This study examines the conceptual characteristics of fantasy movies. It also studies the process of socio-cultural changes of the mythical images such as heroes, goddesses and the devil that have often become the centre of fantasy movie characters. This study further examines the features of each character that correspond to specific mythical images. The purpose of this research is to suggest the conceptual and aesthetic characteristics of fantasy reflected in the characters and the costumes of fantasy movies, which were released since the year 2000. The followings are the results of the research: The conceptual characteristics of fantasy reflected in the characters and the costumes of fantasy movies are summarized as representation of reality, allegory and symbols, horror, desire, deconstruction and metamorphosis, otherness and counter-cultural sentiments. The aesthetic characteristics of the costumes of fantasy movies are defined as typicality and symbolism, grotesqueness, sensuality, hybridization, and otherness. These characteristics are very interconnected. The costumes of heroic characters appearing in fantasy movies show strong side of standard while the costumes of the evil characters revealed the limit of dualistic point of worldview centered on West. Heroic characters show realistic and human side that reflects the ethos of the time. Negative characters such as the devil or witches, which were created in human imagination and emotion, become the dynamic force of fantasy movies through their deviant actions. Their clothes, with variety and hybridization, become the source of creativity expected in present society.

Genetic diversity and relationship among the accessions of cultivated types of Perilla frutescens and their weedy types were studied with 11 microsatellite markers. A total of 101 alleles were detected with an average allele number of 9.2 per locus among 70 Perilla accessions. Number of alleles per locus ranged from two for KWPE-39 to 21 for KWPE-53 and gene diversity for each locus was varied from 0.479 to 0.918 with an average of 0.715. The average gene diversity value was 0.626, 0.657, 0.509 and 0.524 for cultivated and weedy types of var. frutescens, and cultivated and weedy types of var. crispa, respectively. The weedy type accessions of var. frutescens and var. crispa showed more variation than corresponding cultivated type accessions. As for the cultivated type of var. frutescens, the accessions from China showed higher microsatellite diversity than those of Korea and Japan. An UPGMA phylogenetic tree revealed three major groups which were congruent with their morphological characters and geographical distribution patterns except for a few odd accessions. Although the wild ancestral species of cultivated types of P. frutescens has not yet been identified, our results may provide some evidence for the origin and the diffusion route of cultivated type of var. frutescens in East Asia. Cultivated Perilla crop might be originated in China, and its diffusion might be from China to Japan via Korea and the weedy types of Perilla crop are the key taxon in understanding the origin of cultivated type of both var. frutescens and of var. crispa.

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