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Between Cultures
Why are revenge stories still popular in modern
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society, where most people are ensured freedom
and equality? It is because of today’s social
atmosphere that ignores one’s individuality and
focuses more on groups than individuals. In
Japan, there is a term called “Killing the duck
among swans.” This means excluding people who
are not harmonized with the whole group. Film
producer Kim Yeong-sim said, “What made the
ghost, Sadako, the villain of the movie The Ring,
feel victimized, is Japan’s characteristic social
▲SadakoisthevillainofTheRing,
▲ThisisatypicalfigureofEasternghosts-
atmosphere that excludes people who are different
whodiedwithgrudgeandbecame
womenwithlongblackhair.
from the majority.” Eastern society does not
aghost.
tolerate members who are not obedient to social
rulesorwhostandoutinagroup,soitmadevillainouscharacterslikeSadakowhocarryagrudge.Also,PriestYooJong-
man,whoownsmaster’sdegreeofTheCatholicUniversityofKoreasaid,“Itistheessenceofeasternhorrorstoriestoreveal
therealityofminoritieswhoareunderoppressionandtoresolvetheirdeepsorrow.”Thisallowstheviewerstoknowwhy
horrormoviesshowingthegrudgeofthedisadvantagedareattractivetoeasterners.
Transformation:WhyaretheremanyanimalmonstersintheEast?
Fromoldtimes,easternershavebelievedthatanimalsandplantscantalktopeopleand
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also transform into human beings. Yoo Jong-man said, “People from the east expressed
theirdesireofhavingspiritualfreedomandchangingintootherexistencesbydeveloping
‘transformationstories’.”Also,JapanesefilmproducerSimuraMiyokosaid,“Peoplewho
experience discrimination exceed the boundary between human and beast, and mortal
terroroccurs.”Therefore,itisthecombinationofeasterners’desirefortransformationand
thegrudgeofthedisadvantaged.
In Japan, for example, “monster-cat movies” were prevalent in the 1950s. Actually, they
were produced for almost 20 years after 1950, and in the movie Ghost of the Cat (1958,
Japan), a mother who lost her son kills herself with resentment and she asks her cat to
revengeonthemurderersinstead.Thecat,wholickedthemother’sbodyandateherblood,
transformedintoahumanandkilledtheperpetrators.Gumiho,whichmeansafoxmonster
killing men with their beautiful appearances and eating the victims’ livers, appeared in
▲Gumihoisapopularhorror
manyeasternhorrormovies.IntheseriesBongshinbang(1990,China),abeautifulwoman
characterineasternculture,who
turnsintofoxandeatshuman
made a kingdom perish by seducing the king and eventually killed him by digging out
livers.
his eyeballs and heart. Also in Korea, from the movie Gumiho (1994) to Millenium Fox,
Gumiho(2020),presentingafoxmonsteriscommoninmanyworks.
Whateasternersfearedasmuchascatsorfoxesweretigers.Chang-guimeansaspiritwhowasmauledtodeathbyatiger.
AhnYeEun,anartistwhoisknownforherunprecedentedhorrorsonggenreinKorea,releasedhernewsongChang-gui,
Iamayoungmanbecomingtwenty-one-year-oldyearsoldthisyear
나는올해로스물하나가된청년인데
Lostmylifebragging“Icanhuntatiger.”
범을잡는다거드럭대다가목숨을잃었소만
CannotsteptheroadtoHeaveninthisway.
이대로는달상하여황천을건널수없어
in〈Chang-gui〉byAhnYe-eun
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