Korean History through Film
A Resource of the University of British Columbia's Asian Library
Contents: Search Guide | About CollectionBuilder | Tech
Search Guide
Use the following attributes to find a film using the search function:
- Title
- Director
- Description Keywords (e.g., colonial, Korean War, post-war)
- Subtitle Language(s)
- Release Year
- Historical Date
- Format (i.e., DVD, Blu-ray, Online)
Note on Dates The historical date was determined by the film’s synoposis and/or in-film reference. For some films, the exact date of setting could not be determined, therefore it was mapped onto the nearest prominent date based on best judgement/guess.
If searching for a film about the 1980s, search “1980.” The historical date and/or description will include this term.
If a film largely features flashbacks and covers a wide span of time, the film has been categorized based on its latest possible date. For example,
국제시장 Kukche Sijang Ode to My Father
Release Year: 2015
Historical Date: 2015
Description: Follows the story of a protagonist across 60 years of his life. This begins from the Korean War (1950-1953), post-war life, Korean miners and nurses in Germany (1963), the Vietnam War (1964-1973), and the KBS Live Broadcast 이산가족을 찾습니다 (Finding Dispersed Families) in 1983.
This film is categorized under the historical date, 2015 and release year, 2015. However, all of the dates in the description are searchable using the search function as well.
About CollectionBuilder
This site is generated using CollectionBuilder-GH, a project to create a free and simple digital collection using GitHub Pages from:
- a CSV of collection metadata
- a folder of JPG images or PDF documents
The template repository features four objects from the University of Idaho Library’s Digital Collections.
For full details of creating your own collection site, visit CollectionBuilder Documentation!
Technical Credits - CollectionBuilder
This digital collection is built with CollectionBuilder, an open source framework for creating digital collection and exhibit websites that is developed by faculty librarians at the University of Idaho Library following the Lib-Static methodology.
The site started from the CollectionBuilder-GH template which utilizes the static website generator Jekyll and GitHub Pages to build and host digital collections and exhibits.