일제하 전시체제기의 창극

Abstract

Changgeuk in the Wartime System under the Japanese Colonial Rule Minsu Kim After the Sino-Japanese War, Japan established various organizations to transform Chosun into the wartime system, and devoted all their energy to strengthen the monitoring and regulation to mobilize colonial Chosun in wartime. The Japanese colonial government established a culture ministry to form all the associations, and control all cultural fields and have Changgeuk group join theatrical and entertainment associations. In the name of unifying control, the two associations will later be merged into the Chosun Drama Culture Association for operation. During the period of the Theater Association and the Entertainment Association, actually the period ready for wartime mobilization, the Japanese colonial government urged to create a new Changgeuk for the propaganda of the wartime. However, they allowed to perform both traditional and new Changgeuk, judging Changgeuk, which was familiar to Koreans, as an optimal entertainment useful for the wartime. During the Chosun Drama Cultural Association, which was the period of wartime mobilization, the Japanese imperialists encouraged Changgeuk group to perform the tours not only in Chosun, but also in Manchuria, used Changgeuk as a means of encouraging industrial soldiers of the wartime system along with propaganda. Furthermore, the Japanese government forced the Changgeuk group to perform political drama and Japanese version dramas for Japanese propaganda and to block the ethnic sentiments of Koreans who could be inspired through Changgeuk so as not to forget their role as imperial nations. This study confirmed that Changgeuk performed under Japanese colonial wartime system was actively utilized as the optimized way to maximize the mobilization of Joseon people along with wartime propaganda due to its subordinate positions that had no choice but to accommodate the needs of Japanese propaganda.