, which Netflix acquired for worldwide streaming.
"As the tastes of Korean moviegoers matured, they naturally craved different genres; and filmmakers started to indulge in different kinds of crime films," says Jung Hanseok, Korean cinema programmer at the Busan International Film Festival, who notes that Bong Joon-ho’s landmark was instrumental in helping the genre gain local fans and recognition. "An influx of American crime-thiller TV shows also has made the [Korean] audience more accustomed to the genre," Jung adds.
Despite the genre’s consistent box office success, not all crime films have been welcome during this period of high growth. The 2017 action crime thrillerdirected by Park Hoon-jung, generated an uproar over its scenes of graphic violence against women, with many critics labeling the film misogynistic.
Still, the Korean crime flick wave shows little sign of dissipating. Of the two Korean films shown at the Cannes Film Festival this year, one was Bong Joon-ho’s Palme D’or winner
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