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Portrait of a Beauty (2008)
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Add to a movie listPortrait of a Beauty (Hangul: 미인도; RR: Miindo) is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Jeon Yun-su. Adapted from the bestselling novel Painter of the Wind (Hangul: 바람의 화원; RR: Baram-ui Hwa-won) by Lee Jung-myung, the film portrays Joseon-era painter Shin Yun-bok (better known by his pen name, Hyewon) as being a woman disguised as a man.
Portrait of a Beauty opened in South Korean theaters on 13 November 2008. It was the 8th most attended domestic film of 2008 with 2,364,482 tickets sold.
Synopsis
Retired court painter Shin Han-pyeong seeks to settle an old score with the most sought after painter of that time, Kim Hong-do (Kim Young-ho). Shin raises his son to surpass Kim Hong-do, but his son commits 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.Actors
Kim Q-ri
Kim Nam-gil
(Kang-mu)
Choo Ja-hyun
(Seol-hwa)
Kim Gyu-ri
(Shin Yun-bok)
Kim Young-ho
(Kim Hong-do)
Ra Mi-ran
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