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A look at Korean cinema

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  Korean cinema has recently given several proofs of its profound and exclusive artistic activity. Especially this year, thanks to the victory of the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival obtained by Parasite, attention towards the seventh Korean art has risen dramatically in Italy as well. But the fascinating Korean film industry does not stop only with this work by Bong Joon-ho but also has many other facets. My task today will be to introduce you to the basic aspects of Korean cinema, so that you too can begin to orient yourself within this fantastic world. The Hallyu, or the Korean Wave If you are someone whose interest in Korean culture started thanks to media such as music, drama, or film then you are also a victim of the so-called Korean wave . But what exactly is this wave? The Hallyu in Korean is precisely a phenomenon that has developed since the nineties, which thanks to the strong distribution of media material through Asia first, and the rest of the world then, has a

The Best Korean Tv Series Ever

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The Hallyu, the new wave of South Korea that generated film cult products - from A Bittersweet Life in Oldboy and Man From Nowhere - also expands to music and television: the boy band idol like BTS now sell more of the Beatles and the "k-drama" - the series - produced in the last two decades are among the most followed in the world. South Korean television production is very rich and conceiving a ranking of the ten seminals requires a demanding selection; the following is based on the packaging of the show, the quality of the writing, the skill of its performers, the exemplary value and availability: from the k-drama of national channels, to private free and pay, from the most recent to the most dated, from fantasy to historians passing through comedy, romance, teen and political, these are the best series produced in South Korea ever. (2016, TvN) Also known under the international title of Guardian: The Lonely and Great Godis the story of a general, Kim Shin, of the Goryeo d

The five best K-dramas of 2020

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2020 has just ended and it's gone, leaving us with positive and negative memories as well as a long list of K-dramas. It is therefore the right time to take stock of the situation: what were the best K-dramas of 2020? We offer you five. 1. Crash Landing On You One of the first K-dramas that 2020 gave us is Crash Landing On You (original titl). It is a drama that has been very successful both at home and abroad due to the particularity of its plot. In fact, it begins by telling the story of a woman who, paragliding in an area not too far from the border with North Korea, is suddenly overwhelmed by a whirlwind and miraculously wakes up alive and… in North Korea . And it is from here that the whole plot develops, introducing North Korean characters who had never been seen on southern TV. 2. Itaewon Class Immediately after Crash Landing On You there was Itaewon Class taken from the webtoon of the same name. It tells the story of a boy who has lost everything due to the arrogance of a r

Korean Dramas 2020: the best series of the year

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The Dreams are a baseball team that does not win more and their society is in disarray. To save her, a new manager is appointed, stubborn and determined, who has no baseball experience, but who has won so many teams. But Baek Seung Soo has a troubling record: all of his teams then disbanded immediately after the win. Hot Stove League is about baseball and how a team is managed administratively. On the surface it may seem rather technical as a drama, but it is the characters who emerge with their peculiar personalities, their dreams, their weaknesses and their ambitions. Intelligent, neat, well acted and above all exciting.The classic story that never tires of the loser who finds the courage to win. At home he had a crazy following and won numerous, well-deserved awards, so much so that there are rumors of a possible second season . Those who love sports stories or simply well-written stories will like it. Romance level: 0 even if a sincere and deeply respectful relationship will be bor