You haven't visited in 3 years...
You said you'll never come back
Look how hot it is
I know who you would rather embrace
but it's me you're holding in your arms tonight
Please, don't go!
Looky!
You filthy faggot!
How did it feel?
Let go!
Tell me, is that how you won the heart of Master KIM?
You, vile two-faced faggot!
Let me have a piece of you, too!
Choose!
Die for contempt of the court or leave for good!
Now that I'm leaving,
I'm remorseful of the wrong I did you in envy
Please accept my apology
I cannot take your cup but I'm happy to forget the past
Thank you
Bring in the girls
Sirs!
I almost died waiting!
You won't say no to women, surely? This is how men make up
Sure is!
You're so fair
Let's see if your thing is good-looking, too
I need the loo...
Don't bother with the trip I'll take care of your waterworks
Let me accompany you, dear sir
Let's see! Let's see!
Wait for your turn!
He is a true player
How he teases her
What's there to see?
What's so great about painting? Is it worth living a lie?
Thank you for helping me out
Maybe you can sacrifice even love?
How about this
Look at the color!
This one?
Man, you're picky! We've been doing this all day
Let's see the one up there
You have an eye for treasure!
This one here?
Good choice! Lt'll capture any woman's heart...
It's too elegant for my taste I've not worn it once
It'll take at least a month to get a dress made. So, how about it?
You don't want it because it belongs to a courtesan?
Why are you being so kind?
I can spot a good man That's why
How much is the dress? I don't have much on me...
I received this from the man who I wanted to marry
I told him I wanted to be with him during the day as well as nights
He gave me this beautiful dress
and never came back
I can see you'll never betray your woman
Woman who wears this will be happy and that'll make me happy
The lines are wrong They're weak and shaky
Keep redrawing them until you get it right
I'm planning to go somewhere tomorrow
I've seen the hearts of men while painting the commoners
My desire to see more is so strong I can't sleep at night
You are a court painter who knows the morals and laws of painting
You must always discipline yourself when come in contact with the lowly
Too much is never better than lacking
But sir...
The exams are not far away Refrain yourself from outings
Focus wholly on practice
I want to see how beautiful you are
Look
You're the fairest of all of Joseon
I hope to make a good sale on this trip
so I can buy you new equipments
Why are we going to the temple?
So I can pray
I'll pray that we live together happily,
painting pictures and making mirrors
For your view, ma'am
Let's have a look
Where are you going?
- What are all these? - He brought everything!
It's the musk from silver deer
If only I can make any use of it
Wear it in front of your husband and he'll be all over you like a mad dog
Like a dog? I'll take all of it!
I don't see Madam YOON
Is she still praying?
She spends all her life praying
How many years has it been? Lt'll be quicker to find a donor
Father!
If I fail to produce an heir again...
I'll be thrown out
This is the mirror that shows one's sins from present life
When a man dies, the hell lord places him in front of the mirror
Then it reveals all that he has done in his life
Because of you...
Our family lost its only heir
How dare a girl try to paint!
Arrest all! Monks and women regardless!
Arrest all!
Come here!
By the royal order of His Majesty the King!
Let go of me!
Do you know who I am?!
- Kang-mu! - Go! Run!
I'll be right behind you
I promise! I'll find you no matter what!
Yun-bok!
I can't lose you
Subject
Exquisite Beauty
Those who pass this exam will serve the King in close vicinity
You shall all do your best
Madam!
Sod it!
How am I to live with this shame?
Looking at it gives me hard-on
I'll keep this by the bed
and do my wife everyday
With your wife, you'll need that
What?!
Life's unfair. You know that...
By King's order, we arrest all those
committing adultery in temples
and their rich families get them out
Be consoled that your life has saved many
After the execution tomorrow,
the temples and brothels will be quiet for a while
Have a drink
What brings you here
so early in the day?
The dress that I gave you I haven't seen you wear it
Something must have bothered you You came to see me so early
What did you do with the dress?
I get more than ten rolls of silk as gift every month
How can I remember a piece of cloth that I received 3 years ago?
My servant sold it at the market Perhaps she gave it to her niece
You're wrong to think you know men's mind
How dare I do that?
But I know a little about a man's body
Likewise, I cannot know your thoughts
but I know your body inside out
I'll give you my all
I'll stay with you and do everything you ask of me
Please save Kang-mu
I have been greatly shocked and saddened by the recent atrocities
committed by these criminals
the extent to which people abandon values that constitute this country
has become truly unacceptable...
You take after your father
It puzzles me...
My arrows hit the target every time
Why do my orders fail to do that?
Mastering archery takes one man but politics take many men
Why you asking me a tough favor?
Because I believe in the great goodness of Your Majesty
No...
No! No!
No... No...
No!
Stop the execution!
It's the order of the King!
His Majesty the King has reduced the penalty
Halt the execution!
The sinner is to be banished to Isle of Geoje
Sir, please
tell her not to worry... tell her that I'm okay
Be grateful that you're saved
and don't ever come back
Step aside! We have a long way to go
I must be getting old I seem to see spirits these days
I saw your brother in my dream
He was shedding blood tears
I kept wiping them but they wouldn't stop
How will I see his face after I die?
Listen carefully. The only way to rectify the wrongs you did him
is to suck out KIM Hong-do dry
and become the greatest court painter
Prepare yourself for the court
I know you aren't being true to your heart
I only hope there is be no more sadness because of me
I was the happiest when there was nothing but painting between us
Such moment never existed
You know that from the beginning my intentions weren't innocent
I had no choice but to love even that
Commutation, it sure is! Half of them die on the way
Shall we head back now? It looks like he's almost done up
We'll get in trouble if we're caught
Stop!
I prayed...
I would see you one more time before I die
All because of me...
Not your fault. Never!
Is certainly a woman
So busy keeping the King company maybe you'll be made his concubine
Kang-mu is back
He's with your beloved pupil
I think they're running away tonight
That cannot be!
You really don't know women, do you?
Or is it love that you don't know?
It's late Why are you still up?
I was waiting for you
Something bothering you?
No. I thought that I never gave you anything
I want to present you a painting
Don't go...
Please!
Let's bring him into the house
He can live with us and help you paint
Are you certain about your accusations?
Tonight it is
It's your only chance to get rid of them
The poison will start spreading soon
I have the antidote
but if you make another step, I can't give it to you
Give her up!
You can't do anything for her
I can't let her throw her life away and live as an exile for the rest of her life
Is that it?
Is that the reason?
We don't want much
We just want to be with each other for the rest of our lives
How long do you think that feeling will last?
You either live the moment and die or live with the memories
You can't have it both ways
Erase her from your memories Don't ever see her again
Her face, the eyes, the smile
Wipe it clean off your heart
I beg of you. Please...
I've never loved her half-heartedly
Never once been untruthful with my heart
You don't know what it has been for me!
No... No!
Hyewon joined Dohwaseo under false pretence of a man
and by doing so, brought the court into contempt
I beg Your Majesty to record her wrongdoings in the book
so the shame will pass down to generations yonder
I beg you also to punish her father and KIM Hong-do
for conspiring the evil deed
Why did you deceive my trust?
You spoke of virtues in front of me
but you disdained the court with lewd pictures
I have no shame for my paintings
They are what my hand painted
I met one man on my journey to explore humanity
I touched his body
and felt his heart
The frailty of human was so beautiful
so beautiful, I had to paint them
Your Majesty! That poor child painted
thousands of pictures for her dead brother
All she wanted was to paint
I used her passion to fulfill my greed
I am solely to blame for the crime she committed
Please, kill me
Be quiet!
Remove that prisoner's tongue!
Hyewon and KIM Hong-do shall be beheaded!
Your Majesty!
KIM Hong-do has served the court
with undeterred loyalty
It would be unjust to punish him
without determining the extent of his involvement in the affair
Please have mercy!
Take them away
Interrogate them until cries of remorse are heard from their proud mouths
Why didn't you say anything?
Set him free
His Majesty wishes to set him free
You refuse to speak?
Then, let the picture speak your mind
Teacher has always disapproved of my paintings
He only found out last night that I was a woman
Last night,
I had a row with the mirror-maker
and have accidently killed him
Teacher found out
and captured me before the troops arrived
If that is the truth, you shall not avoid death penalty
It's the truth, Your Majesty!
I destroyed her innocence
Unprejudiced insight that saw beauty
in what others condemned as filth
I destroyed it with my lust
One can only live so long
I'm not afraid of death
My only remorse is that
I couldn't defend her innocence
Hyewon SHIN Yun-bok who brought shame to Dowhaseo shall be banished
KIM Hong-do shall be pardoned
Why...
Why did you go through with that to save me?
Under a thin coat
the love filling her tender bosom,
I convey through the tip of the brush