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Dr Brian Yecies

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Film Policy And The Coming Of Sound To Cinema In Colonial Korea, Brian M. Yecies Nov 2011

Film Policy And The Coming Of Sound To Cinema In Colonial Korea, Brian M. Yecies

Dr Brian Yecies

During the transition between silent and sound cinema in Korea (1929-1939), Japanese colonial film policies established stringent market barriers for local Hollywood distribution exchanges and simultaneously increased opportunities for domestic Korean and Japanese film productions. The Government-General of Korea enacted regulatory initiatives, including film censorship, as part of Japan's larger imperial agenda aimed at strengthening and expanding its Empire. In turn, the domestic film industry in Korea was invigorated and modernized by a number of Korean film people (younghwa-in) who gained valuable experience and training while travelling back and forth between Korea and Japan. Korean film pioneers innovated local solutions …