This is a beautiful and sad movie, but the pansori singer, who is kind of like a Korean Homer, and who narrates the plot like a voice in the background, sings in this most unreal and grating style. His guttural voice soars high, then low, and ends on what can only be described as shrieks, even screams. It is unnerving. I had to listen with the sound muted! The one place where it is quite touching is where the pansori narrates the 10 blows on Chunhyang as she is beaten in the chair. The audience is weeping and moaning and moving around. It was quite touching. But the scenery, costumes, and actors are all quite beautiful.
