Chi-hwa-seon
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| Hangul | 취화선 |
| Hanja | 醉畫仙 |
| RR | Chwihwaseon |
| MR | Ch'wihwasŏn |
| Directed by | Im Kwon-taek |
| Written by | Im Kwon-taek Do-ol Min Byeong-sam |
| Produced by | Lee Tae-won |
| Starring | Choi Min-sik Ahn Sung-ki |
| Cinematography | Jeong Il-seong |
| Edited by | Park Sun-deok |
| Music by | Kim Young-dong |
| Distributed by | Cinema Service |
Release date |
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Running time | 117 minutes |
| Country | South Korea |
| Language | Korean |
| Box office | $6.9 million |
Chi-hwa-seon or Chwi-hwa-seon (Korean: 취화선; also known as Painted Fire, Strokes of Fire or Drunk on Women and Poetry) is a 2002 South Korean historical drama film directed by Im Kwon-taek. It stars Choi Min-sik as Jang Seung-eop (commonly known by his pen name, Owon), a nineteenth-century Korean painter who changed the direction of Korean art.
The film was entered into the 2002 Cannes Film Festival, where Im Kwon-taek won Best Director, shared with Paul Thomas Anderson for Punch-Drunk Love.
In 2020, the film was ranked 13th by The Guardian among the classics of modern South Korean cinema.