Movie

The Evergreen (1961)

• September 20, 1961
• 2h 22m

• Drama

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.

Director

Shin Sang-ok

Writers

Kim Kang-yun, Shim Hoon

Starring

Choi Eun-hee, Shin Young-kyun, Heo Chang-kang