this film and win im kwon taek the best director at cannes in 2002 ( tie with p. t. anderson for punch drunk love ) and be about a 19th century korean painter with a commoner root and significant impact on korean painting . one of the strength . of the film be that im try to help u see with the eye of a painter and so we see multiple scene and object which help our drunken painter friend and jang seung up ( choi min shik ) and . receive inspiration . the costume and the art direction be all impressive and the acting be even along be good . it not a movie that move me and but it be one that make me think about art and what it mean to find your own voice in it . that pretty cool . it also interest to see a version of korea during those time right before the turn of the century and where chinese and japanese power be both in korea and the chosun kingdom be come to an end . more than one revolution and political ideology be gather in the film and but be never the center . it firmly on the painter . in the end and it a well make film about the life of a painter . but it doesn not exactly have the regular three act structure plot and so you have to be able to take a non standard hollywood story to watch it . yay for art . positive .