The Evergreen
7.4
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.
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Cast
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Choi Eun-hee
Chae Yeong-shin
Also in
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Mother and a Guest
Shin Young-kyun
Park Dong-hyuk
Also in
A Thousand Year-Old Fox
The Seaside Village
Sang-ok Shin
Shin Sang-ok
Hun Shim
Heo Chang-kang
Geon-bae
Also in
Under the Sky in Seoul
The Bell Tower
Do Kum-bong
Geon-bae's wife
Also in
A Bloodthirsty Killer
Tosuni: The Birth of Happiness
Shin Seong-il
Won-jae
Known for
Typhoon
Yoon Il-bong
Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
Also in
Suddenly in the Dark
Aimless Bullet
Park Seong-dae
Gap-san
Also in
Even the Clouds Are Drifting
A Petty Middle Manager
Han Eun-jin
Won-jae's wife
Also in
Bound by Chastity Rule
The Surrogate Womb
Go Seon-ae
Hyeon-kyung
Known for
The Housemaid
Shin Sang-ok Director · Kim Kang-yun Screenplay Shim Hoon Author
First release September 20, 1961 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 상록수
Production
Shin Films
Production
South Korea
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Original title
상록수
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · September 20, 1961
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No release date listed for United States.
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