Credits become connections.

Prominence is not a rating.

One to five stars indicate introductory importance and renown for this curriculum. They do not judge artistic quality, and they never restrict access.

Included credits are intentionally selective.

The game focuses on directors, writers, and creators included in this curriculum. A project page is not a complete production credit roll.

Every shipped image has a rights record.

Most cards intentionally retain original placeholders. A real portrait or project image appears only after its identity, rights basis, attribution, crop, and responsive files are recorded in the media manifest.

Featured portrait: Bong Joon-ho at the Okja Japan premiere, photographed by Dick Thomas Johnson under CC BY 2.0; cropped to 4:5 and resized for Ari’s media studies.

Additional creator portraits: Park Chan-wook, photographed by Vincent Lefèvre under CC BY 2.0; Lee Chang-dong, photographed by FR under CC BY-SA 4.0; and Kim Jee-woon, photographed by gdcgraphics under CC BY 3.0. All three were cropped to 4:5 and resized; the Lee Chang-dong variants retain the source ShareAlike license.

Genre and mainstream creator portraits: Na Hong-jin by Republic of Korea / KOREA.NET under CC BY-SA 4.0; Ryoo Seung-wan by JeongAhn, dedicated to the public domain; Choi Dong-hoon by ItsNEWKorea under CC BY 3.0; and Yim Soon-rye by the Seoul International Women’s Film Festival under CC BY-SA 3.0. All four were cropped to 4:5 and resized; ShareAlike variants retain their source licenses.

Film Foundations posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Decision to Leave (Moho Film / CJ ENM); Poetry (Pinehouse Film / Finecut / Film Movement); Burning (Pinehouse Film / Finecut / Well Go USA); A Tale of Two Sisters (Bom Film Productions / CJ Entertainment); A Bittersweet Life (Bom Film Productions / CJ Entertainment / Finecut); and I Saw the Devil (Peppermint & Company / Finecut / Magnet Releasing). Poster designers were not identified. All were sourced through TMDB, scaled and re-encoded; I Saw the Devil also received a narrow centered crop.

Creator portraits used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Hwang Dong-hyuk (Florence Korea Film Fest; photographer not identified) and Kim Eun-hee (Netflix’s 2018 See What’s Next Asia event; photographer not identified). Both were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded.

Performer portraits use verified TMDB person records under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy. Each portrait was matched against the catalog’s English or Korean name and at least one listed project before being face-focused, cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded. Photographer and rightsholder details were not identified; exact profile and direct-image URLs are retained in the media acquisition ledger. Ari’s media studies is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.

Additional Film Foundations and Home posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Memories of Murder (Sidus Pictures / CJ Entertainment); The Host (Chungeorahm Film / Showbox / Magnolia Pictures); Parasite (Barunson E&A / CJ ENM / Neon); Joint Security Area (Myung Films / CJ Entertainment); Oldboy (Show East / Egg Film / Neon); The Handmaiden (Moho Film / CJ Entertainment / Magnolia Pictures); Secret Sunshine (Pinehouse Film / CJ Entertainment); and Guardian: The Lonely and Great God (Hwa&Dam Pictures / Studio Dragon / tvN). Poster designers were not identified. All eight were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded without geometric cropping.

Film Genre and Mainstream posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: The Chaser (Bidangil Pictures / Showbox); The Yellow Sea (Popcorn Film / Showbox / KT StudioGenie); The Wailing (Side Mirror / 20th Century Fox Korea); The Unjust (Filmmaker R&K / CJ Entertainment); Veteran (Filmmaker R&K / CJ Entertainment); Escape from Mogadishu (Dexter Studios / filmK / Filmmaker R&K); Smugglers (Filmmaker R&K / Contents Panda); Tazza: The High Rollers (Sidus Corporation / CJ Entertainment); The Thieves (Caper Film / Showbox); and Assassination (Caper Film / Showbox). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded; Assassination, The Unjust, and Tazza also received narrow centered crops.

Additional creator portraits: Hong Sang-soo by Maximilian Bühn, CC BY-SA 4.0; Yeon Sang-ho by John Sears, CC BY-SA 4.0; and Jeong Seo-kyeong (CJ ENM publicity context via iMBC; photographer not identified), used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy. All three portraits were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded; the Commons adaptations remain under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Film, Streaming, and Screenwriting posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Right Now, Wrong Then (Jeonwonsa Film / Finecut); The Woman Who Ran (Jeonwonsa Film / Finecut); Train to Busan (Redpeter Films / Contents Panda); Hellbound (Climax Studio / Netflix); Parasyte: The Grey (Climax Studio / WOW POINT / Netflix); Silenced (Fantagio / Samgeori Pictures / CJ Entertainment); and The Fortress (Siren Pictures / CJ Entertainment). Poster designers were not identified. All seven were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded; The Woman Who Ran, Hellbound, and Parasyte: The Grey also received narrow centered crops.

Drama-writer portraits used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Kim Eun-sook (Ji Hyoung-jun / OSEN via Chosun); Park Ji-eun (OSEN via Chosun; photographer not identified); Hong Jung-eun and Hong Mi-ran (Choi Sung-yeol / Cine21); and Kim Young-hyun and Park Sang-yeon (Yoo Yong-seok / Yonhap). All six were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded; the two joint photographs were cropped to isolate each explicitly captioned subject.

Additional openly licensed creator portraits: Ahn Gil-ho from a TV10 frame under CC BY 3.0; and Lee Woo-jung from a Ten Asia TV frame under CC BY 3.0. Both were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded.

Additional director and writer portraits used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Han Jin-won (KOFIC/KOBIZ; photographer not identified); Kim Hee-won (tvN via Cine21; photographer not identified); Kim Won-seok (Netflix via iMBC; photographer not identified); Lee Eung-bok (Netflix via Yonhap; photographer not identified); Noh Hee-kyung (Oh Gye-ok / Hankyoreh21 via Daum); Park Hae-young (Oh Gye-ok / Cine21); Shin Won-ho (tvN via Newspim; photographer not identified); and Yoo In-sik (Sports DongA; photographer not identified). All eight were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded.

Final identified writer portraits used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Lee Soo-yeon (JTBC broadcast frame published by StarNews via Daum) and Song Jae-jung (The Fact DB; photographer not identified). Both were cropped to 4:5, resized, and re-encoded. Lim Sang-choon retains the person placeholder because exhaustive searches found no accurately identified public portrait.

Institutional, humanist, and high-concept drama posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Stranger (Signal Entertainment Group / IOK Media / tvN); Life (Signal Entertainment Group / AM Studio / JTBC); Grid (Arc Media / Ace Factory / Disney+); When the Camellia Blooms (Pan Entertainment / KBS); Fight for My Way (Pan Entertainment / KBS); Nine: Nine Time Travels (JS Pictures / tvN); and W (Chorokbaem Media / MBC). Poster designers were not identified. All seven were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded; When the Camellia Blooms received a one-pixel bottom trim and W received a narrow centered crop.

Foundational and ensemble drama posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Jewel in the Palace (MBC); Queen Seondeok (Time Box Production / MBC); Tree With Deep Roots (iHQ / SBS); Misaeng (Number Three Pictures / CJ E&M / tvN); Reply 1988 (CJ E&M / tvN); Six Flying Dragons (ANDu Entertainment / SBS); Dr. Romantic (Samhwa Networks / SBS); Signal (AStory / Studio Dragon / tvN); Prison Playbook (CJ E&M / tvN); and My Mister (Chorokbaem Media / Studio Dragon / tvN). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Landmark film and contemporary drama posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Kingdom (AStory / Netflix); Hospital Playlist (Egg Is Coming / CJ ENM / tvN); Vincenzo (Studio Dragon / Logos Film / tvN); Extraordinary Attorney Woo (AStory / KT Studio Genie / ENA); My Liberation Notes (Studio Phoenix / Chorokbaem Media / SLL / JTBC); When Life Gives You Tangerines (Pan Entertainment / Baram Pictures / Netflix); Peppermint Candy (East Film / CJ Entertainment); Oasis (East Film / CJ Entertainment); My Girl (DSP Media / SBS); and Forever the Moment (MK Pictures / Sidus FNH). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Genre landmark and classic drama posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: The Good, the Bad, the Weird (Barunson / CJ Entertainment); Thirst (Moho Film / CJ Entertainment); Secret Garden (Hwa&Dam Pictures / SBS); Sungkyunkwan Scandal (RaemongRaein / KBS); Sign (Golden Thumb Pictures / SBS); Queen In-hyun’s Man (JS Pictures / CJ E&M / tvN); Reply 1997 (CJ E&M / tvN); Master’s Sun (Bon Factory Worldwide / SBS); Reply 1994 (CJ E&M / tvN); and Snowpiercer (Moho Film / Opus Pictures / CJ Entertainment). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Romance, ensemble, and modern-film posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: That Winter, the Wind Blows (BaramiBunda / SBS); The Heirs (Hwa&Dam Pictures / SBS); It’s Okay, That’s Love (GT Entertainment / CJ E&M / SBS); Miss Granny (Yeinplus Entertainment / CJ Entertainment); Another Miss Oh (Studio Dragon / Chorokbaem Media / tvN); Dear My Friends (Studio Dragon / GTist / tvN); The Legend of the Blue Sea (Culture Depot / SBS); The Age of Shadows (Harbin / Warner Bros. Korea); Little Forest (Watermelon Pictures / Megabox Plus M); and Live (Studio Dragon / GTist / tvN). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Fantasy, thriller, ensemble, and expansion-card posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Memories of the Alhambra (Studio Dragon / Chorokbaem Media / tvN); Arthdal Chronicles (Studio Dragon / KPJ / tvN); The Crowned Clown (Studio Dragon / GTist / tvN); Vagabond (Celltrion Entertainment / SBS); Sweet Home (Studio Dragon / Studio N / Netflix); Our Blues (GTist / Studio Dragon / tvN); Revenant (Studio S / BA Entertainment / SBS); Blood Free (Arc Media / Ace Factory / Disney+); Waikiki Brothers (Myung Films); and The Berlin File (Filmmaker R&K / CJ Entertainment). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Final expansion-card posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: The Producers (Chorokbaem Media / KBS); Money Flower (UFO Production / MBC); Psychokinesis (RedPeter Film / Next Entertainment World); Peninsula (RedPeter Film / Next Entertainment World); Record of Youth (Pan Entertainment / Studio Dragon / tvN); In Front of Your Face (Jeonwonsa Film / Finecut); Jirisan (AStory / Studio Dragon / tvN); and Alienoid (Caper Film / CJ ENM). Poster designers were not identified. All eight were sourced through TMDB, cropped where noted, scaled, and re-encoded.

Additional project posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Squid Game (Siren Pictures / Netflix); Lady Vengeance (Moho Film / CJ Entertainment); Mother (Barunson E&A / CJ Entertainment); and Little Women (Studio Dragon / tvN / Netflix). Poster designers were not identified. All four were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded; Little Women also received a narrow centered crop.

Drama-writer project posters used under the owner’s editorial fair-use policy: Descendants of the Sun (KBS / Next Entertainment World); Mr. Sunshine (Hwa&Dam Pictures / Studio Dragon / tvN / Netflix); The Glory (Hwa&Dam Pictures / Studio Dragon / Netflix); My Love from the Star (HB Entertainment / SBS); Crash Landing on You (Studio Dragon / Culture Depot / tvN); Queen of Tears (Studio Dragon / Culture Depot / tvN / Netflix); You're Beautiful (Bon Factory Worldwide / SBS); The Greatest Love (MBC); Hotel del Luna (GTist / Studio Dragon / tvN); and Alchemy of Souls (Studio Dragon / tvN / Netflix). Poster designers were not identified. All ten were sourced through TMDB, scaled, and re-encoded; Queen of Tears and The Greatest Love also received narrow centered crops.

Seed snapshot

1368 person cards · 1192 project cards · 5213 role-specific relationships

Content version 8e4648397b9e, reviewed through 2026-07-30. Seed data is marked for editorial verification before public launch.