Ways of South Korean Cinema: Phantom cinema, trans-cinema, and korean blockbusters

A peculiar assemblage of K-pop, K-drama, and film, the Korean Wave is a phenomenon of a post-authoritarian society reaching out to regional and global audiences in the age of neoliberalism. At once an offspring of a militarized society, which enables a socially recognized and acceptable training in “drilling” for both girl and boy groups from a very early age, the Korean Wave is also a harbinger of a civil and democratic society to come—a complex and historically hybrid cultural form.