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The Evergreen (1961)

The Evergreen (1961)

Drama
Release Date: 1961, September 20
Directors: Shin Sang-ok
Countries: South Korea
Production: Shin Films
Cast: Shin Seong-il, Choi Eun-hee, Do Kum-bong, Han Eun-jin, Yoon Il-bong, Choe Seong-ho, Lim Hae-rim, Ra Jeong-ok, Heo Chang-kang, Song Mi-nam, Go Seon-ae, Shin Young-kyun

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.

Keywords:

poverty school suffering teacher