Firstly, I would like to thank Kyu Hyun Kim for having helped, informed and encouraged me in so many ways over the years. Thanks also to Brian Yecies, Han Sunhee, Stephen Epstein and especially Oi Leng Lui for their comments on earlier drafts of this book. Julian Stringer gave me valuable advice in the early planning stages of this project, and I have received assistance in locating still photos from Oh Sungji and Jo Seong-min at the Korean Film Archive, Kim Heejeon at CJ Entertainment, Lim Jiyoon at FineCut, Kim Dohoon at Cine21 and Michelle Son at M-Line Distribution. Many people have also offered their help in small but invaluable ways in the compilation of this text: Ko Yu-mi, Jang Junyoung, Abner Pastoll, Kim YeonSoo, Linda Paquet, Joseph Lim, Shin Yeo-jeong and Jeon Yoonhyung. Finally, I would like to express my gratitude to the staff at Wallflower Press, especially to Yoram Allon for his support and understanding, and to Jacqueline Downs for her careful editing of this book.