The Evergreen 1961 Directed by Shin Sang-ok 상록수
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.
Country
South Korea
Production Country
South Korea
Gnere
Drama
Production Company
Shin Films
Release Date 20 September 1961
142 mins
Cast
Choi Eun-hee
Chae Yeong-shin
Shin Young-kyun
Park Dong-hyuk
Heo Chang-kang
Geon-bae
Do Kum-bong
Geon-bae's wife
Shin Seong-il
Won-jae
Yoon Il-bong
Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
Park Seong-dae
Gap-san
Han Eun-jin
Won-jae's wife
Go Seon-ae
Hyeon-kyung
Byeon Gi-jong
Song Jang-ro
Park Chul-min
Han
Jeong Deuk-sun
Eok Swi-ne [Ok-bun's mother]
Lee Seong-seop
Jeong-deuk
Bang Seong-ja
Ok-hwa [Dong-hwa's wife]
Choi Sam
Ki-chun
Seong So-min
Mayor
Jo Hang
Kim Mok-su
Park Gyeong-ju
Yamada
Choe Seong-ho
Seok-dol
Lim Hae-rim
Chil-ryong
Yim Woon-hak
Park Cheom-ji
Song Mi-nam
Dong-hyuk's mother
Ra Jeong-ok
Old woman
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