• Manolakshmi

In the last decade there has been a significant rise in the popularity of South Korean cinema both in the country and on a global scale. This dissertation focuses on one of the directors - Kim Ki-duk - who became a well known name internationally and later in his native country. He is one of the most innovative and controversial directors to rise from the new wave of South Korean directors. This work will focus upon the representations of the gender relations portrayed by Kim-Ki-Duk, in the late modernity as conceptualized by Anthony Giddens. The research tries to study the handling of male gaze of the male characters and the self-identity of the female characters as portrayed by Kim-Ki-Duk in his films 3 Iron and Samaritan Girl.

Kim-Ki-Duk, Self-Identity, Late Modernity, South Korean Films, Male-Gaze, Gender Relations

"SELF-IDENTITY, MALE GAZE AND GENDER RELATIONS IN KIM-KI-DUK'S FILMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no.291-299, June-2018, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805795.pdf

"SELF-IDENTITY, MALE GAZE AND GENDER RELATIONS IN KIM-KI-DUK'S FILMS", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.5, Issue 6, page no. pp291-299, June-2018, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1805795.pdf