Im Sang-soo (b. 1962, Seoul) is the son of a leading Korean film critic of the 1980s. He first graduated in sociology then continued on to the Korean Film Academy. At the same time he gained experience as an assistant director. His film debut, Girls´ Night Out (1988), focused on three women and their active sex lives; for this project the director also wrote the script, as he did for Tears (2001). A Good Lawyer´s Wife is his third feature effort. ´Hojung and Youngjak are part of what´s known as Korea´s 386 generation - in their 30s, entered college in the 80s, born in the 60s,´ the director said. ´They became the new upper middle class with material wealth that was not available to previous generations. But the problem is that Korea received only a general knowledge of democracy and feminism and people can´t quite put these theories into real practice. Many of the 386 generation try to live full and happy lives but there is this difficulty in mixing what they think is freedom and putting into practice their new roles.´
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