Based on the novel by North Korean writer Hong Suk Joong, Hwang Jin Yi tells the story of a 16th-century geisha with the mindset of a modern 21st-century woman. Raised as an aristocrat in an era when class status dictated one's destiny, Jin Yi (Song Hye Kyo) discovers a shocking secret about her birth: she was born in the lower class. After much thought, she gives up her aristocratic status and becomes a geisha. She spends her first night with a man named Nom Yi (Yoo Ji Tae, Old Boy), and gradually falls for him. Though she is constantly surrounded by an entourage of aristocratic men showering her with gifts and admiration, Jin Yi lives a solitary life of tragic isolation. She finds herself traveling a bumpy road, faced with a dilemma that will alter her destiny forever.
My comments:
Either that I was not really in my best shape when I watched this or I generally don’t like watching period movies but I was bored by it. I didn’t watch the drama version of Hwang Jin Yi starring Ha Ji Won last year so I’m not making any comparison and I don’t have any bias. The movie had nice cinematography and lavish setting and costumes but the romance part really failed to move me. It would be more interesting it focuses more on the process of how Hwang Jin-Yi became the successful gisaeng instead. I really think that Yoo Ji Tae is wasted here as he didn’t have much to do. Song Hye Kyo is a beautiful actress but she’s not suited for period drama. There were times that I felt that she was awkward and this movie certainly didn’t bring the best out of her...
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