Preview event for Portrait of a Beauty
by javabeans
The film Portrait of a Beauty [미인도] held its press conference and VIP preview on November 4, and a bevy of VIPs showed up to catch an advance look at the risqué period film. It has attracted much comparison to the drama series Painter of the Wind (see trailer below), as both deal with the life of the Joseon artist Shin Yoon-bok. They also seem to share a similar cinematic flair, although obviously there are key differences between a film and a drama series.
The cast also talked to reporters at a press conference, led by lead star Kim Min-sun and her co-stars Kim Young-ho, Chu Ja-hyun, and Kim Nam-gil, who for some reason has changed his stage name from Lee Han (of Goodbye Solo, When Spring Comes). I don’t get this whole changing-names-mid-career thing (see also: Go Jun-hee). Why bother at this point?
Portrait of a Beauty opens to the public on November 13.
From left to right in the first picture, we have Kim Nam-gil, Kim Min-sun, director Jeon Yoon-soo, Chu Ja-hyun, and Kim Young-ho.
The VIPS:
I’m automatically annoyed when people wear sunglasses indoors (it’s a pet peeve), even if Kim Haneul (On Air) looks chic in her aviators. Also, Han Jae-seok (Lobbyist):
Lee Jin-wook (City of Glass) shows deference to his Air City co-star and sunbae Lee Jung-jae; Lee Tae-ran (A Rosy Life) always does casual-chic well:
Jung Ryeo-won (What Star Are You From) has the strange ability to look great in one photo (the first), and then like your crazy grandma wearing her old sofa in another photo:
Lee Bo-young (Queen of the Game) is looking a little tired, no? She looks like she’s just pulled an all-nighter in the last pic:
Lee Jong-hyuk (Rivals), mm. Lookin’ great in his bomber jacket:
By now we should have gotten the message that yes, clearly leather is in, as Han Ji-hye (East of Eden) shows us. Kim Sun-ah (My Name Is Kim Sam-soon) arrives with Shin-yi (Sex is Zero 2).
Yoon So-yi (City of Glass) comes to support her Goodbye Solo co-star Kim Nam-gil, looking like another crazy grandma victim. Except this time she’s not the grandma, she’s the protesting little girl forced to submit to granny’s wardrobe choices. Model Lee Hwa-sun looks way older than her 28 years. That neckerchief look has been out for a decade, and the Halloweeny color combo isn’t helping.
Kim Hye-soo (Modern Boy) is typically glam, while Lee Hana (Women in the Sun) schleps in in comfort. Also, Yoo Sun (Lobbyist):
Singer-actor Jeon Hye-bin (Witch Amusement), announcer Jung Ji-young, and Lee Gwang-ki (Spy Girl) with Lee Jong-won (Kingdom of the Wind):
Via Hankyung
Tags: Han Hye-jin, Jeon Hye-bin, Jung Ryeo-won, Kim Haneul, Kim Hye-soo, Kim Min-sun, Kim Nam-gil, Lee Jin-wook, Lee Jong-hyuk, Lee Jung-jae, Lee Tae-ran, press conferences
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1 sarah
November 4, 2008 at 9:09 AM
the trailer looks awesome.
but what's up with all the nakedness hehehe.
and why would they show us the movie now while POTW is still airing?!!!!!
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2 jessybee
November 4, 2008 at 10:13 AM
yup looks like a beautiful movie!
however the trailer pretty much gave away the gist of the storyline, which is exactly the same as POTW... it's really quite unfair to POTW!
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3 Alissa64
November 4, 2008 at 10:51 AM
Waaa! That preview looked AWESOME, I would definitely go and see it. :o)
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4 Jenny
November 4, 2008 at 11:39 AM
I read about this film a while ago at twitch.
It looks really interesting and I'd really like to see it because it's about the same painter as painter of the wind.
Visually it looks beautiful.
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5 kotatsulove
November 4, 2008 at 11:59 AM
i heard this wasn't based on the book that Painter of the Wind is based on, but they look exactly the same. oh well, the trailer looks good.
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6 noob
November 4, 2008 at 12:32 PM
umm.... don't movies based on dramas/books/etc usually come out AFTER the latter has finished? o_O
Well, anyway, I'm going to wait until the drama is finished to watch the movie.
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7 Javabeans
November 4, 2008 at 12:36 PM
^ The movie is not based on the drama. Shin Yoon-bok was a real-life "genius artist" of the Joseon era. This movie and Painter of the Wind are both reinterpretations of Shin's life (as females passing themselves off as male), with Painter based specifically on a popular novel that was published in recent years.
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8 Cee
November 4, 2008 at 12:53 PM
I still find it funny how the oh so cliche scene of women bounding their breasts has to be the pivotal mark of showing cross dressing.
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9 Sevenses
November 4, 2008 at 1:17 PM
The movie looks a lot more explicit than POTW, and doesn't seem to spend as much time devoted to the awesome paintings. Also, isn't her lover not Kim Hong Do in the movie? In any case, coolness on having more squeeage material. :D
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10 Shaenna
November 4, 2008 at 1:20 PM
I want to see this. I like the diffrent interpritations, even though I haven't seen The Painter of the Wind, yet.
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11 Sere
November 4, 2008 at 2:27 PM
@Javabeans
"I’m automatically annoyed when people wear sunglasses indoors (it’s a pet peeve)"
You too? I think it's rude. Unless you have a shiner you want to hide, whichis not the case most of the times, then it's just plain rude.
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12 popcorn
November 4, 2008 at 2:49 PM
lol I was in class when I roamed on your site. That youtube video link scare the bajeasel out of me. lol I had to immediately scroll up because there were people around and I didn't want them to think weirdly. haha
Nice trailer...a bit more on the sensual/relationship side than POTW.
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13 alice
November 4, 2008 at 2:51 PM
oman this looks awesome. i love it.
i feel like the korean entertainment industry like watched a lot of hollywood movies, you can see the western influence in the way this is produced.
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14 rihanna
November 4, 2008 at 3:47 PM
i wanna watch this this movie so "SHocking" since the Bed Scene , the trailer so great hihhihihi
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15 la-nuit
November 4, 2008 at 4:07 PM
whoa that looks really interesting.
lolz at the Jung Ryeo-won comment.
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16 cutiegal
November 4, 2008 at 5:03 PM
@Javabeans
“I’m automatically annoyed when people wear sunglasses indoors (it’s a pet peeve)”
maybe the stars are wearing the glassess for protecting their eyes from flash light of camera so they wore it indoor
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17 Nadia
November 4, 2008 at 5:20 PM
I would like to see this movie, if it's not a typical drama where the people go through so many atrocities only for one to die. I'm tired of drama's like that, I want something real where the people are together in the end. The sappy over emotional dramas are emotionally rough.
Peace
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18 tea party
November 4, 2008 at 9:33 PM
i like the crazy grandma look!...ha does that make me a crazy grandma?...
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19 rihanna
November 4, 2008 at 10:37 PM
javabeans Do You know Lee han real name is Kim nam Gil, then he changed into Lee han and now changed again into kim nam gil Weird
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20 carmenku
November 5, 2008 at 6:31 AM
trailer looks awesome! can't wait!
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21 m
November 5, 2008 at 6:59 AM
thanx for the trailer - the movie looks awesome!
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22 haj
November 5, 2008 at 1:40 PM
in jeon hye bin in capital scandal or something like that involving lawyers?
just noticed cuz u keep putting witch amusement next to her name
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23 Roots21
November 5, 2008 at 6:40 PM
Kim Min-sun STILL LOOKS LIKE A GIRL WHEN SHE'S CROSSDRESSING LMAO.
I don't really have high hopes for this movie. Seems overly sexualized.
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24 Rovi
November 6, 2008 at 5:56 AM
dramabeans, thanks for posting. Actually, the comment that I posted was the first time I saw that trailer.
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25
November 12, 2009 at 1:59 AM
hi kim//mm
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26 goldielyn
April 11, 2010 at 8:09 PM
go jun hee or whoever made this write up,
I don't also get why do you have leave such not so nice comment on bidam's changing his name from lee han kim nam gil...for you writer.bear in your mind, this is a democratic country. so pls just mind your own business loser...
IF YOU DON'T HAVE ANY NICE WORDS TO SAY, PREFER TO SHUT UP AND FOCUS ON UR OWN THING.DONT BOTHER ALSO TO COMMENT ON KNG
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27 joy
July 20, 2010 at 5:37 AM
Personally speaking, if Lee Han wants to change his name to his birthname Kim Nam Gil, I think that is his choice. We should just be civilized and respect his decision. Anyway, it is his life...and as what I've heard it was also an advise from his seniors...
In my opinion, he have done a good performance here..This is one movie that is worth watching. I admire his versatility as an actor and as a person per se. He has also a good heart who is willing to help others in need.
Kudos to KNG & Kim Min Sun and to the rest of the cast & character of this film!!!
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28 bina
April 25, 2014 at 2:10 PM
unnecessary sex scenes .why they wasted talent of actor and actress in such movie. it was like porn.
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