Ja-Hyeon Chu, Min-Sun Kim, Nam-gil Kim

Retired court painter Han-pyong Shin seeks to settle an old score with the most sought after painter of that time, Hong-do Kim (Yeong-ho Kim). Shin raises his son to surpass Hong-do Kim, but his son c...( read more  read more... )ommits suicide over his lack of talent. The father then pushes his daughter Yun-jeong to disguise herself as her brother and enter the world of court painters. Now the grown-up Yun-jeong (Min-sun Kim), better known as "Hyewon" - the pen name of Yun-bok Shin, finally enters the court and learns to paint under the guidance of Hong-do Kim, who is trusted by by King Jung-jo. Hong-do Kim quickly notices Yun-bok's huge potential as well as his girlish features. Things remain normal until Yun-bok goes out and comes across a playful seller of mirrors, Kang-mu (Nam-gil Kim). When their romantic adventure takes off, it is Hong-do Kim who ends up heartbroken. Kim's jealousy, and his desire to own Yun-bok physically and emotionally, soars to a perilous level. Yun-bok Shin, better known by the pen name Hyewon, is a real figure who produced a host of thematically provocative and artistically excellent paintings in the 18th century. However, not one record of the painter still exists. A story about a genius painter who loved his patron’s lover and then lost everything, only to leave a mindo of the lady.

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Unrated, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Yun-su Jeon

Release Date: November 13, 2008

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  • October 6, 2009
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    Portrait of a Beauty, was a beautiful movie, The story of a young girl, in the court painter dynasty. Kim Min Sun was excellent in t...( read more)he lead role, showing her inner desires for art and her heart. Director Jeon gave the story an artistic view, paying a great deal of attention to her paintings and also let the viewers admire the classical Asian art, but stayed focused on the human side of the story.The sex scenes will be attracted most attention ,it was realistic and beautifully filmed. They showed a great deal of skin and long sex scenes but even so the movie managed to stay enjoyable to watch. Mind blowing.........Beautiful
  • April 2, 2009
    Looks beautiful, and sometimes that's all I need in a movie.
  • March 27, 2009
    Poignant, engaging film, effectively acted, a very sad film, im so moved one of the best i've seen this year.
  • March 17, 2009
    Beautiful!!! The story is good, but I guess that's expected, since the film is made after a novel. The actors and the music are great too, but what is the most impressive in this film - at least to me - is the visual beauty. Of course, it stirred another controversy over its prov...( read more)ocative scenes, but I guess that's expected as well, considering that we're talking about South Korea after all.

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