" for the better part of two decades. Call it "Korean Cinema." Or maybe - crazily enough- let's call it 'cinema.'
Good look at the movement, but why not have someone record narration rather than slapping a bunch of paragraphs up on the screen? Regardless, thanks for putting this together.
@@shubhamnauni7672 Definitely! I were to just read the plot of most of his movies (e.g. Moebius, Seom) I would not be interested in watching them given the impression of just extreme visually perverted ideas but the way he shoots them is always challenging and he has a unique way to provide his stories with a lyrical undertone. I get that his movies cannot be appreciated by large audiences like those of Bong Joon-ho or Lee Chang-dong but they are for sure milestones in recent Korean cinema.
funny, in the rest of the world this genre is simply called "adult cinema" / "good cinema". And they’ve been shooting it for about 100 years, Korea’s eye current opened
Don't know when it started? It started when Hong Kong collapsed. Hong Kong was center of Asian movie distribution and when it collapsed in 1997, it moved to Korea. In other words, Korean new wave didn't start out of some social movement. It started out of marketing. Not really fan of Bong Joon Ho. He tries to force his "Opinions" onto audiences rather than audiences having their own take. When directors do this, there are people who don't agree with their "Opinions". He did this in Okja, Snowpiercer and did same thing on Parasite.
Hmm..I don't get it. Why Hong Cong related? It's not like people in hong cong invested to or loved Korean movies since 1997..you mentioned marketing, but as a Korean I never heard or was aware of this knw thing before... Who was the target and what is the goal of the marketing you said?
There is no Korean new wave cinema...only "Korean Wave" which it was generated by kpop and kdramas in the 90's and beyond which made people flock to korea in masses for tourism and consume korean products. Korean movies don't have that kind of influence yet to call a wave ..people don't flock to korea after watching oldboy. But nice to see more western people are interested in korean movies. Lastly Korean Wave is fueled mostly by women from all over the world due to their infatuation of kpop stars and drams. Fanaticism is heavily involved.
Korean movies has been noticed internationally waaaaaaaaay before the kpop and the kdrama, like we saw in this video Old Boy and Memories of Murder were the real trigger to the first contact with the Korean culture, at least it is the case for Europe, but yes people were not going to go in Korea for that and I don't see why they should in first place. For tourism, yes it is very recent for Korean thanks to the Kpop industry boom, still doesn't take the merit of the movie industry and how many people like myself were at least able to learn way more about the Korean culture and history through it than with the Kpop which by the way I'm not a big fan.
Song Kang-ho is in so many movies. The guy is a legend.
I ironically call him "the korean DiCaprio"
He got robbed of an Oscar for parasite and the host
@@briankerstiens3550 I think his best performance was in Memories of Murder.
Petit I still haven’t seen it yet 😢
@@briankerstiens3550 It's pretty good. People generally put either Memories of Murder or Parasite in the best Boon Joon-Ho movie.
damn the old boy outro song came up at the start..just had the feels
You're so right, man
My favorite is Memories of Murder (By Bong Joon-Ho). It's an enigmatic honest take on the crime genre and I honestly think it's the best there is. Check it out if you loved Parasite.
That is what I mean!!
if you enjoyed Parasite just seek all of his work, even when his movies aren't perfect they're still well worth watching
@@cyco72 Yeah all of his movie's is different, very few director can make this to begin with so definitely everybody should watch them
same opinion
Same here it's my favorite film from him
Oldboy is art
Song Kang Ho is like the go-to guy for all the legendary Korean directors in this video. He made:
4 movies with Bong Joon Ho (Memories of Murder, The Host, Snowpiercer, Parasite)
4 movies with Kim Jee Won (The Quiet Family, The Foul King, The Good The Bad The Weird, Age of Shadows)
3 movies with Park Chan Wook (Joint Security Area, Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Thirst)
2 movies with Lee Chang Dong (Green Fish, Secret Sunshine)
I don’t think even in Hollywood there’s an actor who’s become such a favorite of that many legendary directors and starred in so many legendary movies.
de niro
: marty, de palma, leone, quentin, copolla, david o, mann, gillium, cimino etc.
South Korea make the best movies off the Last 15 years
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South korea movies has always been good the world just realised it because of parasyte thank you parasyte
@@eggt1836 not really, they didn't really have a footing in the early half century because of military regimes. It wasn't until the pro-democracy movement around the late 80's which garnered interest in socially conscious works that Korean films became a creatively independent force
For me, the handmaiden is one of the best movies I have ever seen in my life, but a little twisted for me haha
I really love The Handmaiden, it's just so eclectic, a Korean movie based on English novel, set in Victorian era, combining Korean, Japanese, and Western cultures.
I just hoped it could..... Show lesbian sex scene more correctly and not overly sexualized though.
The very best for me ❤ my all time favorite film ❤
no wonder song kang ho is such an icon, he was in so many hugely important movies
Choi min-sik as well has been in an absurd amount of Korean films. The two basically dominate Korean cinema
Its so awesome that the success of Parasite has now influenced viewers globally to discover more Korean films
finally people are taking interest in Korean cinema after the achievements Parasite made. couldn't be any happier seriously.
TY TRACK as a English person who has loved Korean cinema since I was 13 I am also extremely happy for parasite
i'm so happy that he won palm d'or! he deserves it!
Some other great mentions I think should be here are Jang Hoon's "A Taxi Driver", and Kim Hyun-Seok's "I Can Speak", both brilliant films that tap into what makes Korean cinema so good.
I recommend 'tale of two sisters' by Kim Ji-woon. It based on folktale in Korean. In my opinion It's best thriller, horror film at the same time very beautiful film.
still feel thrilled only by listening the title all after those years watching it. that movie is one of the best if not the best
I agree with you
I was also going to say it's a shame it wasn't included in the on-screen lists. Possibly my favourite by Kim Jee-woon alongside A Bittersweet Life.
Bong Joon ho and Lee Chang dong is my most favorite movie director in the world.
Me too.
What about park chan wook??
@@bhuvaneshwarimarimuthu4483
I watched "JSA" "OLD BOY" "Thirst" "The Handmaiden".
My favorite is "The Handmaiden" but I think Joon ho and Chang dong works more better.
@@ojisansenoubi3303 if you have time just watch sympathy for mr vengeance
@@bhuvaneshwarimarimuthu4483 OK👍
joint security area is my all time favourite movie. it’s so human and has a genius ending shot
I love the opening music so much
It's from Oldby (2003)
@@vanshtanwar3465 "The Last Waltz"
Sharing it here in case anyone wants to check it out. Meet the son of Parasite director Bong Joon-ho, Korea’s up-and-coming filmmaker Hyomin 🎬 It’s his first video interview! :) ua-cam.com/video/ScNMFbaSSF4/v-deo.html
The Korean society went thru so many changes in the past 100 yrs from a colony of Japan, the Korean war, American military rule,several dictatorships and finall democracy since Prez Kim DaeJung some 20yrs ago. He began budgeting 1 percent of GNP on the culture business like movies and art. Thanx to the great Prez!!
Every films that made by Park Chan Wook was truly masterpiece
같은 나라 사람으로서 우리나라에 이 대단한 영화인들이 많음에 감사하네요. 또 이런 영상이 외국에서 만들어져 큰 호응을 받고 있다는 것도 참 뜻 깊은 것 같습니다. 개인적으론 영화 의 허진호 감독과 영화 의 장준환 감독이 영상에 나타나 있지 않아 아쉬운 마음이 듭니다.
all movies mentioned here are amazing, there is no arguing about it but please don't miss " Christmas in August " on the best Korean movie lists from now on.
Can't agree more. Some might think Korean cinema is all about violence and thrill but there are lots of fine Korean films that have beautifully shown human's emotion and its complexity. I highly recommend this film.
As a typical Korean man, born in 1986, I grew up with this wave, don't know the past, and NOW I am a novelist & short fiction writer inspired by them. Blessed.
책이 미래에 유명해지기를 바래요! 이 "웨이브"가 다른 나라이서 온 사람한테 영향을 주었어요. 저도요...
where can I read your work?
osse Those maybe are only available in Korea, written in Korean. www.aladin.co.kr/search/wsearchresult.aspx?
My favourite and idk if it would be considered New wave but.. Green fish staring Han Suk Kyu is one of my favorites. Its from 97. Its about a soldier comming bavk from military services, unable to find work he ends up working as a driver for a Night club owner, who turns out to be a Mob boss. Amazing story 🤩🤩😍
Castaway on the Moon is the most underrated Korean movie
Korean new wave is not heavily influenced by Kim Ki-young. maybe few could be. i think the term is misdefined. knw is normally considered to emerge in late 80s. it's not beginning with shiri in 99. in late 80s to early 90s, big names are Jang Sun-woo, Park Gwang-su, Lee Myong-se. They made different movies. An eminent critic, Kim Young-jin said "Korean films don't have their fathers" which means modern korean directors don't know the movies their predecessors made. Kim Ki-young is barely rediscovered in mid 90s, the time Bong just started his career. Big names of mid 90s are Hong Sang-su, Kim Ki-duk. They have ruled korean art film over 15 years. And one of them is almost expelled because of his charge of sexual harassment. But Hong is still on top. Park Chan-wook made his debut earlier than them but his movies are excoriated critically and failed in box office. Hong, Kim ki-duk, Park Chan-wook, Lee Myong-se, and Jang were left to make unprecedented movies because they hardly watched 50s-60s korean classics. Bong is so-called the last generation of knw. It's possible that he is influenced by Kim Ki-young in person. But you can't generalize to whole knw.
옳은 말씀인 듯 하오.
Agree
Well, I'm glad about the video and this comment, it has given me information to start looking for more and to see what's the work of these people. I can't help but feel excited because despite being a huge fan of Korea's audiovisual industry, I've never understood their cinematography history -at least not in the way I've learned in university about Universal Cinema's History in university (Russia, Japan, U.S.A, Germany, France, etc.).
i agree
박찬욱 봉준호 모두 김기영을 존경한다고 말했고 특히 봉준호는 기생충이 김기영의 영화 하녀 영향을 받았다고 말했어요.... Park Chan-wook and Bong Joon-ho both said they respect Kim Ki-young, and especially Bong Joon-ho said that Parasite was influenced by Kim Ki-young's movie .
Guess I gotta say what's the favs of mine on the list of this channel and which might be helpful if you're about to into Korean cinema.
Park: Oldboy(2003)
Bong: Mother(2009)
Kim Ji-Woon: A Tale of Two Sisters(2003)
Lee: Poetry(2010)
Hong: Hill of Freedom(2014)
Na: The Yellow Sea(2010)
Kim Ki-Duk: Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter...And Spring(2003)
Besides them in the video, There are some hidden bonafide director and actor whom I'd like you to look around.
Choi Dong-hoon and Kim Yoon-Seok. These guys are real hidden gems in today's Korean cinema industry that some non-Korean people might not notice them and just don't care
if they keep on sticking their noses only into the big shots. You'd say Choi and Kim ain't got no worldwide, critically acclaimed reputation like Bong and Park but sometimes I find a certain value of cinema when watching films from like them somehow.
Here are two movies I'd rec: Tazza The high rollers(2006), Woochi: The Demon Slayer(2009). The first one is sort of a film-noir meets gambling like Dark city of Charlton Heston. Another one is actually my favorite film of Choi and it has an oriental, exotic but fascinating and fabulous visual theme. The movie would drop you off at the "theme park" where an ancient Asian philosophy of fantasy tale flows abundantly. The two films have Choi and Kim both.
Hope this would be useful.
The Handmaiden is my favorite film ❤ I could talk about this film all day
Thirst (Park Chan-wook)
The Handmaiden (Park Chan-wook)
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
The Wailing (Na Hong-jin)
Oldboy (Park Chan-wook)
Parasite (Bong Joon-Ho) 2019
The Housemaid (Im Sang-soo)
Sympathy for Mr Vengeance (Park Chan-wook)
My Sassy Girl (Kwak Jae-yong)
The Host (Bong Joon-Ho)
Burning (Lee Chang-Dong)
Top 3 Korean movies for me and First and only 3 i've seen so far:
1. Parasite
2. Oldboy
3. Burning
What a first 3 to start on my god.....
I tell u movies that are masterpieces in the world in Korean cinema - no mercy 2010,the chaser 2008,broken 2014,enemy at the dead end 2010,silenced 2011 if u wanna know more ask me any time by the way I'm from india and we made mind blowing movie too
check out Na Hong Jin’s work, The Chaser, Yellow Sea, and my favorite, The Wailing
Watch "The Man from Nowhere" (Ajussi)
Burning was...not great
@@grokker99 아저씨 is not bad .but just fun action movie
The background music of Old Boy is perfect ❤
I can’t imagine a 1940s all American grandpa watching Oldboy
어릴적부터 자라면서, 그 때 당시에는 당연한것들 처럼 받아들여졌던 이야기들인데
외국인의 시선으로 저렇게 정리된 영상을보니까 정말 "New wave"라고 부를만한 세대인 것 같긴하다.
No way. Where is Jeon do yeon.. She is legend.
parasite won canne prize in 100th year of Korean movie industry.
I put na hong-jin up there with all the directors spoken about more in depth the chaser is one of the best crime thrillers ive ever seen and the wailing is a master piece Yellow Sea is also a great thriller to be fair those are his only 3 movies but they proved enough to me
This makes me want to learn Korean
Congrats to Bong Joon-Ho for making history :)
If Kwak Jae-yong is on that list because of his commercial success, I think Choi Dong-hoon is more qualified than him
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You know your films
1:57 This proves that South Korea is the most intelligent country
Totally agree, they protected their culture and were able to achieve an authentic creativity, if only other countries were able to do the same then this industry would have been way more different today.
Na Hong-jin is super important to this movement.
isn’t he more recent though?
@@SherryNiles1312 Yes but not by much (The Chaser is 11 years old) - he is still such a key player, and responsible for some of the best and most innovative films South Korea has produced in recent times.
true, and it is also a bit sad there hasn't been any newer director that surpasses Na Hong-jin's emergence in 2008 with 'The Chaser' - sadly the last groundbreaking debut of a director. Many Korean film critics are concerned that Korean Film, internationally speaking, are still very much represented by Park, Bong, Hong Sang-soo, Lee Chang-dong and sometimes Na Hong-Jin. Except Na, all of those other directors debut in the 90s, so there hasn't been much of a generational shift in terms of the industry key-players as of yet. As for the younger generation there are more notable female Korean directors these days but the type of movies they make are very independent-level, small-scale films: Bora Kim (House of Hummingbirds), Yoon Ga-eun (The World of Us). If these female director can direct something more of a bigger scale and commercially viable films, there might be some generational shift in the industry. Another hopeful ray of sunshine in the industry might be Hwang Dong-Hyuk's notoriety with SQUID GAME series - who is originally a film director who also debuted in 2008 so technically not a younger generation but still can bring revitalization in the industry... and Eom Tae-hwa, director of Concrete Utopia (2023) might be another promising director. But yeah, the film industry nowadays is unlike the heydays of Korean films (2003-2006) where commercial viability and artistic excellence went hand-in-hand. The studio is focusing more on a fail-proof approach and this is making all the films very trite and boring..
Lee Chang-Dong is one of greatest Korean filmmaker as well
Great work, but please: scale up the letters. Almost impossible to watch on yt mobile
Great overview, and The Housemaid is a great film, but there are tons of other great Korean films from the 1960s and beyond that have influenced the New Wave. It's probably more accurate to say that The Housemaid influenced Bong Joon-Ho, but not an entire era.
Nungguin kapan nama kim ki duk disebutin. Akhirnya ada di menit2 terakhir
CinemaVariety looks really good if you want to see that movie.
Best Korean I seen is
Train to Busan
Oldboy
I saw the devil
Mermories of murder ....
Etc
They put out movie
That not alway the star of the films survive it make the movie worthy of watching it all the way to end to see what happen..!
Not of the hero bs that everything is ok at the end..!
Thanks South Korea..!
Kdrama are good to
Mr sunshine
Vagabond
Strong girl boom soon
To much to lost..!!!!
My all time favourite is Shiri... Now that’s a classic.
EDIT: LOL I typed up that comment before watching the video.
Lots of heavy hitters in this list. Park Chan-wook, Bong Joon-Ho and Kim Jae Woon are once the Trifecta in Korea but now its seems Bong surpases the 2 now.
The problem is that there is no more master since late 90s and early 2000s rising directors, Joonho Bong, Chanwook Park, Jeewoon Kim, Donghoon Choi, Hongjin Na etc. I think it's because of economic situation. Young directors cannot get an opportunity. Maybe only Byunghun Lee(not actor, he has just same name) is doing well as a young director.
The list doesnt include Choi Donghoon who is the best Korean director of genre movies.
Most of fillmmakers and actors of Korean New Wave are Generation X to early Millenials who'd just come out on the early democratization era of South Korea after 40 years of dictatorships, or precisely in the late 80s to 90s. The artistry and philosophy behind KMW are much more influenced by basically everything happened around them at that time. In the mid-to-late 80s and 90s South Korea, the country went through a massive transformation into a more progressive lane. Capitalism is pretty much hated as well as the favoritism over certain regions (the Gyeongsang and Jeolla sentiment). This circumstance influenced Korean artists who were born at that era. They became one of the most artistically productive yet politically outspoken generation of that era.
FYI, Bong Joon-Ho himself was once a member of the New Progressive Party of Korea, an (obviously) now-defunct progressive left party in South Korea.
The Chaser ..................
Could anyone tell me where the music is from that plays at ua-cam.com/video/c27OsW3R9kc/v-deo.html?
Whats the music playing between 6:25 and 6:57?
6:25 is "gutguri zangdan" which is traditional melody beat. The music instrument used is zang-gu.
Check samulnori out!
6:57 ost of memories of murder by my favorite Bong
@@jonctmaga1486 I was not asking about the used instruments. I meant the music in general. It is a soundtrack of a movie, but I cant remember it. 6:57 is "Memories of Murder", I know, but that was not the question. Thanks anyway!
Does anyone know the music between 6:37-6:56?
How about Won Bin??? The Man from Nowhere!!
Won bin? Is he just a junior compare to the acting skills of Song kang ho and CHOI MINSIK (the godfather of korean actor for me)
I was 10 years old probably when i saw the oldboy by chan wook park. Since then i cant remember anything about my life. Im 25 now. I still have no idea about whats going on around me. That was sniper rifle bullet. Im still looking for my brain pieces on the floor
what is the song name between 7:00 - 7:30
ua-cam.com/video/8vNb6VsFU4Q/v-deo.html
@@user-ui5ht1wn3h thank you so much!!
not song but ost of memories of murder by Bong
JSA is so good but those English scenes are SO BAD
because actoress Lee young-ae is not very good....
@@jonctmaga1486 The foreign actors they used were significantly worse.
Taegukgi 2004 and Friend 2001 are the shitz.
When hollywood shill on Crazy Rich Asian...........i was like............have you guys not seen any recent year Korean Movies?
Still no OSCAR nomination of a movie from South Korea. How?
Sol Kyung-gu name should also be up there. Come on Peppermint Candy, Oasis, Memoir of a Murderer and many more.
What's his skincare routine
List of good Korean movies not known to Westerners
초록물고기 Green Fish, 1997
8월의 크리스마스 Christmas In August, 1998
박하사탕 Peppermint Candy, 1999
내 마음의 풍금 The Harmonium In My Memory, 1999
공동경비구역 JSA, 2000
번지점프를 하다 Bungee Jumping Of Their Own, 2000
플란다스의 개 Barking Dogs Never Bite, 2000
파이란 Failan, 2001
봄날은 간다 One Fine Spring Day, 2001
취화선 Chihwaseon, 2002
연애소설 Lover's Concerto, 2002
지구를 지켜라! Save The Green Planet!, 2003
장화, 홍련 A Tale Of Two Sisters, 2003
실미도 Silmido, 2003
올드보이 Oldboy, 2003
4인용 식탁 The Uninvited, 2003
살인의 추억 Memories Of Murder, 2003
클래식 The Classic, 2003
령 Dead Friend, 2004
내 머리 속의 지우개 A Moment To Remember, 2004
태극기휘날리며 TaeGukGi, 2004
아는 여자 Someone Special, 2004
달콤한 인생 A Bittersweet Life, 2005
주먹이 운다 Crying Fist, 2005
너는 내 운명 You're My Sunshine!, 2005
혈의 누 Blood Rain, 2005
웰컴투 동막골 Welcome To Dongmakgol, 2005
친절한 금자씨 Sympathy For Lady Vengeance, 2005
비열한 거리 A dirty Carnival, 2006
음란서생 Forbidden Quest, 2006
괴물 The Host, 2006
그해 여름 Once In a Summer, 2006
타짜 The War of Flower, 2006
바르게 살자 Going By The Book, 2007
밀양 Secret Sunshine, 2007
행복 Happiness, 2007
추격자 The Chaser, 2008
님은 먼곳에 Sunny, 2008
불신지옥 Possessed, 2008
똥파리 Breathless, 2008
마더 Mother, 2009
용서는 없다 No Mercy, 2009
김씨 표류기 Castaway On The Moon, 2009
작전 The Scam, 2009
부당거래 The Unjust, 2010
아저씨 The Man from Nowhere, 2010
황해 The Yellow Sea, 2010
악마를 보았다 I Saw The Devil, 2010
고지전 The front line, 2011
범죄와의 전쟁 Nameless Gangster, 2011
써니 Sunny, 2011
아이들 Children, 2011
최종병기 활 War of the Arrows, 2011
의뢰인 The Client, 2011
카운트다운 Countdown, 2011
광해, 왕이 된 남자 Masquerade, 2012
베를린 The Berlin File 2012
몽타주 Montage, 2012
내가 살인범이다 Confession of Murder, 2012
이웃사람 The Neighbors, 2012
용의자 The Suspect, 2013
관상 The Face Reader, 2013
신세계 New World, 2013
화이 : 괴물을 삼킨 아이 Hwayi : A Monster Boy, 2013
방황하는 칼날 Broken, 2013
변호인 The Attorney, 2013
더테러 라이브 The Terror LIVE, 2013
소수의견 Minority Opinion, 2013
감시자들 Cold Eyes, 2013
신의 한수 The Divine Move, 2014
국제시장 Ode to My Father, 2014
해적 The Pirates, 2014
제보자 The Whistleblower, 2014
명량 Roaring Currents, 2014
암살 Assassination, 2015
내부자들 Inside Men, 2015
검은 사제들 The Priests, 2015
베테랑 Veteran, 2015
더 킹 The King, 2016
터널 Tunnel, 2016
덕혜옹주 The Last Princess, 2016
부산행 Train to Busan, 2016
곡성 The Wailing, 2016
원라인 ONE-LINE, 2016
아가씨 The Handmaiden, 2016
택시운전사 A Taxi Driver, 2017
아이 캔 스피크 I Can Speak, 2017
보통사람 Ordinary Person, 2017
남한산성 The Fortress, 2017
조작된 도시 Fabricated City, 2017
청년경찰 Midnight Runners, 2017
강철비 Steel Rain, 2017
1987 When the Day Comes, 2017
마녀 The Witch : Part 1. The Subversion, 2018
공작 The Spy Gone North, 2018
국가부도의 날 Default, 2018
스윙키즈 Swing Kids, 2018
암수살인 Dark Figure of Crime, 2018
사바하 SVAHA : The Sixth Finger, 2019
Mainstream Hollywood could learn a thing or two from KNW. The blend of art and entertainment far surpasses modern blockbusters
You can watch Korean Classic Films here.(Some have subtitles.)
ua-cam.com/users/KoreanFilmvideos
Anyone know the track @6:25?
what is the track at 4:28 ?
where’s miss kim minhee
someone give met he song playing during 4:38 and 4:43 PLS
4:38 In praise of the Han river(trumpet ver.) ('The Host' OST)
@@minu1806 thank u bruv
Na Hong Jin all dayyyyyy
Ji sung Park Oldboy 뭐냐ㅜㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ
Na Hong Jin's movies have far more substance than Kim Jee Woon's flashy style.
Dammit, they just had to add Rhe Avengers mention so that American audiences could do the stupid “i know that reference” thing.
The Korean New Wave has been going on for so long that it really should’ve been picked up by Americans a long time ago. Same with the Taiwanese (1st & 2nd) Film Wave. Asian cinema isn’t as appreciated as it should be in America and it’s taken until 2019 for Americans to finally start trying.
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too bad Kim ki Duk didnt get so much credit
No wonder why Korea movie then until now are still great than Hollywood movie. Meanwhile Hollywood or Bollywood stealing their idea or remake it. Sorry for my bad English.
I want him to collaborate with Junji Ito on ideas.
We need to retire the term "Korean New Wave" cinema. It's simply "Korean Cinema." Calling it "New Wave Korean" is pedantic at worst, and simply wrong at best.
It was "New Wave" about 15-16 years ago when Korean cinema filled the void left by Hong Kong cinema (after it was snuffed out by the handover of the region to the Chinese Communist Party). Arguably, 2003's "Oldboy" most dramatically cemented the "Korean-style" of film making. Bottom line is that that was nearly 20 years ago. Something can't be "New" for the better part of two decades.
Call it "Korean Cinema." Or maybe - crazily enough- let's call it 'cinema.'
Good look at the movement, but why not have someone record narration rather than slapping a bunch of paragraphs up on the screen? Regardless, thanks for putting this together.
nomicons chaos reigns
이런식의 자막으로 영어예문이 나오면 얼마나 좋을까?? 이상한 어구 이런거 다 없애고 깔끔하고..... 의역할 필요없고..
봉준호 감독 얘긴데 올드보이 OST가 메인으로 흐르네
히릿 봉준호 감독 얘기만 하는게 아닌거 같은데요... 한국 영화 발전 과정 전체를 약간 아우르는게 맞는거 같음
캡틴 아메리카 한국한정 삽입 영상 넣은거 보니 이거 한국인 ㅈ문가가 만든거구나 단박에 알게됐네. 아오 ㅇㅈㅄ
I feel Kim Ki-Duk comes out quietly underrated from this video. Given his body of work and the accolades he received he'd deserved more space.
Same thought. Kim Ki Duk's cinema is so transcendental.
@@shubhamnauni7672 Definitely! I were to just read the plot of most of his movies (e.g. Moebius, Seom) I would not be interested in watching them given the impression of just extreme visually perverted ideas but the way he shoots them is always challenging and he has a unique way to provide his stories with a lyrical undertone. I get that his movies cannot be appreciated by large audiences like those of Bong Joon-ho or Lee Chang-dong but they are for sure milestones in recent Korean cinema.
I Saw The Devil is the best !!!!!
ngl i did not like oldboy very much at all. idk why its praised all the time. parasite was so much better.
First we all know kim ki duk he is the first famous korean director. This video is very disrespectful to his legacy.
funny, in the rest of the world this genre is simply called "adult cinema" / "good cinema". And they’ve been shooting it for about 100 years, Korea’s eye current opened
Don't know when it started? It started when Hong Kong collapsed. Hong Kong was center of Asian movie distribution and when it collapsed in 1997, it moved to Korea. In other words, Korean new wave didn't start out of some social movement. It started out of marketing.
Not really fan of Bong Joon Ho. He tries to force his "Opinions" onto audiences rather than audiences having their own take. When directors do this, there are people who don't agree with their "Opinions". He did this in Okja, Snowpiercer and did same thing on Parasite.
Hmm..I don't get it. Why Hong Cong related? It's not like people in hong cong invested to or loved Korean movies since 1997..you mentioned marketing, but as a Korean I never heard or was aware of this knw thing before... Who was the target and what is the goal of the marketing you said?
꼴보기 싫은 상습 성폭행범이랑 아내 자식 버린 불륜남도 나오네.
은 김기덕과 상수쓰
글쎄요 그건 개인 사생활이기 때문에 별로
@@leesoocheol4426 나랑상관없는일임 영화감독이 영화만 잘 만들면 되지. 오지랖 ㄴㄴ
@@KBKim-jt6uj 내가 성폭행범이랑 불륜남을 성폭행범이랑 불륜남이라고 하는것은 안되고? ㅋㅋ 성폭행은 해도 성폭행범을 성폭행범이라고 부르는건 안되는거임? ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ 도대체가 대가리에 어떤 우동사리를 쳐감아놓은 벌레인거지? 성폭행범이라도 영화만 잘만들면 된다고 생각하면 그렇게 생각하면서 성폭행범이 만든 영화나 감상하러가라. 성폭행범이네? 하는 댓글에다가 냄새나는 생각 묻히지 말고. 아 그것도 니 마음이냐? 웩 퉷 퉷
@@KBKim-jt6uj 그리고 성폭행은 하지마라. 범죄다. 아 성폭행을 하지말라는것도 오지랖이냐? ㅋㅋㅋ
Jun Jihyun isn't much of an actress.
Moon Sori, Jeon Doyeon, Kim Taeri, Lee Yeongae are genuine actresses.
You underrated her, for Korean, her acting is Over the top yet also super natural, that contradictory makes her like a korean female Jack nickolson.
@@Doskharaas 그건 overrate인것같은데요...상업적인 작품에 더 치중한 배우라고 생각해요
@@주원강-i8k 잭 니콜슨도 상업적인작품에 더 치중한 배우에요.
There is no Korean new wave cinema...only "Korean Wave" which it was generated by kpop and kdramas in the 90's and beyond which made people flock to korea in masses for tourism and consume korean products. Korean movies don't have that kind of influence yet to call a wave ..people don't flock to korea after watching oldboy. But nice to see more western people are interested in korean movies. Lastly Korean Wave is fueled mostly by women from all over the world due to their infatuation of kpop stars and drams. Fanaticism is heavily involved.
Korean movies has been noticed internationally waaaaaaaaay before the kpop and the kdrama, like we saw in this video Old Boy and Memories of Murder were the real trigger to the first contact with the Korean culture, at least it is the case for Europe, but yes people were not going to go in Korea for that and I don't see why they should in first place. For tourism, yes it is very recent for Korean thanks to the Kpop industry boom, still doesn't take the merit of the movie industry and how many people like myself were at least able to learn way more about the Korean culture and history through it than with the Kpop which by the way I'm not a big fan.