Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema 


Vol. 14,  No. 1, pp. 33-71, Jun.  2011
10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003


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This article explores the trajectory of Song Kang-ho’s on-screen performances from the release of his fourth film, Number 3 (1997), to one of his most recent films, Thirst (2009). As a case study, it reveals new insights about this popular and representative actor’s numerous screen personae and how they have enabled audiences to peer into a cinematic surface that reflects back a mixture of anti-heroism and pantomime. Beneath the many costumes and performance styles he adopts, audiences have come to see a human being with everyday problems and concerns. In a way reminiscent of the French pantomime clown Pierrot, Song’s characters reflect a depth of human feeling and compassion modulated by a comic undercurrent—the tension between these overlapping layers is precisely what holds his various personae together.

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[IEEE Style]

B. Yecies, "Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema," Academia Koreana, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 33-71, 2011. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003.

[ACM Style]

Brian Yecies. 2011. Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema. Academia Koreana, 14, 1, (2011), 33-71. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003.

[APA Style]

Yecies, B. (2011). Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema. Academia Koreana, 14(1), 33-71. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003.

[MLA Style]

Brian Yecies. "Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema." Academia Koreana, vol. 14, no. 1, 2011, pp. 33-71. doi:10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[HAVARD Style]

Brian Yecies (2011) 'Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema', Academia Koreana, 14(1), pp. 33-71. doi:10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[ACS Style]

Yecies, B.. Academia Koreana 14 2011, 33-71. 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[ABNT Style]

Yecies, B.. Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema. Academia Koreana, v. 14, n. 1, p. 33-71, 2011. DOI: 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[Chicago Style]

Brian Yecies. "Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema." Academia Koreana 14, no. 1 (2011): 33-71. doi:10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[TURABIAN Style]

Brian Yecies. "Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema." Academia Koreana 14, no. 1 (2011): 33-71. 10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

[VANCOUVER Style]

Brian Yecies. Somewhere Between Anti-Heroism and Pantomime: Song Kang-ho and the Uncanny Face of the Korean Cinema [Academia Koreana]. 2011;14:33-71. DOI:10.18399/acta.2011.14.1.003

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