In recent years, Korean films have been widely praised in China, and they have not only been well received by Chinese audiences, but also won praises from many Chinese film critics. The Korean film's reflection on history, its concern for reality, and...
In recent years, Korean films have been widely praised in China, and they have not only been well received by Chinese audiences, but also won praises from many Chinese film critics. The Korean film's reflection on history, its concern for reality, and its criticism of society have made Korean films not only achieved huge success both at the box office and in public appraisal in Korea, but also aroused widespread repercussions among Chinese audiences. Chinese audiences said that Korean films are are closer to real life, and Korean films have played an alternative role in compensating Chinese audiences. The success of Korean films in China can be found in terms of realism to find its success factors. From the perspective of realism, this thesis analyzes the characteristics of successful Korean films in China and find out the reasons for success based on realism.
To this end, we must first understands the concepts and characteristics of realism and considers how film directors who advocate realism approach reality in the film and how to implement realism in fiction stories. Then, through the films that have been widely praised in China, such as “Ode to my father", "The Attorney" and "HOPE", they consider the features of realism and analyzed the reasons for success based on realism.
Therefore, conclusions of the study are drawn as follows:
First, with history as a content, history as a common experience of the audience can easily bring the audience a real feeling. South Korea and China have many similarities in the history of modern times. Therefore, many Korean films with modern history can also bring a sense of common to the Chinese audience. Second, the heroization of the ordinary citizens, Korean movies are often close to reality through the daily display of ordinary people's life, through the personalization of writing to reproduce historical reality. And in order to cater to the public's expectations of genre films, Korean films have made a hero of a small social character. The hero mentioned here are different from the hero in Hollywood film, the hero in korean film is a hero created by history and society. Third, the combination of reality and genreic narrative. A successful film should be both artistic and commercial at the same time. Korean films are between record and fiction, represented as popular genres, recording the truth between records and life and social issues.
The success of Korean films in China can not only bring some enlightenment to the Chinese film facing difficulties, but also help the Korean film to open the Chinese market with more enlightenment through the analysis of the success factors. As a popular culture, the film is inevitably important to cater to the masses, but the film as an art should be free and individual. Compared with blind reproduction, it is an important reason for the success of Korean movies to show the true realism attitude to the audience through various factors.