Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)

Woman Is the Future of Man (2004)
Member Rating:  
Two men pursue a woman form their past in this drama from South Korea. Heon-jun (Kim Tae-woo), a struggling filmmaker who has just returned from the United States, runs into his old friend Mun-ho (Yu Ji-tae), now an art professor, and they decide to get a bite to eat. Over dinner, they find themselves talking about Seon-hwa (Seong Hyeon-ah), a beautiful woman they both dated in college. While both men flirt with their waitress, talking about how Seon-hwa has renewed their fascination with their old love, and they individually decide to track her down. They discover Seon-hwa, once an artist, is now working as a bar manager; they learn, in her personal life, the fates have not been kind to her, and in many respects, she's not the women she once was. Yeojaneun Namjaeui Miraeda (aka Woman is the Future of Man) was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

 Read More


Starring:
Yu Ji-tae, Seong Hyeon-ah, (more)
Director(s):
Hong Sang-soo
Format(s):
DVD
View All Versions to rent and buy
 
 
 
 
 
 

Synopsis of Woman Is the Future of Man

Two men pursue a woman form their past in this drama from South Korea. Heon-jun (Kim Tae-woo), a struggling filmmaker who has just returned from the United States, runs into his old friend Mun-ho (Yu Ji-tae), now an art professor, and they decide to get a bite to eat. Over dinner, they find themselves talking about Seon-hwa (Seong Hyeon-ah), a beautiful woman they both dated in college. While both men flirt with their waitress, talking about how Seon-hwa has renewed their fascination with their old love, and they individually decide to track her down. They discover Seon-hwa, once an artist, is now working as a bar manager; they learn, in her personal life, the fates have not been kind to her, and in many respects, she's not the women she once was. Yeojaneun Namjaeui Miraeda (aka Woman is the Future of Man) was screened in competition at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

Theatrical Feature Running Time:
88 mins

Complete Cast of Woman Is the Future of Man


Director(s):
Hong Sang-soo
Writer(s):
Hong Sang-soo
Producer(s):
Hanna Lee
Looking for special editions of Woman Is the Future of Man?
See All Versions
Subtitles:
Check All Versions
Closed Captioning:
Check All Versions
 
 
 
 

BY MAIL

Monthly Subscription
 

IN-STORE

 

What's Your Take?

Add to FavoritesIn Favorites  |  Share:     Email to a friendShare on FacebookShare on Twitter
    YOUR REVIEW
    WRITE A REVIEW
     
    1000 
     
    Member Reviews
    Read all (3)
     
    Erik B.

    Sang-soo Hong continues his recent venture into the realm of art-house pornography with this film that's devoid of anything outside of titilating "bang" and "suck" sessions. The dialogue is limited to such insightful exchanges like, "There's a motel" or my personal favorite, "Wanna suck me off?" It appears that the artistic merits of the entertaining "Virgin Stripped Bare By Her Bachelors" was a fluke of sorts within this director's otherwise unimpressive portfolio that provides about as much insight into the human condition as the Playboy Channel.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Denna B.

    How bad was this movie ? According to one of the actors in the DVD extras, in order for the actors to act drunk, they actually got drunk. The director wrote and rewrote this excruciatingly boring script while on set and it sounded like it. The director also seemed to want to control nearly every facet of the actor's performance. Unfortunately, none of that excessive control helped this movie ever achieve any level of interest. This was probably the dullest film I've ever seen. The Dolby Digital 5.1 audio option made minor use of surround sound. As for extras, there's two trailers for the movie, an "Introduction with Martin Scorsese" feature (2:30 min), an "Interview with Yoo Jitae" feature (5:39 min), an "Interview with Kim Taewoo" feature (7:45 min), an "Interview with Sung Hyunah" feature (18:29 min), a "Making-Of Featurette" (38:15 min), a "Photo Gallery" and trailers for two other movies. Not recommended.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Faith S.

    The story is very confusing and poorly told. I didn't understand it and they went between the past and the present too much. It was a waste of my time and energy.

    Yes   |   No

     
    Read All 3 Reviews
       

      Quick Links

      Email Exclusives

      Find Us Online: BLOCKBUSTER Blog - BLOCKBUSTER Widgets - BLOCKBUSTER RSS FEED - BLOCKBUSTER Facebook Page - BLOCKBUSTER Twitter Page - BLOCKBUSTER Wiki

      FIND MOVIES

      ALL MOVIES

      Popular | # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

      ALL ACTORS AND DIRECTORS

      Popular | # | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

      BLOCKBUSTER CORPORATE

       

      BLOCKBUSTER name, design and related marks are trademarks of Blockbuster L.L.C. © 2012 Blockbuster L.L.C. All rights reserved.

      Portions of Content Provided by Rovi Corporation. © 2012 Rovi Corporation.