Moon So-ri

Personal context

Summary

South Korean actor and filmmaker Moon So-ri is known for acclaimed films including Peppermint Candy, Oasis, and The Handmaiden, as well as her writing and directing debut, The Running Actress. Her work and interviews repeatedly address women’s lives and gender inequality; she has discussed feminism’s influence on her life and films, questioned gendered job titles, and said she wants to help create more opportunities for women’s stories. She has also spoken publicly about social issues and supported a distributor of a film about the Sewol disaster. In 2004 she publicly supported the Democratic Labor Party, later leaving it; no public record establishes an ongoing party affiliation.