Korean movie posters

by Robert Koehler on April 12, 2007

Korean blogger Ripley of Underground compares Korean and foreign movie posters of Korean films. Interesting.

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1 toru April 12, 2007 at 1:32 pm

I dying to see the comparison of this famous Korean movie poster.
http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/dqnplus/imgs/2/e/2e192887.jpg

2 Robert Koehler April 12, 2007 at 1:35 pm

OK, we get your point.

3 peninsular aborigine April 12, 2007 at 1:52 pm

Thanks for posting this. Cool.

I wasn’t aware that 화산고 was dubbed by rappers. I think that kind of disconnect could make for a lot of fun. How was it?

4 Wedge April 12, 2007 at 2:17 pm

At the risk of stating the obvious, it looks like Koreans don’t like chicks in the posters, while foreigners do. Anyone have any idea why?

5 Andy Jackson April 12, 2007 at 3:23 pm

Another obvious thing is that just putting up the faces of famous Korean actors will not drum up much business outside of Korea.

For non-Korean viewers, you need to sell the story (or sex).

6 sewing April 13, 2007 at 2:55 am

That was pretty interesting. The difference between posters for the first movie—The Host—was downright surreal…judging by the posters alone, looks like a family comedy vs. a sci-fi horror movie.

7 JiMong April 13, 2007 at 8:15 am

Localized posters of foreign films were also interesting :-)

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