- Chi-hwa-seon
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Painted Fire 
Poster for "Painted Fire"Hangul 취화선 Hanja 醉畵仙 RR Chwi-hwa-seon MR Ch'wi-hwa-sǒn Directed by Im Kwon-taek Produced by Lee Tae-won Written by Kim Yong-ok Do-ol Starring Choi Min-sik
Ahn Sung-ki
Yoo Ho-jungMusic by Kim Yong-dong Cinematography Jeong Il-seong Editing by Park Sun-deok Distributed by Cinema Service Release date(s) May 10, 2002
(South Korea)Running time 117 minutes Country South Korea Language Korean Chi-hwa-seon or Chwi-hwa-seon, (also known as Painted Fire, Strokes of Fire or Drunk on Women and Poetry), is a 2002 South Korean drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek about Jang Seung-up (Oh-won), a nineteenth-century Korean painter who changed the direction of Korean art.
Contents
Synopsis
It begins with the Korean artist being suspicious of a Japanese art-lover who values his work. The story then goes back to his man's early years. Beginning as a vagabond with a talent for drawing, he has a talent for imitating other people's art, but is urged to go on and develop a style of his own. This process is painful and he often behaves very badly, getting drunk and being hostile to those who care about him and try to help him.
These events are set against the struggle for reform within Korea, caught between China and Japan (annexed by Japan in 1910, outside the film's time-frame).
Cast
- Choi Min-sik: Jang Seung-up
- Ahn Sung-ki: Kim Byung-Moon
- Yu Ho-jeong: Mae-hyang
- Kim Yeo-jin: Jin-jong
- Son Ye-jin: So-woon
Awards
Nominations
- Golden Frog; Jung Il-sung
- Golden Palm; Im Kwon-taek
- César Best Foreign Film (Meilleur film étranger)
References
Notes
- ^ Awards based on "Awards for Chihwaseon (2002)". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0317234/awards. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- ^ "Festival de Cannes: Chi-hwa-seon". festival-cannes.com. http://www.festival-cannes.com/en/archives/ficheFilm/id/3169456/year/2002.html. Retrieved 2009-10-24.
Sources
- Distributor's page
- "Im Kwon-taek's Retrospective". 5th Festival of Korean Cinema in Italy. 2007. http://www.koreafilmfest.com/index.php?p=retrospettiva&l=eng. Retrieved 2007-10-31.
- James, David (March 2003). "Chihwaseon: Review". Film Comment 39 (2): pp. 75–76..
- Johnston, Sheila (2002-06-14). "Master's art of observation". Screen International (1359): pp. 24.
- Kim, So-young. "Korean Film History and 'Chihwaseon'" (PDF). Korean Film Council. http://www.koreanfilm.or.kr/attach/1KoreanFilmHistoryandChihwaseon.pdf. Retrieved 2008-02-17.
- LeMarie, Yannick; Michel Ciment and Hubert Niogret (December 2002). "Im Kwon-taek (Review of Chihwaseon and Interview)" (in French). Positif (502): pp. 4–5, 9–14..
- MacNab, Geoffrey (June 2003). "Chihwaseon Drunk on Women and Poetry". Sight & Sound 13 (6): 40–41. http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/review/1325/. Retrieved 2007-12-04.
- Morrison, Alan (July 2003). "The reviews". Empire: pp. 52..
- Ralske, Josh. "Chihwaseon". Allmovie. http://wc03.allmovie.com/cg/avg.dll?p=avg&sql=1:265810. Retrieved 2007-11-01.
- "Rushes: the bigger picture: portrait of the artist". Sight and Sound 13 (6): pp. 4–5.. June 2003.
- Stratton, David (2002-06-03). "Film Reviews". Variety: pp. 22.
External links
- Chihwaseon at the Internet Movie Database
- Review at koreanfilm.org
Preceded by
One Fine Spring DayBlue Dragon Film Award for Best Film
2002Succeeded by
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and SpringFilms directed by Im Kwon-taek Farewell to the Duman River (1962) · Femme Fatale, Jang Hee-bin (1968) · The Genealogy (1979) · The Hidden Hero (1979) · Mandala (1981) · Gilsoddeum (1986) · The Surrogate Woman (1987) · Adada (1987) · Diary of King Yeonsan (1987) · Come Come Come Upward (1989) · General's Son (1990) · General's Son II (1991) · General's Son III (1992) · Seopyeonje (1993) · The Taebaek Mountains (1994) · Festival (1996) · Chunhyang (2000) · Chi-hwa-seon (2002) · Low Life (2004) · Beyond the Years (2007)
Categories:- 2002 films
- 2000s drama films
- South Korean drama films
- Biographical films about artists
- Films set in the 19th century
- Films set in the Joseon Dynasty
- Films directed by Im Kwon-taek
- Best Picture Blue Dragon Film Award winners
- Korean-language films
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