Portrait of a Beauty is a 2008 South Korean film directed by Jeon Yoon-soo. Adapted from the novel Painter of the Wind by Lee Jeong-myeong, the film portrays Joseon-era

Joseon Dynasty

Joseon , was a Korean state founded by Taejo Yi Seong-gye that lasted for approximately five centuries. It was founded in the aftermath of the overthrow of the Goryeo at what is today the city of Kaesong. Early on, Korea was retitled and the capital was relocated to modern-day Seoul...

 painter Shin Yoon-bok (better known by his pen name, Hyewon

Hyewon

Shin Yun-bok, better known by his pen name Hyewon, was a Korean painter of the Joseon Dynasty. Like his contemporaries Danwon and Geungjae, he is known for his realistic depictions of daily life in his time. His genre paintings are distinctly more erotic than Danwon's, a fact which contributed to...

) as a being a woman disguised as a man. The Korean entertainment industry has been criticised by scholars for distorting historical facts about the painter, who was unquestionably a man. Portrait of a Beauty opened in South Korean theatres on 13 November 2008.

Cast

• Kim Min-sun
  Kim Min-sun
  Gyu-ri Kim, previously known as Kim Min-sun is a South Korean actress and singer. She starred in the film Portrait of a Beauty in 2008. She was involved in a controversy in 2008 when she made a statement against eating beef imported from the United States; this led to a lawsuit by a beef importer...
  
   ... Shin Yoon-bok
• Kim Yeong-ho ... Kim Hong-do
• Kim Nam-gil
  Kim Nam-gil
  Kim Nam-gil , is a South Korean actor. He used to go by the name Lee Han and later decided to use his real name since the movie Public Enemy Returns in 2008. He was honoured with a few awards for his excellent acting as Bidam in MBC TV Series Queen Seon Deok in 2009. He has enlisted in the army in...
  
   ... Kang-moo
• Choo Ja-hyeon ... Seol-hwa
• Han Myeong-goo ... Jeong-ju
• Park Ji-il ... Sin Han-pyeong
• Kwon Byeong-gil ... Kim Geo-sang
• Choi Kyoo-hwan ... Artist Choi
• Yeo Ho-min ... Artist Shim
• Kim Seung-hoon ... Artist Hong
• Kang San ... Yoon-bok (as a child)