Comparative Study on the Aesthetics of Korean and Chinese national Cinema:Focusing on the Films and

Abstract

Based on present film studies, there are many theories about cinemas from various angles, but there is still no precise and scientific definition for national cinema. The purpose of this paper is to simply define national cinema from the perspective of film theory. National cinema has extreme complex concepts, which also contains many factors. We will analyze the concept with perspectives of national culture and film aesthetic in this paper. We will define this concept by summarizing and analyzing other scholars’ viewpoint. Then we will define Korean and Chinese national cinema by the same method and collectively analyze some films. At last, two national cinemas will be examples: (Korea) and (China).