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Painted Fire

Original title: Chihwaseon
  • 20022002
  • UnratedUnrated
  • 2h
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.7K
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Painted Fire (2002)
Chihwaseon(2002)
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In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.In a time of political and social unrest in nineteenth-century Korea, an uncouth, self-taught painter explores his natural talent amidst the repressive world around him.
IMDb RATING
7.1/10
2.7K
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  • Director
    • Kwon-taek Im
  • Writers
    • Kwon-taek Im
    • Yong-ok Kim
    • Byung-sam Min
  • Stars
    • Choi Min-sik
    • Sung-Ki Ahn
    • Ho-jeong Yu
Top credits
  • Director
    • Kwon-taek Im
  • Writers
    • Kwon-taek Im
    • Yong-ok Kim
    • Byung-sam Min
  • Stars
    • Choi Min-sik
    • Sung-Ki Ahn
    • Ho-jeong Yu
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 18User reviews
    • 30Critic reviews
    • 78Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 8 wins & 5 nominations

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    Trailer 3:05
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    Choi Min-sik and Ho-jeong Yu in Painted Fire (2002)
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    Choi Min-sik in Painted Fire (2002)
    Painted Fire (2002)
    Choi Min-sik in Painted Fire (2002)
    Choi Min-sik in Painted Fire (2002)
    Choi Min-sik in Painted Fire (2002)
    Kim Yeo-jin in Painted Fire (2002)
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    Choi Min-sik in Painted Fire (2002)
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    Top cast

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    Choi Min-sik
    Choi Min-sik
    • Jang Seung-up
    Sung-Ki Ahn
    Sung-Ki Ahn
    • Kim Byung-Moon
    • (as Sung-kee Ahn)
    Ho-jeong Yu
    Ho-jeong Yu
    • Mae-hyang
    Kim Yeo-jin
    Kim Yeo-jin
    • Jin-jong
    Son Ye-jin
    Son Ye-jin
    • So-woon
    Jang-soo Bae
    • Kyunghyang newspaper cultural reporter
    Tae-hee Kim
    Jin-Seo Yoon
    Jin-Seo Yoon
    • Director
      • Kwon-taek Im
    • Writers
      • Kwon-taek Im
      • Yong-ok Kim
      • Byung-sam Min
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Chosen by "Telerama" (France) as one of the 10 best pictures of 2002 (#10)

    User reviews18

    Review
    Top review
    10/10
    well made film - a movie like a drawing
    This movie could be a bit boring for some people, but I find this film

    very interesting in terms of an attempt to reveal a tradition.

    The director, Lim, has made two films about traditional music in Korea before this film. The film before this one was showing the music throughout the film, and this film is trying to achieve similar things by having backgrounds in the movie just like a painting.

    Another thing is that, the story is written by both director and a philosopher, Kim who is well known scholar in Korea (holding a lot of degrees - including doctor at Havard) I'm not saying that educated people make better films but that philosopher is an expert in traditional culture in Korea, so it gives more credit on this film.
    helpful•8
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    • kayoblue
    • May 15, 2004

    Details

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    • Release date
      • May 10, 2002 (South Korea)
    • Country of origin
      • South Korea
    • Languages
      • Korean
      • Japanese
    • Also known as
      • Strokes of Fire
    • Filming locations
      • South Korea
    • Production companies
      • CJ Entertainment
      • Taehung Pictures
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    Box office

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    • Gross US & Canada
      • $64,029
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $8,196
      • Feb 16, 2003
    • Gross worldwide
      • $6,988,181
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.85 : 1

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