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Unrated, 116 min.

Directed by: Kwon-taek Im

Release Date: January 1, 2002

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DVD Release Date: February 3, 2004

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  • November 5, 2009
    Jang Seung-Up is an artist that just can't catch a break. His talent is noticed at first, but he is soon buried beneath an ever increasing number of art students. He is eventually noticed after making a perfect copy of a more established artists painting, after having just one lo...( read more)ok. This brings about attention, which is also his downfall. He is shunned for outclassing his own teacher, and soon becomes a drunken mess. There's a lot of redemption in this film, almost anyways. Jang is a man that can only excel whilst drinking. This leads to an obviously large amount of problems. Chihwaseon is a very breautiful film, in terms of the arts it presents, and the way it presents itself. The acting is highly emotive and believable, with Choi Min-Sik, carefully balancing the dependent Jang, with touches of hostility and openness. It's only drawback is the predictable nature of the biopic. Take an individual's life, and truncate it to 2 hours, and you're bound to run into similarities with other famous people of the past.
  • June 14, 2007
    It's a biopic, and that says it all. But I wanted more than it gave. I wanted more about the artist's passion. ... er... I mean that entirely in an in artistic sense. But even his liason's with women and alcohol seem dry - there is no sense of their effect on his work. One thing ...( read more)to note: the website for the movie was one of the coolest sites I've ever seen.
  • January 18, 2009
    Up until recently,a number of films dedicated to the lives and times of exceptional painters,fine artists in a broader scope started emerging out of nowhere.Ladies,gents,I present you the unanimous masterpiece of them all,forget Pollocks and Fridas,Sung-up,a humongous legend in t...( read more)he Joseon dynasty in Korea,a fabulous poetic journey by the hands of an elderly Im Kwon-taek and yet profoundly young,Min-sik proves he is an Actor.
  • June 28, 2009
    Comment un tel génie peut-il également être un être aussi désagréable et ingrat? C'est d'ailleurs avec les performances de sadistribution que le film s'en sort le mieux et à travers cette adresse étonnante pour la peinture parfaitement bien représenté pusique cette vieille histoi...( read more)re a étonamment des airs fort moderne qui déconcerte surtout dans la façon d'illustrer et de raconter le tout.
  • November 4, 2007
    Sad movie about an artist that nobody understands. Superb landscapes and music.
  • August 29, 2007
    Beautiful in places....but too slow to hold attention
  • March 26, 2007
    Big fan of Choi Mi Sik, what a talent. A great film, about a talented painter who constantly flies of the rails. Everyone loves him but they all frown on his addiction to women and booze. Can he stay sober and make a name for himself? or will he waste his talents completely. C M...( read more) Sik carries this film, it would be average without him.
  • December 18, 2006
    all ways makes me cry

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