South Korea
The Korea Media Rating Board (영상물등급위원회) in Seoul divides licensed films into the following categories:
- All (전체관람가) – Suitable for all audiences
- 12+ (12세 이상 관람가) – Suitable for children 12 and older (parental supervision is recommended for persons under 12 years)
- 15+ (15세 이상 관람가) – Suitable for children 15 and older (parental supervision is recommended for persons under 15 years)
- Teenager restricted (청소년 관람불가) – Suitable for adults 18 and older
- Restricted (제한상영가) - Restricted to adults 19 and over. Can only be shown in specially licensed theaters. Cannot be advertised.
The "Restricted" rating was ruled unconstitutional in 2009 after a challenge from the local distributor of Shortbus. Despite this, the rating was revived the following year when it was applied to Kim Ji-woon's I Saw the Devil, which was then recut to the lower "Teenager restricted" level. The rating has since been applied to two different cuts of A Serbian Film, several Japanese pink films, and a South Korean experimental feature (Self-Referential Traverse: Zeitgeist and Engagement).
Read more about this topic: Motion Picture Rating System
Famous quotes containing the word south:
“Indeed, I believe that in the future, when we shall have seized again, as we will seize if we are true to ourselves, our own fair part of commerce upon the sea, and when we shall have again our appropriate share of South American trade, that these railroads from St. Louis, touching deep harbors on the gulf, and communicating there with lines of steamships, shall touch the ports of South America and bring their tribute to you.”
—Benjamin Harrison (1833–1901)