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{{Short description|1993–2016 South Korean film company}}
{{Infobox company
| name = Cinema Service
| logo = 
| logo_size = 250px
| logo_caption = 
| image = 
| image_caption = 
| trading_name = <!-- d/b/a/, doing business as - if different from legal name above -->
| native_name = 시네마서비스
| native_name_lang = ko
| romanized_name = 
| former_name = Kang Woo-suk Productions (1993–1995)
| former type = 
| type = 
| traded_as = 
| industry = [[Film industry|Film]]
| products = [[Film|Motion pictures]]
| services = {{ubl|[[Film distribution]]|[[Film production]]}}
| foundation = 1993
| defunct = 2016
| fate = Closed
| successor = [[CJ E&M|CJ Entertainment]]
| founder = [[Kang Woo-suk]]
| location = 4F 5 37-gil Dosandaero, <br>Gangnam-gu,<br>[[Seoul, Korea]]
| locations = <!-- Number of locations, stores, offices, etc. -->
| key_people = 
| parent = [[CJ E&M]]
| homepage = [https://web.archive.org/web/20170308071438/http://www.cinemaservice.com/ Official website] (Archived, 8 March 2017)
| footnotes = 
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
 | hangul      = 시네마서비스
 | hanja       = 
 | rr          = Sinema Seobiseu
 | mr          =  Sinema Sŏpisŭ
 }}

'''Cinema Service''' ({{Ko-hhrm|hangul=시네마서비스}}) was a South Korean [[film production]] and [[Film distributor|distribution]] company.

==History==
The company was founded in 1993 by film director [[Kang Woo-suk]] as "Kang Woo-suk Productions", before taking the name Cinema Service in 1995. It survived during the [[Asian financial crisis]] and was in position to take advantage of the popularity boom of [[Korean cinema]], becoming a major player in the East Asian film industry.

In 2000, Cinema Service merged with Locus Holdings (later Plenus Entertainment).

In 2005, the founder Kang Woo-suk relinquished his position at the company, wanting to concentrate more on his personal film projects.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2005-09-05 |title=Twitch - Kang Woo-Suk Talks About '한반도' ('The Korean Peninsula') |url=http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003659.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211083117/http://www.twitchfilm.net/archives/003659.html |archive-date=2005-12-11}}</ref> Plenus Entertainment merged with [[CJ Entertainment]] and Cinema Service became independent of the Plenus Entertainment, and later on merged with [[CJ Entertainment]].

In 2006, Cinema Service was merged with [[CJ Entertainment]].

In 2008, Cinema Service exited the movie publishing and distribution business to focus on movie production until 2014. Now, all Cinema Service films are distributed by [[CJ Entertainment]].

In 2016, the company closed down for unknown reasons.

==See also==
* [[CJ Entertainment]]
* [[Cinema of Korea]]
* [[Contemporary culture of South Korea]]
* [[Korean Wave]]

==References==
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== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.cinemaservice.com/eng/englishMain.asp}} {{in lang|en}}

{{Film distributors of South Korea}}

[[Category:Film distributors of South Korea]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1993]]
[[Category:Mass media companies disestablished in 2016]]
[[Category:Film production companies of South Korea]]
[[Category:Companies based in Seoul]]


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