The Evergreen (1961)
Synopsis
Yeong-shin and Dong-hyuk graduate from college with a cause. They plan to bring education and modernization to farmers living in the rural area of their hometown. When they arrive, the pair immediately get to work, Dong-hyuk builds a village hall and starts aiding the farmers while Yeong-shin tries to gather the children to form a school. However, the villagers at first resent and resist the pair. It is not until one child, Ok-bun, takes the initiative and and learns to read under Yeong-shin’s care that the villages trust the pair and allow their children to be taken from the fields and taught reading, writing and math.
Release Date: 1961-09-20
Runtime: 142 minutes
Director: Shin Sang-ok
Top Cast
- Choi Eun-hee as Chae Yeong-shin
- Shin Young-kyun as Park Dong-hyuk
- Heo Chang-kang as Geon-bae
- Do Kum-bong as Geon-bae's wife
- Shin Seong-il as Won-jae
- Yoon Il-bong as Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
- Park Seong-dae as Gap-san
- Han Eun-jin as Won-jae's wife
- Go Seon-ae as Hyeon-kyung
- Byeon Gi-jong as Song Jang-ro
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