Saturday, January 5, 2013

over 400 Korean films online (free)

cross-posted from KoreanStudies-Web:

The Korean Film Archive has released 70 classic Korean movies, free online and available to the public. All 70 movies are commercial free, with Korean captions and English subtitles.

The movies date from 1949 to 1996 and most of them reflect the social issues of that time.
Categorical breakdown of these films are as follows:

1. Weekly Top Ten http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C8998808EBF530E2. HD: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL91CCF315750E00F53. 1949: 1
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5D6716D5774631C84. 1950s: 13
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB36747D4ABE492D05. 1960s: 24
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC403C945BEE631E77. 1970s: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL45947BD7780317948. 1980s: 15
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC5EBBCD66FD252F89. 1990s: 10
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL923052D060E61EF210. Director Kim Ki-yong's Works: 7
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC9AB9E77C6A4213511. Director Shin Sang-ok's Works: 6
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL787B4B9F8A07125E12. Director ...Im Kwon-taek's Works: 4
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL869F027150CACBFE

The Korean Film Archive also has more than 400 pay-per-view films at http://www.kmdb.or.kr/vod/