Comments on: As Korean Wave Fades, Japanese Wave Rises

By: Linda

Linda — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 12:57:34 +0000

Sometimes America gives no credit to South Korea at all. Like Kung Fu Panda, that was made by a manhwaga from Korea but they’re saying things like China and all that crap.

By: More Reasons for the Popularity of Japanese over Korean Culture « The Grand Narrative

Fri, 18 Jan 2008 03:16:23 +0000

[...] Americans’) imaginations after World War Two, as well as the short-sighted and ultimately unsustainable way in which the Korean Wave was promoted, in contrast to it’s Japanese counterpart, there are a myriad of small and subtle reasons [...]

By: Netizen Kim

Netizen Kim — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 19:02:43 +0000

The Sukiyaki Western

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=related

From Akira Kurosawa to Clint Eastwood and back.

By: mateomiguel

mateomiguel — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:31:09 +0000

Actually, if you peal away all the superficial layers that make up one’s own national identity, you’ll find that people are more alike than not.

Sometimes I think that if you peel away all the superficial layers that make up a Korean’s national identity, you’d have nothing left.

By: SomeguyinKorea

SomeguyinKorea — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:10:39 +0000

“the world needs to know about their true nature”

Actually, if you peal away all the superficial layers that make up one’s own national identity, you’ll find that people are more alike than not.

By: arthjourneyman

arthjourneyman — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:53:37 +0000

and uh, unfortunately, pushes me towards less than legal sources for these things sometimes. I do buy what I enjoy though..

By: arthjourneyman

arthjourneyman — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:50:11 +0000

tomo, I’d gladly check them out; I was a big fan of Japanese movies up to the late 80’s, but for a few years now, it’s been difficult to find something good. I think it’s because the kids these days that get into Japanese culture are usually drawn from animation, and sadly, that crowd (in general, not all) doesn’t seem to be as well versed with the varying classics of the world, well, at least compared to the crowd 15 years ago. So local foreign video stores have a bunch of people asking for stuff like Battle Royale, Ichi the Killer (I don’t get why Miike is brought up so often, most of his movies aren’t good, imo) and the most recent, Death Note, which unfortunately also limits the varying genre’s we get.

By: WangKon936

WangKon936 — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 16:39:53 +0000

Ah, an endorsement from pawi.

I don’t think that exactly helps me…

By: pawikirogi

pawikirogi — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 07:24:10 +0000

i agree 100% with wangkon’s post with one exception, i don’t think won gyun was depicted in a positive light. i thought he was likened to a fool.

and just out of curiosity, how would the koreans be able to depict the japanese in a positive manner when there’s not much positive to depict?

By: tomojiro

tomojiro — Tue, 11 Dec 2007 06:36:19 +0000

“So, wave or no wave, I think the industry is fine, esp. compared to Japan’s (only seen 1-2 decent movies since Kurosawa’s time, sadly), regardless of lessening fans in Japan.”

Wow, I have a long list for recommendation for you, arthjourneyman.
But I generally agree with you that especially these last 10 to 15years, Korean movie industry did it better.