FILMMIDTERMHISTORY

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The first Korean film title, premiere year, and format/genre

* “The Righteous Revenge”
* 1919
* Was a play that was recorded and called a film
* Kino drama

Japanese colonial rule (three periods/policies)

* Military rule (1910-1919)
* Japanization policy
* Cultural rule (1920-1936)
* Motion Pictures and Films Censorship Regulations (1926)
* Korea and Japan as one body (1937-1945)
* Korean Language Prohibition Law (1938)

Division: when/who proposed/division line/why

* Divided by U.S. military
* Dean Rusk and Charles H. Bonesteel
* August 15th, 1945
* 38th parallel
* Divided there because it “would place the capital city in the American zone”

USAMGK’s occupation period, film policy (ACT 115)

* ACT 115
* “The public exhibition of motion pictures to 15 or more persons, with or without admissions, required permission”

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* All screenplays must be fully translated to English


* Occupied from 9/8/1945 - 8/15/1948

The Korean War: The Truman Doctrine, rollback

* Truman Doctrine
* Asked for $400 million to support free people who are pressured by Soviets
* Rollback
* September 30th, 1950
* Main objective = to contain communism
* Applied to North Korea, the Soviets, and China

* April 19th Revolution

* Sparked by March 15th and April 12th
* March 15th
* Election day
* Ballot boxes disappeared
* Rhee won
* Student protests and several of them murdered by police
* April 12th
* American troops mutilated middle school student’s body
* 40,000 person protest erupted and left unknown number of protestors dead
* The April 19th Revolution as a whole was against Rhee and led to his resignation as leader of the ROK on April 26th, 1960

May 16th Coup & Park Chung Hee’s political systems (1961-63 vs 1972-79)

* May 16th Military Coup was led by Park Chung Hee
* Captured Seoul without shedding any blood
* Park political systems
* 1961-1963
* Military junta system
* Authoritarian rule
* Concentration of power in the military
* Composed of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (SCNR)
* May 16th Military Coup was led by Park Chung Hee
* Captured Seoul without shedding any blood
* Park political systems
* 1961-1963
* Military junta system
* Authoritarian rule
* Concentration of power in the military
* Composed of the Supreme Council for National Reconstruction (SCNR)

* The Kwangju Uprising (who was responsible/American complicity?)

* Kwangju Uprising
* In the month of May, an estimated 4,900 people died
* Many people hold the U.S. responsible because their lack of intervention
* Had direct control of ROK military, but chose not to have them intervene until well into the uprising

The June Uprising

* Chun’s Fifth Republic fell
* Student-led, pro-democracy protests all over the country
* Led to free and fair elections in December of 1987