Kind-hearted country bumpkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.
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Cast
20 people
Kim Seung-ho
Choi Oh Bok
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Um Aing-ran
Choi Sook-hee (Daughter)
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Moon Jeong-suk
Heo Sun-i (Sook-hui's mother)
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Choi Mu-ryong
Park Jae-seok
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Kim Seok-hun
Kim Taemin
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Kim Hee-kap
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Ku Bong-seo
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Choi Nam-hyun
Park Soon-young (Jae-suk's father)
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The Housemaid
Lee Yea-chun
Heo Seo-bang
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Yang Mi-hee
Oh Hye-young
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Lee Yong
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Nam Chun-yeok
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Im Won-jik Director · Seo Jeong-min Cinematographer Ree Kyoung-ja Editor
First release November 11, 1961 · Produced in South Korea · Original title 촌놈 오복이
Production
Eun Young Co.
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South Korea
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Original title
촌놈 오복이
Original language
Korean
Spoken on screen
Korean
Release dates
South Korea · November 11, 1961
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