Ütopik Kurgudan Distopik Gerçekliğe: Pandemi Yönetimi Perspektifinde Güney Kore ve Japon Sineması
From Utopic Fiction to Dystopic Reality: South Korean and Japanese Cinema in the Pandemic Administration Perspective

Author(s): Sevil Zengin, Özlem Bapbacı
Subject(s): Health and medicine and law, Film / Cinema / Cinematography
Published by: Transnational Press London
Keywords: administration; COVID- 19 pandemic; cinema; South Korea; Japan
Summary/Abstract: With the transition to the information age and digitalization, a significant change had occurred in social and administrative dynamics. Although policymakers often determine the direction of this change, the emergence of popular culture in the 21st century has positioned cinema as an art form that is involved in policymaking among the other actors. The recent COVID-19 pandemic has brought the cinema industry under discussion for its capacity to produce creative content. In this framework, the fact that films originated from South Korea and Japan widely based on the epidemic theme and the release of these films before the beginning of the epidemic has highlighted the relevant countries compared to others. This study aimed to handle four films; Fukkatsu no hi (1980), Kansen Retto (2009), Yeon-ga-si (2012) and Gamgi (2013) from the South Korean and Japanese cinema industry, in the context of pandemic administration.

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