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This is a list of films produced in South Korea, from September 1948, the date of its creation, through 1959.
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This is a list of films produced in South Korea, from September 1948, the date of its creation, through 1959.
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South Korean films have been heavily influenced by such events and forces as the Korea under Japanese rule, the Korean War, government censorship, the business sector, globalization, and the democratization of South Korea.
Jung is a Latin alphabet rendition of the Korean family name "정", also often spelled Jeong, Chung, Joung or Jong. As of the South Korean census of 2015, there were 2,407,601 people by this name in South Korea or 4.84% of the population. The Korean family name "정" is mainly derived from three homophonous hanja. 鄭 (2,151,879), 丁 (243,803) and 程 (11,683). The rest of the homophonous hanjas include: 政 (139), 桯 (41), 定 (29), 正 (22) and 情 (5).
This is a list of films by year produced in the country of South Korea which came into existence officially in September 1948. The lists of Korean films are divided by period for political reasons. For earlier films of united Korea see List of Korean films of 1919–1948. For the films of North Korea see List of North Korean films. For an A-Z list of films see Category:Korean films.
Lee Joon-ik is a South Korean film director and producer. He is best known for directing and producing King and the Clown (2005), one of the highest grossing Korean films of all time. Other notable films include Sunny (2008), Hope (2013), The Throne (2015), Dongju: The Portrait of a Poet (2016), and The Book of Fish (2021).
Defiance of a Teenager is a 1959 South Korean film directed by Kim Ki-young. It comes after First Snow and before Sad Pastorale in Kim's trilogy of films about human survival during wartime.
Lee Bo-hee is a South Korean actress. Lee won a number of awards for her film roles in the 1980s, including Best New Actress for The Green Pine Tree at the 22nd Grand Bell Awards, Best Actress for Eoudong at the 22nd Korea Drama and Film Art Awards, and Best Actress for You My Rose Mellow at the 24th Baeksang Arts Awards and 8th Korean Association of Film Critics Awards.
Many films, books, and other media have depicted the 1950—53 Korean War. The TV series M*A*S*H is one well known example. The 1959 novel The Manchurian Candidate has twice been made into films. The 1982 film Inchon about the historic battle that occurred there in September 1950 was a financial and critical failure. By 2000 Hollywood alone had produced 91 feature films on the Korean War. Many films have also been produced in South Korea and other countries as well.
Events from the year 1959 in South Korea.
