2nd(1999)
Cho Mun-Jin
If the melodramatic male fantasy consists of a woman heading toward death when she cannot sublimate her desire, the question becomes, ¡°How do you portray this fantasy?¡± This film explores that question through the form of romantic comedy. College professor, Jae-Hoon takes off to Jinhae with his wife¡¯s friend Yeo-Ok after being asked by Yeo-Ok. To save her husband who is incarcerated in a police station located in Jinhae. The local festival makes it difficult for the two to find accommodations, but they finally manage to find a place where Yeo-Ok sleeps while Jae-Hoon takes the storage room despite the inconvenience. Jae-Hoon struggles to surpress his desires for the attractive Yeo-Ok, and he almost succeeds with the help of his intellectualized belief in monogamy until a student entices him into indiscretion. This film is more or less an educational piece that becomes a prelude to the state-governed family policy of the 70s, but the film still provide, interesting points about unrevealed male fantasies. Jae-Hoon¡¯s fantasy becomes a comic representation of the modern patriarch who transforms Yeo-Ok from a lady to a temptress. (Nam In-Young)
Cho Mun-JinCho Mun-Jin
Born in Manchuria in 1935, Cho Mun-Jin made his debut with The Embrace in 1969. He directed more than 40 films including Always a Stranger(1969), Two sons(1971), and The Window(1978). He was a chairman at Directors¡¯ Guild of Korea in 1987. He won the Grand Bell Award for his screenplays.