Native Title: 미인도
Also Known As: Miindo
Screenwriter & Director: Jeon Yoon Soo
Genres: Historical, Romance, Drama
Tags: Joseon Dynasty, Cross-Dressing, Visual Arts, Nudity, Emotionally Strong Male Lead, Gisaeng Female Lead, Age Gap [Drama Life], Age Gap [Real Life], Historical Fiction, Jealousy (Vote or add tags)
Country: South Korea
Type: Movie
Release Date: Nov 13, 2008
Duration: 1 hr. 48 min.
Score: 7.2 (scored by 1,355 users)
Ranked: #8275
Popularity: #4216
Content Rating: 18+ Restricted (violence & profanity)
Born to a family of established court painters, seven-year-old Yun Jeong is a young girl gifted at painting. However, the pressure is on her brother to carry on the proud family tradition, as women aren’t allowed to become professional painters. While her brother trains to take his place in the court, Yun Jeong helps him out by secretly painting for him. The little girl’s life is turned upside down when her brother kills himself. In order to preserve the family honor, she is forced to take her brother’s name and lives as a man. Yun Bok’s genius and talent capture the heart of another great master of the time, Kim Hong Do. But her daring depictions of women are condemned by the royal institute as obscene. Yun Bok meets Kang Mu and falls deeply in love. For the first time, she feels the strong desire to abandon everything she has built and simply be a woman in front of the man she loves. Kang Mu sacrifices all for his love as well. Kim Hong Do, who loved the genius of his best student, ends up loving everything about her, and Seol Hwa, a Gisaeng at the courtesan house, possesses a love for Hong Do that turns into fatal jealousy. The secret behind Shin Yun Bok’s masterpiece, Portrait of a Beauty, is finally revealed after 250 years of silence.