재만 조선인의 만주공연에 대한 시선 - 1940년대 조선악극단의 공연형식과 흥행

Abstract

The research of Chosun Musical Troupe has been conducted from the last period of Japanese colonial era to 1960s in the fields of the play, the movie and the music etc. The research mainly consist of the musical drama, oversea's performances and the members of the Troupes. The well known scholar to Korea, Prasenjit Duara said that the Manzhouguo(the state of Manju) which is on the rapid industrialization under strict authoritarianism has become the harbinger developing country escaping from colonialism in East Asia. This thesis was able to focus on the early indications of the provincial performances of Chosun Musical Troupes in Manchuria and especially on the gaining of popularity and survival strategy of the biggest performer, Chosun Musical Troupe. Today's globalization is gaining impetus in many field across the world. The on going Japan's study on the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere Era can be regarded as one of the examples of those political background. From this point of view, the cross cultural experience will be examined in the notion of Japanese's policy of assimilation. The Manzhouguo(the state of Manju) that had Koreans experience the changes and immigrations lasted 13 years and 5 months. The experience of the performances of Chosun Musical Troupe was possible in context of propaganda to the drafted soldiers and laborers or forced immigrants in Manzhouguo in mobilization culture under the shadow of Manzhouguo in the Policy of Assimulation of Korea and Japan and strict control of the Japanese Government General of Korea in 1937. Among the Chosun Musical Troupe, the most popular one is called Okeh Grand Show Troupe belonged to Okeh Record Company established in 1933, which changed its name to Chosun Musical Troupe and continued to grow. This thesis discussed two aspects of politicized popular culture in 1940s that had the influence on Koreans in Manzhouguo, one of which is that the Chosun Musical Troupe has become political propaganda machine to survive and the other is that the Chosun Troupe secured the popularity of Koreans in Manzhouguo through the omnibus style which combined various genres that provoked the nostalgic memories. In other words, this thesis was able to address the two main angles of Chosun Musical Troupe, shunned by the public as political propaganda and securing the popularity through the era of Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere which is propagated as cultural and economic integration and survival of Chosun Musical Troupe, through profits and continuation of provincial performances.