부산대학교 도서관

Since the 21th century, South Korean crime thrillers with their unique features have broken up the monopoly of Hollywood thrillers. Based on the advantages of the Hollywood model, they integrate sober and introspective Eastern elements and highlight the local social criticism and distinctive national features. Many contemporaneous works of the Chinese film market have also received popular recognition, some of which have had a profound impact in Asia and even internationally. This study selected two films of South Korea Heart Blackened and Hostage: Missing Celebrity as subjects which are respectively remade from Silent Witness (China) and Saving Mr. Wu (China). The two remakes remain consistent with the typical features of Korean crime films, and adopt major changes from the original Chinese version, providing a new way for remakes. This paper mainly focuses on the current situation and strategies of South Korean remakes of crime films of the mainland China in recent years, it is concluded that the cultural background of South Korean remakes is localized based on social reality; the setting of characters is localized with national features; and audiovisual language focuses on the localized presentation of local customs, etc. By innovative adaptations with local features based on the successful text of the original works, the remakes can meet the interests of Korean audiences while making up for the shortcomings in the original works.