Portrait of a Beauty

Portrait of a Beauty
Theatrical release poster
Korean name
Hangul
미인도
Hanja
Revised RomanizationMiindo
McCune–ReischauerMiindo
Directed byJeon Yun-su
Written byHan Su-ryeon
Based onPainter of the Wind
by Lee Jung-myung
Produced byChoi Jun-yeong
Kim Se-hun
Lee Seong-hun
StarringKim Min-sun
Kim Young-ho
Kim Nam-gil
Choo Ja-hyun
CinematographyPark Hee-ju
Edited byPark Gok-ji
Music byHwang Sang-jun
Production
companies
Iroom Pictures
Sponge Entertainment
Distributed byCJ Entertainment
Release date
  • November 13, 2008 (2008-11-13)
Running time
108 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean
Box officeUS$11.8 million[1]

Portrait of a Beauty (Korean미인도; RRMiindo) is a 2008 South Korean historical romantic drama film directed by Jeon Yun-su. Adapted from the bestselling novel Painter of the Wind (Korean바람의 화원; RRBarame Hwawon) by Lee Jung-myung, the film portrays Joseon-era painter Sin Yun-bok (better known by his pen name, Hyewon) as being a woman disguised as a man.[2]

Portrait of a Beauty opened in South Korean theaters on 13 November 2008.[3] It was the 8th most attended domestic film of 2008 with 2,364,482 tickets sold.[4][5]

  1. ^ "Box office by Country: Portrait of a Beauty". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-06-04.
  2. ^ Chung, Ah-young (9 October 2008). "Mysterious Artist Resurfaces on Modern Culture Scene". The Korea Times. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. ^ "Provocative Portrait of a Beauty Tops Movie Chart". The Chosun Ilbo. 24 November 2008. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  4. ^ Yi, Chang-ho (27 November 2008). "Portrait of a Beauty sold to Japan, Singapore, and Thailand". Korean Film Council. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  5. ^ "The Best Selling Films of 2008". Koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2014-02-05.

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