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).
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