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The Classic Features Expressed in Love-Based Movies

: Analysis on Representative Romance Movies in Hong Kong, Korea, and Japan

Course Code: JASP 1130 / UGEC 1293
Course Title: Chinese-Japanese-Korean Movies: Appreciation and Comparison
Course Instructor: Dr. Wu Yongmei
Student ID: 1155015129
Question: Please take Hong Kong movie Chungking Express, directed by Wong Kar Wai, Japanese movie Love Letter, directed by Shunji Iawi, and Korean movie The Classic, directed by Kwak Jae-Yong as examples, compare romantic melodramatic movies in Hong Kong, Japan, and Korea.
Critically evaluate similarities and differences of romance movies in Hong Kong, Japan and Korea.
Word Count: 3260 words

April 2nd, 2013
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1. Introduction 2.1. Love, Movie, and Cultures 2.2.1. The Definition of Love 2.2.2. The Essence and the Purpose of Movie 2.2.3. General Traits of Romance Movie

2. Hong Kong Romance Movie – Wong Kar Wai’s Chungking Express 3.2. Historical Attributes and Social Identities Implied in the Movie 3.3.4. Hong Kong’s Historical Background Around 1994 3.3.5. Metaphor in the First Part of the Chungking Express 3.3.6. The Emergence of the New Culture after Handover

3. Japanese Romance Movie – Shunji Iawi’s Love Letter 4.3. Romanticized Nostalgia for the Past 4.4.7. Japan’s Historical Changes After World War II 4.4.8. The Impact Brought by Love Letter 4.4.9. The Symbolic Meaning of “Death”

4. Korean Romance Movie – Kwak Jae-Yong’s The Classic 5.4. Disclosure of National Traits Formed from Korean History 5.5.10. Traumatic Korean History – Encountering Numerous Wars and Foreign Power 5.5.11. The Quirk of Destiny and Influence of External Factors 5.5.12. Paralleling Plots between Two Generations

5. Compare and Contrast: Similarities and Differences 6.5. Deep Influence of the
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