It is recognized that Korean Film industry in the past has been carried by indirect distribution system, but since 1988, just right after the opening gate of Korean film market, did the distribution system begin to be changed. Starting from the middle of 1990’s, the modern distribution system has been launched by the vertical integration through the Korean biggest companies’ investment into Kor e a n F i lm ma r k e t . In 1998, the first multiplex theatre in Korea, has been presented to start the release of films in national wide opening simultaneously.Since after 2000, the national wide area release has become a key word in explaining about the distribution system, the new distribution system has changed Korean film industry entirely. This paper is to contemplate studying the change of Korean distribution system in Korean film market by the documentary survey approach.
中文關鍵詞
韓國電影,間接發行,市場開放,多聽電影院,院線聯映
英文關鍵詞
Korean film, indirect distribution, opening gate of market,multiplex, wide release