Chungmuro

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Chungmuro
Hangul 충무로
Hanja 忠武路
Revised Romanization Chungmuro
McCune-Reischauer Ch'ungmuro

Chungmuro refers to a road with 1.75km in length and 10∼20m in width and the area nearby the street, located in Jung-gu, central Seoul of South Korea. Since 1960s, Chungmuro has been known as the street of culture, artists, and film industry. Dansungsa, the first movie theaters of Korea is also situated in the area.[1] Since the establishment in 1907, the theater has been in today near Jongno 3-ga Station.[2] Chungmuro was named after Chungmugong, the posthumous title of Korean Admiral Yi Sun-shin, which means "martial subject of loyalty." The last syllable "ro" refers to road in Korean.[3]

Nowadays many film studios moved from Chungmuro to the Gangnam district, Chungmuro still symbolizes the Korean film industry.[4]

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  1. ^ 충무로 忠武路 (Korean). Doosan Encyclopedia. Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  2. ^ "Chungmuro Celebrates Soul of Korean Cinema", Korea Times. Retrieved on 2008-05-07. 
  3. ^ Chungmuro films dominating Asian cinema scene. The Korean Overseas Culture and Information Service (KOIS) (September 25, 2007). Retrieved on 2008-05-07.
  4. ^ Soyoung Kim; Hyongshin Kim (translation) (2005-08-01). Sympathy for Lady Vengeance review. Cine 21 / UCLA Asia Institute.

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