Portrait of a Beauty

Great. I don't watch Korean movies/tv series very often but I read some reviews about them. There was a lot of tv series/movies like this one between 2000 and 2010. Most had a sad ending and aesthetic romantic stories. This one added some erotica into it. However, even it had a lot of sex scenes, I didn't feel like they were too sexual, not at all. It was because how they were filmed and the background music with them: all very artistic. All those ancient buildings and background songs were classic and artistic too. Unlike most European/american movies and tv series, some sex scenes are too sensual to watch, it is because most European/American people associate Love with sex. In Asia, especially in ancient Asia, sex is/was taboo. The movie didn't make their love start with sex. Their love was built on their time spent together rather than sex: hangout, drawing a paint, visiting their loved ones and etc. All those were filmed in a tasteful and artistic way. When the time was right, sex came. I remember the first sex scene with Shin and Kang, very beautiful. She saw the white pigeon. Shin drew on Kang's body then she snuggled kang. The moment the paint was on her body, perfect, it was like her love was as important as her lover. Good movie, the rating should be higher.