This book analyses the Korean film industry emergence and development in a global business and economic perspective.  This is one of the first books to compare the film policies and industries of the world’s six largest film industries – featuring Korea as the central character – with the aim of defining the contours of what constitutes an effective film policy.  It presents many cases showing that, contrary to what is often believed, an economically sound policy is a good instrument for achieving desired cultural goals.  It uses a set of analytical tools – borrowed...