At the 92nd Academy Awards ceremony, which just ended yesterday, South Korean director Bong Joon-ho won back four small golden people, including "Best Original Screenplay", "Best International Film", "Best Director" and "Best Picture", with a film called "Parasite", which is a veritable winner of this awards ceremony.
This is not only of great significance to Bong Joon-ho himself, but even the highlight of the entire history of Korean film.
The goodness of "Parasite" is obvious to all, but everyone has their own opinions on whether it is worthy of the four little golden men. After all, this year is a rare Oscar year in recent years, and the 9 films nominated for best picture are all high-level word-of-mouth works.
"Once Upon a Time in Hollywood," which was previously highly anticipated at the Cannes Film Festival, even became the lowest-rated of the nine films nominated.
So it's no wonder that everyone has opinions of one kind or another about the Grand Slam of "Parasite", after all, Martin Scorsese's "Irishman" ten nominations to accompany the run, did not win a trophy.
Yesterday's award ceremony was not over, and Bong Joon-ho's photo was provided by netizen P as "Bong Koi".
However, the controversy is controversy, and there is still a consensus that this Oscar is not only the victory of Bong Joon-ho, but also the victory of the entire Korean film.
After yesterday's awards ceremony, South Korean President Moon Jae-in SNS congratulated "Parasite" on its award, saying:
"In the future, the Government will further provide an environment for filmmakers to use their imagination and make films with confidence and boldness."
Everyone's interpretation of this sentence on social platforms has fallen into an emotion called "acid".
No wonder we are sour, these years of Korean films with the strong support of the South Korean government, can be said to be rapid progress.
Take this time of "Parasite".
It tells the story of Ji Woo, who grew up in the bottom of South Korea, who came to a rich family as a tutor by a coincidence, and fell in love with the big lady of the rich family. Later, Ji Woo successively "arranged" his family to work in the rich family, and the family lived in the rich family like a parasite.
Although "Parasite" is based on South Korea, the core of its story is a very common class problem, which is also the most popular film theme in South Korea - realism.
Before Parasite, South Korea already had a lot of excellent realist films. There is more than one "Parasite" in South Korea, and of course there is more than one Bong Joon-ho.
The following is from the perspective of the film adaptation that exposes the dark side of society, and introduces you to several Korean movies that are as shocking as "Parasite".
01 "Princess Han" & "Mama Don't Cry"
Director: Lee Ho-jin
Writers: Lee Ba-jin
Starring: Chun Woo Hee / Jeong In-sin / Kim So Young
Genre: Drama
Country/Region of Production: South Korea
Release date: 2013-10-04 (Busan Film Festival) / 2014-04-17 (Korea)
Runtime: 112 minutes
Also known as: Transferred Students (Hong Kong) / Youth Beverly Speaking (Taiwan) / Han Gong-chu / Han Gong-ju
Douban: 7.6 points
The two films "Princess Han" and "Mama Don't Cry" are both adaptations of the real case "Miyang Rape Case" that occurred in South Korea in 2014.
A 14-year-old female middle school student made the wrong call to her girlfriend and mistakenly called a male high school student at a college in Miyang. After receiving the phone call, the male high school student coaxed her with clever words, and it was fate that made us hear each other's voices and asked to meet.
A few days later, the girl, accompanied by her sister and cousin, went down to meet the boy, but was pulled to a small hotel by more than a dozen assholes and beaten and gang-raped.
Stills from "Mom Don't Cry"
The threatened them with nude photos not to speak. It was not until the female middle school student committed suicide by taking drugs because of excessive mental stress that her mother found that it was abnormal.
In the end, the police also cracked a violent rape case of twenty people through this case.
02 Suyuan
Director: Lee Lee Yee
Writers: Kim Ji-ji / Cho Chung-hoon
Starring: Xue Jingqiu / Yan Jiyuan / Lee Lai / Kim Hae-sook / Kim Sang-ho / Luo Meilan / Yang Chengcheng
Release: 2013-10-02 (South Korea)
Runtime: 123 minutes
Also known as: Wish / Hope: Born Again for Love (Taiwan) / So-won / Hope
Douban: 9.2 points
The real case occurred in 2008.
Na Ying (not her real name), an 8-year-old girl, went out to school alone, and not far from the school, she was sexually assaulted by the demon Zhao Douchun.
Afterwards, Na Ying suffered a fracture of the abdomen and pelvis, necrosis of the large and small intestines flowing out of the body, 80% necrosis of sexual organs, and even the need to carry urine bags with her and lifelong infertility.
Zhao Douchun was quickly arrested, but he did not have the slightest remorse. Although people throughout South Korea have denounced and demanded severe punishment for Cho Doo-soon, he was sentenced to only 12 years in prison for his weak self-control at the time of the crime.
On December 13 this year, Zhao Douchun was about to be released after completing his sentence. According to the results of psychological tests during his service, the possibility of re-offending after his release from prison is extremely high.
03 The Furnace
Director: Hwang Dong Hyuk
Writers: Kong Zhiyong / Huang Donghe
Starring: Kong Youyou / Jung You-mi / Kim Ji-young / Kim Hyun-so / Jeong In-so / Baek Seung-hwan / Jang Kwang / Yan Hyo-seop
Release: 2011-09-22 (South Korea)
Runtime: 125 minutes
Also known as: Silent Scream (Harbor) / Whirlpool / Silenced / The Crucible
Douban: 9.3 points
The story is adapted from the sensational Gwangju deaf-mute child sexual assault case.
In 2000, a South Korean lawyer heard about the horrific incident from a friend he taught at a school for the deaf and mute, where the school's principal and teachers used their positions to sexually assault students for a long time, the youngest of whom was only 7 years old.
To help the children, the teacher was assassinated during the forensic process.
For the next 7 years, the lawyer worked on this matter, and several lawyers who helped him were killed one after another.
During this period, the lawyer was suffering from cancer and eventually found evidence, but the principal's side obtained a suspended sentence at the first trial by means of bribery, bribery, and threats to the victim's family, and one of them did not prosecute due to insufficient evidence.
A young boy, one of the three victims adopted by the lawyer and the doctor, could not accept such a verdict, dragged one criminal to commit suicide, and the other two were forcibly taken away by the orphanage.
The lawyer later died of a terminal illness due to cancer. Desperate and desperate, the doctor eventually leaves a swastika to write the truth and commit suicide to seek attention.
04 The Advocate
Director: Yang Yushuo
Writers: Yang Woo-sook / Yoon Hyun-ho
Starring: Song Kang-ho / Oh Dae-so / Kim Young-ae / Guo Du-won / Ren Shi-wan
Release: 2013-12-18 (South Korea)
Runtime: 127 minutes
Also known as: The Great State of Rebellion (Hong Kong) / Defender of Justice (Taiwan) / The Attorney
The real events of "The Defender" are based on the "Bulin Incident" in 1981, which is based on the late former President Roh Moo-hyun of South Korea.
Without any evidence, Busan police arrested 22 students on three counts, including violating the National Security Law, and prosecuted 19 of them, sentencing them to prison terms ranging from 1 to 7 years.
Roh Moo-hyun, then President of South Korea, and lawyer Moon Jae-in served as free advocates for the 19 students.
After several trials, in 2014, a South Korean court finally acquitted five of the victims.
At this time, 33 years have passed since the first trial of the "Pulin case".
05 "The Gift of Room 7"
Director: Li Huanqing
Writers: Li Huanqing / Liu Yingya
Starring: Yoo Seung-yong / Park Shin-hye / Jung Jin-young / Kim Jong-tae / Oh Dae-so
Genre: Drama / Comedy / Family
Release: 2013-01-23 (South Korea)
Also known as: Daddy's Gift (Hong Kong) / Gift from Cell 7 / December 23 / Gift From Room / Find Miracle in Cell No.7 / Miracle In Cell No.7
Douban: 8.9 points
In 1972, the owner of the comic shop, Jeong Won-sup, was innocently involved in a murder. The deceased was the seven-year-old daughter of the head of the local police station, and because of this special status, a "time-limited arrest order" was issued for half a month.
Zheng Yuanxie became a victim of this arrest order, and after the police tortured him to extract a confession, the innocent zheng Yuanxie became a murderer.
It wasn't until Christmas 1987 that he was paroled. Subsequently, he filed a lawsuit against the police officers who had given false evidence that year.
After investigation, the court finally returned his innocence and compensated 2.3 billion won, but Zheng Yuanxie's life has been destroyed for the most part.
06 "Kids"
Director: Lee Kyu-man
Writers: Lee Kyu-man / Lee Hyun-jin
Starring: Park Yong-woo / Yoo Seung-yong / Sung Dong-il / Joo Jin-mo / Sung Ji-lou / Kim Joo-jin / Park Byung-eun
Genre: Suspense / Thriller / Crime
Release: 2011-02-17 (South Korea)
Runtime: 132 minutes
Also known as: The Frog Boy Disappearance / The Children
Douban: 7.4 points
The story is based on one of the three unsolved cases in Daegu, South Korea, in 1991, the disappearance of the frog boy.
Five elementary school students who had been playing together disappeared en masse. In a decade, the South Korean police have used 300,000 police forces to investigate and trace them without being able to find any trace of them.
Until 11 years later, the bodies of 5 teenagers were found, and the murderer remained at large.
In 2006, after a 15-year prosecution period for the disappearance of the frog boy, the real murderer is still at large, and no one knows the truth of that year.
07 "The Voice of the Guy"
Director: Park Jin-biao
Writers: Park Jin-biao
Starring: Seo Kyung-joo / Kang Dong-won / Kim Nam-joo / Kim Young-chol / Song Yong-chang / Ko So-hee
Genre: Drama / Thriller
Release: 2007-02-01 (South Korea)
Runtime: 122 minutes
Also known as: Phone Murderer / Tracking Kidnapping Odd Case / The Man's Voice / His Voice / Geu nom moksori / Voice of a Murderer
Douban: 7.5 points
The story is also based on one of the three major unsolved cases in South Korea in 1991, the "Lee Hyung-ho Abduction and Murder Case".
Lee Hyung-ho, a 9-year-old boy, was kidnapped by robbers on his way out of school. In the 44 days that followed, the robber changed 13 numbers and made 87 threatening phone calls to Lee's parents, demanding a ransom of 200 million won.
On the 44th day, Lee Hyung-ho's parents handed over a ransom of 200 million won. Unfortunately, police recovered Lee Hyung-ho's body on the same day.
After an autopsy, he was killed the day after he was kidnapped.
In the sixteen years since, South Korean police have dispatched more than 10,000 manpower, investigated more than 400 suspects, and analyzed 87 voice and handwriting samples, but found nothing.
Until 2006, the case exceeded the 15-year prosecution period. The murderer is still at large, and the "Lee Hyung Ho abduction and murder case" has thus become one of the three major unsolved cases.
08 Itaewon Murders
Director: Hong Ki-sun
Starring: Jang Geun-suk / Jeong Jin-young / Oh Dae-so / Song Joong-ki
Language: Korean
Release: 2009-09-10 (South Korea)
Runtime: 100 minutes
又名: Where the Truth Lies
Douban: 6.5 points
The Itaewon killings occurred in 1997.
Because the location of the crime, Itaewon, is close to the US military base in South Korea, and the two suspects in the case have US military backgrounds, the case is also known as one of the "top ten criminal incidents of us troops in South Korea".
In April of that year, a South Korean university student was stabbed to death in the toilet of a hamburger shop in Itaewon.
The two suspects in the case, Pearson and AJ, are both Korean-Americans, both of whom have strong U.S. military backgrounds. Before the police intervened in the investigation, the scene of the crime had been vandalized by the clerks.
Therefore, the detection of the case mainly relies on finding loopholes in the testimony of the two men.
During the investigation and trial, Pearson and AJ testified to each other that the murderer was the murderer, and the US forces continued to stir up trouble in it, making the case even more confusing.
In 1998, the case was transferred to South Korea's Supreme Court, which convicted Pearson of homicide.
As late as 2015, Pearson retracted his confession that his killer was not him.
09 Memories of Killing
Director: Bong Joon-ho
Writers: Bong Joon-ho / Shen Chengbao / Kim Kwang-lin
Starring: Song Kang-ho / Kim Sang-kyung / Kim Seok-ho / Song Jae-ho / Park Nu-sik / Park Hae-il
Genre: Drama / Suspense / Thriller / Crime
Release: 2003-05-02 (South Korea)
Runtime: 131 minutes
Also known as: Memories of Murder / Memoirs of a Killer / Salinui chueok / Memories of Murder
Douban: 8.8 points
Memories of Killing is a 2003 film by director Bong Joon-ho based on south Korea's 33-year unsolved unsolved murder case, Hwaseong Serial Murders.
In the summer of 1986, a female corpse was found in a field in Hwa City, South Korea. In the following five years, there were 10 rapes and murders near the villages in Huacheng, and only one woman survived.
The case caused a big stir, and people all over South Korea were panicked. A total of more than 2.05 million South Korean police officers participated in the investigation and search of the case, investigated more than 20,000 suspects, identified 570 sets of DNA, and 40,000 fingerprints, all of which were found.
It was not until April 2006 that the investigation of the case was terminated because the legal prosecution period had expired.
Happily, in September last year, South Korean police accidentally found the real culprit of the murder by comparing the DNA of the prisoners in prison.
Although the prosecution period has passed, the killer was sentenced to life imprisonment for the wife murder committed in 1999.
While some domestic audiences are still laughing at the three bad stems of "car accident, cancer, and amnesia" in Korean dramas, Korean movies have surpassed us too much.
Koreans are not only keen to create movies from social reality, but the films they create are in turn changing Korean society.
On the 37th day of the release of "The Melting Pot", the South Korean Parliament passed the "Crime Prevention Amendment" (also known as the "Melting Pot Act") with 207 votes and one abstention.
Compared with the brilliance of Han Ying at this Oscar, Chinese films have not received any results.
The only two "appearances" we have made at this Oscar are when we mourn the deceased filmmakers, and there is a picture of Gao Yixiang's life.
Second, the director of "American Factory", who won the best documentary, solemnly expressed "thank you Cao Dewang" in Mandarin in his acceptance speech.
We do not lack excellent filmmakers with expressive desire and creativity, but we all know what the real reasons for the backwardness of Chinese films are.
In an interview with a Chinese reporter at the time, Lee Cang-dong, then South Korea's minister of culture, already explained with a joke:
I don't want Chinese films to be censored, otherwise you will soon surpass South Korea.
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