1960년대 한국영화 속 일본 재현의 시대적 배경 및 문화적 지형 연구- <현해탄은 알고 있다>(1961)를 중심으로

Abstract

The film <The Sea Knows>(Kim Gi-yeong) was planned in the historical contexts represented by ease of a deep-rooted anti-Japanese sentiment and a Japanese pop culture after the 4.19 revolution(1960). And it was filmed going through political rapid changes right after the 5.16 Military Coup d'e´tat(1961). Therefore, it was available to avoid strict regulation and intensive control of the social opinion from the government power. Thus, this film has been recognized as a pioneering work of all the other film projects released in 1960s. Even, this film got a great box office success. Compared to the original story, this film features with simple and flat narrative. However, it seems to be caused by the spectatorship itself(or market potential or mass appeal) in a capitalism society. In other words, it could be defined as a strategy of making film to target low-educated ordinary people, still the majority of Korean film audiences, and to placate critics, elevated by the diverse groups of audiences in 1960s, at the same time.