아빠와 소녀

Father and Girl: Representation of Korean Cinema in 1970s

This article examines the aspects and contexts of the Korean film in the 1970s. The motivation for this work is to try to define the meaning and forms of the typical representation constituted in Korean films, and to understand the function of Korean cinema in 1970s. 'Girl' and 'father' were perhaps popular and widespread representation at that time, and the most important symbol to take notice of. Important to the concept of 'father-girl' romance is not just feeling and emotion which people had in that era but the way of which cinema confronted to that society. Feelings such as anxiety, vulnerability, and fright that the film creat are major part of films in 1970s Korea. Control-vulnerability is a central dialectic of that film closely related to 'father-girl romance'. The representation of 'girl' means purity against snobbism, and difficulty of growth. The failure of relationship between girl and father works primarily to evoke such feelings as sense of guilt. They gave 1970's spectators pleasure by making them see and console themselves. Its purpose is deepen our understanding of 1970s Korean film by placing them within the context of social culture and exploring the public's interests and cultural values expressed within the film. I want to ask the way of which the films really did represent social interests and culture, and explore how the cinema could foster reflection on modernization through its performance of new narrative forms of film.