Evergreen Tree (1961)

  • NR
  • 09/20/1961 (KR)
  • Drama
  • 2h 22m

Overview

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.

Kim Kang-yun

Screenplay

Shin Sang-ok

Director

Shim Hoon

Novel

Cast

Choi Eun-hee's headshot

Choi Eun-hee

Chae Yeong-shin
Shin Young-kyun's headshot

Shin Young-kyun

Park Dong-hyuk
Heo Chang-kang's headshot

Heo Chang-kang

Geon-bae
Do Kum-bong's headshot

Do Kum-bong

Geon-bae's wife
Shin Seong-il's headshot

Shin Seong-il

Won-jae
Yoon Il-bong's headshot

Yoon Il-bong

Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
Park Seong-dae's headshot

Park Seong-dae

Gap-san
Han Eun-jin's headshot

Han Eun-jin

Won-jae's wife

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