Hallyu

KOREAN WAVE"Hallyu"Korean pop culture became so popular about 10 years ago. Korean entertainment companies exported a lot of dramas, movies, music to some Asian countries such as taiwan, Japan, etc. in the example of japan, people did not know about korean pop culture at all before winter sonata was broadcasted in Japan. many old ladies became crazy about one actor "bea young jung" because he looks different from Japanese actors and looks smart. in fact he may be smart and he is making a lot of money nowadays. he even made a restaurant in japan. after winter sonata became popular in Japan, many dramas were on TV such as "all in". because of this Korean wave starting from winter sonata, many people got interested in Korea and Korean culture. they started to study Korean language or visit to Korea.we all can see the numbers from the reading of "The Rising East Asian Wave" so i quote from different reading we already did.in the reading" hybridity and the rise of Korean popular culture in asia" says Shiri earned 14 million at Japanese box office, Korean movies are popular in Japan too so japanese company imported a lot. like in 2005, 58 movies came to japan and in 2006 21 movies came to japan. do you think this hallyu last for long time? i dont think so. you can see this decreasing numbers of movies which are going to japan. japanese people like famous actors and actress so even if some moviews are popular in Korea, it can not be in japan. now I can see hallyu is going down in japan. and I want to see how hallyu will be in a few years.