Korean Movies Database Apr 2026

1. The Beginning: Why a Korean Movies Database? In the early 2000s, as the Korean Wave ( Hallyu ) gained momentum, films like Oldboy (2003), Memories of Murder (2003), and My Sassy Girl (2001) attracted global audiences. Yet, there was no single, reliable, English-friendly source to find metadata, cast details, box office figures, or historical context. Enthusiasts and researchers had to patch together information from IMDb (often incomplete for non-English titles), Korean sites like Naver Movies or Daum (mostly Korean-only), and the Korean Film Council (KOFIC) static PDFs.

If you’d like to narrow this down — for example, a specific schema design, a Python script to fetch KOFIC data, or a comparison of KMDB vs. TMDB for Korean films — just let me know. korean movies database

Control Mappings:
Move Left: `ArrowLeft`, Move Right: `ArrowRight`, Move Up: `ArrowUp`, Move Down: `ArrowDown`, Action A: `m`, Action B: `n`, Start: `Enter`, C Up: `i`, C Down: `k`, C Left: `j`, C Right: `l`, Analog Up: `w`, Analog Down: `s`, Analog Left: `a`, Analog Right: `d`, Z: `z`, L: `q`, R: `e`, Menu: `.

playground

Start	Z C (Hold)
B	A

Korean Movies Database Apr 2026

Control Mappings: Move Left: ArrowLeft, Move Right: ArrowRight, Move Up: ArrowUp, Move Down: ArrowDown, Action A: m, Action B: n, Start: Enter, C Up: i, C Down: k, C Left: j, C Right: l, Analog Up: w, Analog Down: s, Analog Left: a, Analog Right: d, Z: z, L: q, R: e, Menu: `.