Korean New Wave refers to South Korean films from the 1980’s and 1990’s that focus on social issues and re-imagine genre film. 

Park Kwang-su is the central voice, if not the progenitor, of the remarkable Korean New Wave of the late 1980’s and 1990’s.

South Korean cinema saw domestic box-office success exceeding that of Hollywood films in the late 1990’s largely due to screen quota laws that limited the public showing foreign films.

Some of the most famous directors of this generation include Park Kwang-su, Jang Sun-woo, Chung Ji-young and Lee Myung-se.

Films from the South Korean New Wave

• SYMPATHY FOR MR. VENGEANCE
• THE CHASER
• SAVE THE GREEN PLANET!
• MEMORIES OF MURDER