The Evergreen
상록수
Release: 1961-09-20
·Runtime: 142m
·★ 7.0
Drama
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.
Production Countries
South Korea
Production Companies
Shin Films
Cast
Song Mi-nam
as Dong-hyuk's mother
Jo Hang
as Kim Mok-su
Chu Bong
Ra Jeong-ok
as Old woman
Park Cheol
Yoon Il-bong
as Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
Go Seon-ae
as Hyeon-kyung
Byeon Gi-jong
as Song Jang-ro
Park Gyeong-ju
as Yamada
Choe Seong-ho
as Seok-dol
Im Dong-hun
Lee Seong-seop
as Jeong-deuk
Lim Hae-rim
as Chil-ryong
Do Kum-bong
as Geon-bae's wife
Choi Sam
as Ki-chun
Yim Woon-hak
as Park Cheom-ji
Lee Up-dong
Han Eun-jin
as Won-jae's wife
Choi Eun-hee
as Chae Yeong-shin
Park Chul-min
as Han
Jeong Deuk-sun
as Eok Swi-ne [Ok-bun's mother]
Bang Seong-ja
as Ok-hwa [Dong-hwa's wife]
Shin Seong-il
as Won-jae
Seong So-min
as Mayor
Seok Gwi-nyeo
Shin Young-kyun
as Park Dong-hyuk
Heo Chang-kang
as Geon-bae
Lee Jeong-ae
