Im Kwon-Taek: The Making of a Korean National Cinema edited by David E. James and Kyung Hyun Kim [in AsianWeek]
31 Jan, by in Adult Readers, Korean, Nonfiction, Repost
An essay collection that originated from an Im Kwon-Taek film festival/conference at the University of Southern California in 1996. Amazingly enough, this is the very first English language title on South Korean cinema. More...
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