The Evergreen (1961)
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.
Director:
Shin Sang-ok
Writer:
Kim Kang-yun
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Choi Eun-hee as Chae Yeong-shin |
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Shin Young-kyun as Park Dong-hyuk |
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Heo Chang-kang as Geon-bae |
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Do Kum-bong as Geon-bae's wife |
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Shin Seong-il as Won-jae |
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Yoon Il-bong as Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother) |
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Park Seong-dae as Gap-san |
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Han Eun-jin as Won-jae's wife |
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Go Seon-ae as Hyeon-kyung |
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Byeon Gi-jong as Song Jang-ro |
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Park Chul-min as Han |
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Lee Jeong-ae as |
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Jeong Deuk-sun as Eok Swi-ne [Ok-bun's mother] |
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Lee Seong-seop as Jeong-deuk |
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Bang Seong-ja as Ok-hwa [Dong-hwa's wife] |
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Choi Sam as Ki-chun |
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Seong So-min as Mayor |
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Jo Hang as Kim Mok-su |
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Park Gyeong-ju as Yamada |
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Choe Seong-ho as Seok-dol |
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Lim Hae-rim as Chil-ryong |
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Yim Woon-hak as Park Cheom-ji |
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Song Mi-nam as Dong-hyuk's mother |
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Chu Bong as |
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Im Dong-hun as |
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Lee Up-dong as |
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Lee Chang-sik as |
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Ra Jeong-ok as Old woman |
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Park Cheol as |
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Seok Gwi-nyeo as |
| Production | Shin Sang-ok | Producer |
| Writing | Kim Kang-yun | Screenplay |
| Production | Hwang Nam | Producer |
| Camera | Sung-hak Bea | Director of Photography |
| Lighting | Lee Gye-chang | Lighting Director |
| Editing | Young-hee Kim | Editor |
| Sound | Jeong Yoon-joo | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Chung Woo-taek | Art Direction |
| Costume & Make-Up | Song Il-keun | Makeup Designer |
| Directing | Shin Sang-ok | Director |
| Writing | Shim Hoon | Novel |