Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho and More on Korean Government Blacklist

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“The Handmaiden” is perhaps the most internationally acclaimed Korean film of the year, but domestic support for Park Chan-wook‘s adaptation of Sarah Waters’ novel “Fingersmith” hasn’t been robust. Kim Jee-woon’s “The Age of Shadows” was recently chosen as the country’s official Oscar submission, and Screen Daily reports Park is among those on president Park Geun-hye’s blacklist of artists who are not to receive financial and logistical support from the government. READ MORE: ‘The Age of Shadows’ Chosen as South Korea’s Oscar Submission, Upsetting ‘The Handmaiden’ Hankook Ilbo, a Korean daily newspaper, broke the news on Wednesday. The document is said to be 100 pages long and include 9,473 different artists; the main reasons for inclusion are criticizing and protesting the government’s reaction to a 2014 ferry accident that left 304 dead and supporting Moon Jae-in, who ran against Park for the presidency in 2012, and mayor Park Won-soon of Seoul. READ MORE: How Park Chan-Wook’s ‘The H

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Park Chan-wook, Song Kang-ho and More on Korean Government Blacklist

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