Beautiful (DVD) (Japan Version) DVD Region 2
Jeon Jae Hong (Director)
| Cha Soo Yeon
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Based on an original story by maverick arthouse director Kim Ki Duk who also produced the film, Beautiful paints the gripping psychological tale of a woman whose exceptional beauty makes her the object of unwanted lust and envy. In his feature-length debut, director Jeon Jae Hong (Mul Go Gi), who proudly carries the nickname "Little Kim Ki Duk", casts Cha Soo Yeon (For Eternal Hearts) as Eun Young, a tragic heroine who suffers a mental breakdown after being raped by her stalker, blaming her beauty to be the cause of all her misery. Exploring the extremities of sexual perversion and obsession in human behavior, director Jeon throws the audience into a furious whirlwind of psychological warfare while retaining much of the essence of what is widely known as Kim Ki Duk's signature style. The film saw its world premiere in the 2008 Berlin International Film Festival's Panorama section, receiving rave reviews along with high praise for Cha's soul-stripping performance.
Eun Young's striking beauty makes her the center of attraction wherever she goes. Regrettably, that also includes some unwanted attention from perverted male stalkers who fantasize about having sex with her. One of her stalkers (Kim Min Soo, Time) gets his wish by intruding into her house, then raping her ruthlessly. Later on, he confesses to the police that it was really he who was raped by her beauty. Eun Young descends into madness after the ordeal and develops bulimia and anorexia. Watching her sink deeper and deeper into self-destruction, warm-hearted policeman Eun Cheol (Lee Cheon Hee, Bar Legend) feels sorry for the beauty, but what began as compassion turns into an uncontrollable sexual obsession when lust starts to consume his heart.
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| Product Title: | Beautiful (DVD) (Japan Version) Beautiful (DVD) (Japan Version) Beautiful (DVD) (Japan Version) ビューティフル Beautiful (DVD) (Japan Version) |
| Artist Name(s): | Cha Soo Yeon Cha Soo Yeon Cha Soo Yeon チェ・ミョンス | キム・ボムジュン | チャ・スヨン 차수연 |
| Director: | Jeon Jae Hong 全宰洪 全宰洪 チョン・ジェホン 전재홍 |
| Release Date: | 2009-02-06 |
| Publisher Product Code: | FFEDS-307 |
| Disc Format(s): | DVD |
| Region Code: | 2 - Japan, Europe, South Africa, Greenland and the Middle East (including Egypt) What is it? |
| Shipment Unit: | 1 What is it? |
| YesAsia Catalog No.: | 1013862322 |
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shelbeyjordanbeauty@...
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March 28, 2012
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they said "Not all males are maddeningly perverted like this" Ummm that's not true... Men are crazy perverts... hahaha but, it's a really great movie.... It's not all fun being beautiful... this beautiful asian is tired of being annoyed by eveybody just cause of her looks... It looks to be a pg-13 movie(for americans) |
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If “Beautiful” were only a psychological account of the one disturbed woman here concerning a post sexual abuse incident, this would be a very interesting analytical cine play. But the plot is situated beyond the mind of the unfortunate female protagonist, making for an entirely more cynically disturbing social affair. “Beautiful” focuses on negative male sexual impulses towards the very beautiful Eun Young. All men portrayed are shown as lecherous and helplessly sexualised monsters, that either directly or suggestively wish to abuse Eun Young’s sweet neutral beauty. As soon as they set eyes upon her, they become infatuated, impassioned and maddened towards her (and I thought only Tomie could do that). Men are no doubt viewed upon here as unstable creatures. This film even closes with an emphasis of sexualised male perversion by the attitude of two hospital workers. ‘Beautiful’ is certainly an ironic word here. The brunt of this film though is of Eun Young’s sexual abuse by a one male suitor. An abuse where the man realizing his misconduct gives himself up to the police, with his own photographic evidence to account for his wrongful and shameful act. But although he atones for his sin, he also blames Eun Young for ‘luring’ him into forced sex by the nature of her beauty. Eun Young then slips into a maddening obsessiveness of changing herself by binge eating and vomiting herself into an anorexic stupor; believing that her beauty is cursed. She is befriended by a police officer who only wishes to help her, but he too eventually succumbs to sexual passion by Eun Young’s beauty. “Beautiful” is well showcased, but mostly exaggerated. It’s accurate in part, but too cynically focused concerning irregular sexual misconduct. Not all males are maddeningly perverted like this and not all beauty suffers thus. Eun Young’s situations are a marginal and not universal description. Its certainly well directed by Juhn Jae-hong and actress Soo Yeon Cha really acts her heart out here! But this definitely requires an open mind to what is being said before empathizing too rashly, as “Beautiful” thrusts the viewer into an overdrive of an indignantly focused plot. You don't get much leeway for positive male consideration. Shame, because it’s a really good film. |
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