Beautiful Korean film of one of those country's legends--Mongryong (Cho Seung Woo) falls in love with a lower-class girl Chunhyang (Lee Hyo Jung). They marry and she vows to remain faithful to him when he must leave to finish his education. Then an evil governor takes over and wants Chunhyang for himself. The film looks absolutely stunning--gorgeous costumes, vivid color and beautiful scenery. The leads are attractive, the acting is good and the film moves quickly. But I only can give this a 5. Why? The film is (mostly) narrated by a VERY annoying man who's performing the tale in front of an audience. His voice is harsh and grating and he YELLS EVERY WORD AT FULL VOLUME! His narration is not needed--he's basically telling (actually yelling) at us about what's on the screen. Thanks bud! I can see! Also the narration is sometimes laughably out-of-place (while we see the two lovers chasing each other around the bedroom, he's screeching about food!). He single handedly almost destroyed the film for me--I considered leaving a few times, but the movie was so beautiful I couldn't. Without him, I'd give the film a 10--but I can't. Too bad.
