globalisation of movies

How has the globalisation affected the Korean film industry? Firstly, Korean movies are shown all over the world. Secondly, the diverse range of movies from other countries which can be seen in Korea such as European, Indian and even north Korean movies. By the tremendous shock, Korean movies have become famous. However oppositely, our homegrown movies in Korea are being lost its status.

Firstly, advantages of the globalisation can satisfy our interests by watching foreign films. Over the last 2decades, movies from India, Europe, South American and even North Korea are easy to contact in Korea because of various film festivals such as Canne, Berlin, Venice and local festivals in Korea. They show not only art films, but also commercial block buster to boost the globalisation of movies. Furthermore, the government did not allow importing Japanese culture due to historical matters until 90s. However, these days, we can easily meet them.

Secondly, cultural exchanges happen in Korea enthusiastically. Popular Korean culture called the Korean wave has dominated in Asia such as Japan, China and Vietnam so famous actors are welcomed and appear in the countries’ soap operas. For example, a famous actor Yong-Jun Bae who boasts overwhelming popularity in Japan appeared in a Japanese movie. Furthermore, Korean actors have advanced not only Asian countries, but also the USA. Directors and movie companies send lovecalls to them for movie making. Recently, a actor Ji-Hun Jung acted a American movie called the Speed Racer by directors who made the matrix trilogy.

On the other hand, the globalisation has bad effect on Korean movie industry. The screen quota system which is that local cinemas should be required to fill 40percents of their programs with home grown movies is threatened by the globalisation. In other words, it protects our movie industry. However, in the name of the globalisation, The USA claim the regulation and free market principle to abolish the system. If we abolished the system, our films would not produce a number of films and are getting smaller. Additionally, copyrights are infringed by the Internet. Illegal copying has widely spread through the Internet. For example, Korea is notorious for piracy productions so movie companies release new movies at first in Korean before piracy comes out.