Cold War Cosmopolitan: Han Hyung-Mo & Korean Cinema of the 1950s

<p style="text-align: justify;">December 3, 2020 - South Korea in the 1950s was home to a burgeoning film culture, one of the many “Golden Age cinemas” that flourished in Asia during the postwar years. One of the most important filmmakers of the time was Han Hyung-Mo, director of the era’s most glamorous and popular women’s pictures including the blockbuster <em>Madame Freedom</em> (1956).</p> <p style="text-align: justify;"><strong>Christina Klein</strong> provides an illuminating analysis of Han's career and films with careful attention to key issues of modernity—such as feminism, cosmopolitanism, and consumerism.</p> <p>For more information, please visit the link below:<br /> <a href= "https://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/item/1451-cold-war-cosmopolitan-han-hyung-mo-korean-cinema-of-the-1950s" target="_blank" rel= "noopener">https://www.koreasociety.org/arts-culture/item/1451-cold-war-cosmopolitan-han-hyung-mo-korean-cinema-of-the-1950s</a></p>