 Yoo Ji-tae played parts in both films; he had the role of the main antagonist in "Oldboy".Unlike "Oldboy", "Woman Is the Future of Man" did not win any of the awards and reportedly met with a mostly unenthusiastic reception.It was the third film of director Hong Sang-soo to be screened in Cannes, following "The Power of Kangwon Province" (1998) and "Virgin Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors" (2000), and the first to be entered in the competition category.