Representations of Japan in South Korean Cinema of the Park Geun-Hye Era: Invaders, Lovers and Demons

Focussing on a series of films produced during the administration of disgraced and then pardoned President Park Geun-hye (2013-2017), this book examines South Korea’s relationship with Japan and how this relationship continues to be negotiated through films and politics.

Dr Russell Edwards has been a professional film critic since the early 1990s, reviewed for Variety (2003-2012) and was President of the Film Critics Circle of Australia (2004-2006). A former advisor to the Busan International Film Festival, he is currently preparing an essay collection about the films of Peter Weir.