Korean movie posters

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

This entry was written by Robert Koehler, posted on April 12, 2007 at 1:25 pm, filed under Asides, Korean Culture. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

7 Comments

  1. toru your flag
    Posted April 12, 2007 at 1:32 pm | Permalink

    I dying to see the comparison of this famous Korean movie poster.
    http://image.blog.livedoor.jp/.....192887.jpg

  2. Robert Koehler your flag
    Posted April 12, 2007 at 1:35 pm | Permalink

    OK, we get your point.

  3. peninsular aborigine your flag
    Posted April 12, 2007 at 1:52 pm | Permalink

    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 your flag
    Posted April 12, 2007 at 2:17 pm | Permalink

    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 your flag
    Posted April 12, 2007 at 3:23 pm | Permalink

    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 your flag
    Posted April 13, 2007 at 2:55 am | Permalink

    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 your flag
    Posted April 13, 2007 at 8:15 am | Permalink

    Localized posters of foreign films were also interesting :-)

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