Movies to help understand Korea
Yuja Mar 25, 2025
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![Ode to My Father]()
1. Ode to My Father
Korean Movie - 2014
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![A Taxi Driver]()
2. A Taxi Driver
Korean Movie - 2017
- 1980
- movie about the Gwangju Massacre in 1980
- showing the uprising against the dictator Chun Doohwan
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![1987: When the Day Comes]()
3. 1987: When the Day Comes
Korean Movie - 2017
- 1987
- shows the Korean democratisation movement in the 80s
- depicts the life of citizens under the leadership of Chun Doohwan
- shows the envolvement of students in the democratisation movement
- also shows the anti-commonist sentiment in South Korea growing after the Korean War
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![Joint Security Area]()
4. Joint Security Area
Korean Movie - 2000
- “first“ movie to humanise North Koreans to South Koreans at the time
- depicts the tension between the two countries
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![Green Fish]()
5. Green Fish
Korean Movie - 1997
