Starring: Kim Min Sun, Choo Ja Hyun, Kim Young Ho, Kim Nam Gil
Director: Jeon Yun Soo
Studio: Planis Entertainment (Korea)
Rating: 18+
Genre: Mature
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About This DVD
Portrait of a Beauty is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Jeon Yoon-soo.
Adapted from the novel Painter of the Wind by Lee Jeong-myeong, the film
portrays Joseon-era painter Shin Yoon-bok (better known by his pen name, Hyewon)
as a being a woman disguised as a man. The Korean entertainment industry has
been criticised by scholars for distorting historical facts about the painter,
who was unquestionably a man. Portrait of a Beauty opened in South Korean
theatres on 13 November 2008.
Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yun-jeong is a
young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry
on the proud family tradition, as women arenĄ¯t allowed to become professional
painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yun-jeong
helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girlĄ¯s life is turned
upside down when her brother kills himself.
In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brotherĄ¯s name
and lives as a man. Yun-bokĄ¯s genius and talent captures the heart of another
great master of the time, Kim Hong-do. But her daring depictions of women are
condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun-bok meets Kang-mu and falls
deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon
everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves.
Kang-mu sacrifices all for his love as well. Kim Hong-do, who loved the genius
of his best student, ends up loving everything about her, and Seol-hwa, a
Gisaeng at the courtesan house, possesses a love for Hong-do that turns into
fatal jealousy. The secret behind Shin Yun-bokĄ¯s masterpiece, Portrait of a
Beauty, is finally revealed after 250 years of silence.
| Audio Format: | DD 5.1 Surround, DTS |
| Video Format: | Widescreen 2.35:1 (Anamorphic) |
| Languages: | Korean |
| Subtitles: | English, Korean |
| Country Made: | Korea |
| Region Code: | 3 |
| Year Made: | 2008 |
| Running Time: | 108 |
| Special Features: | - |
Availability: Unavailable.
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