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Sep
04
2008

Moon Geun-Young’s 바람의 화원 (Painter in the Wind) Unveils First Strokes

Posted by X at 5:53am.

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I never thought I’d ever say this, but there’s very little to complain about, looking at SBS’ 2008. A station usually known for superficial trendy dramas has actually offered a healthy dose of diversity, ranging from the mainstream to genre dramas, despite this being one of the industry’s worst years ever. They did screw up both 왕과 나 (The King & I) and 비천무 (Bichunmoo), but from 사랑해 (I Love U) to 달콤한 나의 도시 (My Sweet Seoul) all the way to the surprise of 신의 저울 (Scale of Providence), 2008 might prove to be a pretty positive year for the station. Some will say the best is yet to come, as the sageuk 바람의 화원 (Painter in the Wind) is about to start. Three things show promise, in particular: one, that the show will have shot the majority of its episodes before broadcast, a novelty for Korean dramas; two, that the cast is actually quite good, setting aside the star casting of Moon Geun-Young and Park Shin-Yang - particularly interesting will be how Bae Soo-Bin of 주몽 (Jumong) portrays King Jeongjo. Finally, the fact this drama is adapted from Lee Jung-Myung’s novel (if you speak Korean, you can read a few excerpts here, which puts two of the most acclaimed painters in Joseon history, Kim Hong-Do and Shin Yoon-Bok, in an interesting premise: what if Shin Yoon-Bok was actually a woman, only pretending to be a man to avoid the strict social mores of Confucianism?

The show debuts on September 24, after the conclusion of 워킹맘 (Working Mom). More than a trailer, what you’ll find below the break is a highlight package lasting about 4 minutes, showing Moon’s transformation and Kim Hong-Do trying to paint his famous 송하맹호도 (Roaring Tiger).

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