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Woman Is the Future of Man

Woman Is the Future of Man

Drama · Romance · 2004

As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.

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Woman Is the Future of Man

2004 Drama · Romance 1h 28m

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6.1 / 10

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As the first snow falls in Seoul, two old friends reunite; one is a successful college professor, and the other, a struggling filmmaker recently returned from the United States. After their reminiscences, they finally decide to go in search of the young woman each had romanced years earlier.

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Hong Sang-soo

Written by

Hong Sang-soo

Yoo Ji-tae

Yoo Ji-tae

Lee Munho

Sung Hyun-ah

Sung Hyun-ah

Park Seonhwa

Kim Tae-woo

Kim Tae-woo

Kim Hyunjoon

Oh Yoo-jin

Oh Yoo-jin

Pretty Woman

Uhm Soo-jung

Uhm Soo-jung

Yoga Woman

Min Young

Min Young

Taxi Woman

Kim Nan-hwi

Kim Nan-hwi

Chinese Restaurant Employee

Court is in session

Put Woman Is the Future of Man on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Adrenaline Seeker

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.