page_title: Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea
section_title: Japan's cultural assimilation policies
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korea / Effect of Japanese rule in Korea / Japan's cultural assimilation policies
caption_attribution_description: English: Promotional poster for the en:Na Woon-gyu (1902 – 1937) film, Arirang (아리랑) (1957). The copyright of this poster once belonged to en:Na Woon-gyu who was the director, actor, screenwriter, and producer of the film and owner of Na Woon-gyu production. However, 50 years after his death, the poster is now public domain in South Korea and other countries to which the similar copyright would apply. Derived from a digital capture (photo/scan) of the Film Poster/ VHS or DVD Cover (creator of this digital version is irrelevant as the copyright in all equivalent images is still held by the same party). Copyright held by the film company or the artist.
context_page_description: Anti-Japanese sentiment in Korean society has its roots in historic, cultural, and nationalistic sentiments.
  The first recorded anti-Japanese attitudes in Korea were effects of the Japanese pirate raids and the later 1592−98 Japanese invasions of Korea. Sentiments in contemporary society are largely attributed to the Japanese rule in Korea from 1910–45. According to a BBC World Service Poll conducted in 2013, 67% of South Koreans view Japan's influence negatively, and 21% express a positive view. This puts South Korea behind mainland China as the country with the second most negative feelings of Japan in the world.
context_section_description: The Japanese colonization of Korea has been mentioned as the case in point of "cultural genocide" by Yuji Ishida, an expert on genocide studies at the University of Tokyo. The colonial Japanese government put into practice the suppression of Korean culture and language in an "attempt to root out all elements of Korean culture from society."
  "Focus was heavily and intentionally placed upon the psychological and cultural element in Japan's colonial policy, and the unification strategies adopted in the fields of culture and education were designed to eradicate the individual ethnicity of the Korean race."
  "One of the most striking features of Japan's occupation of Korea is the absence of an awareness of Korea as a 'colony', and the absence of an awareness of Koreans as a 'separate ethnicity'. As a result, it is difficult to prove whether or not the leaders of Japan aimed for the eradication of the Korean race."
  After the annexation of Korea, Japan enforced a cultural assimilation policy. The Korean language was removed from the required school subjects in Korea in 1936. Japan imposed the family name system along with civil law (Sōshi-kaimei) and attendance at Shinto shrines. Koreans were formally forbidden to write or speak the Korean language in schools, businesses, or public places. However, many Korean language movies were screened in the Korean peninsula.
  In addition, Koreans were angry over Japanese alteration and destruction of various Korean monuments including Gyeongbok Palace (경복궁, Gyeongbokgung) and the revision of documents that portrayed the Japanese in a negative light.
caption: Movie poster of Arirang (1957). The original movie was produced in 1926 by the Korean film director Na Woon-gyu.
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