LTCS 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Winter Sonata, Korean Drama, Korean Wave
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Author watched winter sonata(korean drama) with his mom- japanese mom who disliked koreans- but she liked the romantic and handsome characters. Authors mom spoke like a little girl- became interested in korean drama and wanted to travel to korea- The korean wave and winter sonata phenomenon in japan. Korean wave-a cultural and social phenomenon in which japan accepts korean contemporary pop culture (2004) Primarily the popular movement of korean tv dramas. 1st entry of korean culture into japan was 1988 seoul olympics- change image (to more developed and urbanized) of korea in japan. Late 1990"s exchange of culture- late bc colonial memories had been kept alive in korea & koreans banned import of japanese pop culture. Fifa world cup 2002- cohosting and abolished import rule. Early days of korean wave- films more successfully promoted than tv. Bae yong jun(main actor)- april 3 2004- greeted in tokyo airport by five thousand fans (a lot o fmiddle aged women)
