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Korean New Wave

Literal Translation
The movement of Korean filmmakers from the 1990s onward — Bong Joon-ho, Park Chan-wook, Lee Chang-dong, Kim Jee-woon — who built Korean cinema into one of the most creatively sophisticated national film industries in the world. The international breakthrough came with Parasite in 2020.