Any Hollywood movie that features Korean culture or arts?

Question

Or a Hollywood movie that shows even a few points on Korea/Korean culture or arts?

Pls. suggest a movie

Thanks.

Isn't Karate Kid Chinese? I don't think it's Korean.

Answer 1

I do not know of any... I would have to do some research... There is a Korean couple depicted in the television series "Lost". They spend some time in a few of the episodes going through their past, etc. My hubby is Korean so he tells me when the subtitles do not really match what they are saying.

Mr. Miyagi (sp?) is not Korean.

Answer 2

probably not because i dont think that much americans would care much about korean culture the only time they have any korean person in a movie is when they choose a really geeky guy to portray the smart asian kinda sad but true. even though this is not a american movie theres a korean movie called the king and the clown or something like that it has a old korea theme and was a huge hit and korea. hope that helped :)

Answer 3

Since the success of the Korean film Shiri in 1999 Korean film has become much more popular, both in South Korea and abroad. Today South Korea is one of the few countries where Hollywood productions do not enjoy a dominant share of the domestic market.
Shiri was a film about a North Korean spy preparing a coup in Seoul. The film was the first in Korean history to sell more than 2 million tickets in Seoul alone. This helped Shiri to surpass box office hits such as The Matrix or Star Wars. The success of Shiri motivated other Korean films with large budgets for Korean circumstances.
In South Korea the romantic comedy My Sassy Girl are more Both Silmido and Taegukgi Hwinalrimyeo (The Brotherhood) Korean population. Silmido is a film based on a true story about
Miramax even bought the rights to an Americanized remake of the successful Korean action comedy movie, My Wife is a Gangster.
The 2003 suspense thriller Janghwa, Hongnyeon (Tale of Two Sisters) was successful as well, leading DreamWorks to pay $2 million (US) for the rights to a remake, topping the $1 million (US) paid for the Japanese movie The Ring.
Many Korean films reflect how much the Korean people long for reunification and suffer from the division of the peninsula. Many of the films underline feelings, which cause Korean films to be likened to French films. The Korean film industry, however, now produces all kinds of films.
In February 2004, the controversial director, Kim Ki Duk won the award for best director at the 54th annual Berlin Film Festival. He was awarded for the film Samaria which is about a teenage prostitute.
In the Cannes Film Festival, two Korean films, Oldboy by Park Chan-wook and Woman is the Future of the Man by Hong Sang-soo, were invited in the competition. The film by Park won the Grand Prix.
In 2006 the film The Lake House, a remake of the Korean movie Il Mare, was released.
As of 2006, the popularity of the Korean comedy/drama My Sassy Girl has reached the United States and an American re-make has been announced. It is to be directed by French director Yann Samuell.
Perhaps even more influential than films, Korean television and especially the short form dramatic mini-series colloquially called "dramas" by Koreans have taken the world by storm making especial inroads into Asian mainstream culture. Korean dramas enjoy indisputed popularity in Chinese speaking nations of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan; South East Asia; and Japan and more recently have come to the attention of American (espeically Asian-American) audiences.
"Dramas" showcase a wide range of stories which include but aren't limited to romance, fantasy, intrigue, epics (political and historical), and mystery. The most prominent among the export dramas have been romance, typically presenting love triangle and tragedy themes (notably "Autumn Fairy Tale", "Winter Sonata", "All About Eve"), but this has been shifting especially with the explosive popularity of Korean historical and fantasy dramas in recent years ([examples include "Dae Jang Geum" or "Jewel in the Palace" and "Goong" or "Palace").

Answer 4

I heard that there's a American version of My Sassy Girl coming out with the girl from the Girl Next Door taking Jun Ji Hyun's role. I'm not sure when but I thought My Sassy Girl was good so I'm kinda excited for it.

Answer 5

karate kid.
goooood movie :].