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