ReFocus: The Films of Yim Soon-rye

Molly Kim is an Adjunct Professor of the College of Humanities at Hanyang University.

• List of Contributors Introduction: The Korean New Wave and The Single Woman - Molly Kim 1. “Ugly Men Shall Prevail": Representations of Masculinity in the Films of Yim Soon-rye - Hwang Kyun-min2. Politics of Slow: Yim Soon-rye’s Promenade in the Rain (1994) and Waikiki Brothers (2001) - Kim Chung-kang 3. The Cinematic Naturecultural Turn in South Korea: Ecofeminist Pastoralism in the Works of Yim Soon-rye - Lee Yun-jong 4. The Woman with A Movie Camera: Dismantling the Male Gaze in Yim Soon-rye’s The Whistleblower and The Weight of Her - Margaret Rhee 5. Dropping-Out and Truth-Telling (Both Acts Rather Unpopular): Sovereignty, Biopolitics and Critique of the Nation-State in Yim Soon-rye’s Southbound (2013) and The Whistleblower (2014) - Kim Kyu-hyun 6. Sensory Connections Between Food and Femininity in Yim Soon-rye’s Little Forest and Lee Seo-gun’s The Recipe - Bonnie Tilland7. “I Want to Live a Life that I Choose": Romanticized Queer Family and Nature in Little Forest (2018) - Kwon Jung-min 8. Korean Cinema and Me: An Interview with Yim Soon-rye - Molly Kim Index

Ranging from an award-winning independent short to the first K-blockbuster directed by a woman, Yim Soon-rye’s films are characterized by many ‘breakthroughs.’ This book provides essential readings for anyone exploring modern Korean cinema, encompassing feminist, queer and ecological issues articulated in Yim's films and her own life.