Evergreen Tree (1961)

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상록수 (Original Title)

StoryLine

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.

Details

Genres: Drama

Country: South Korea

Original Language: ko

Release Date: 20/09/1961

Companies: Shin Films

Run Time: 142 min

Popularity: 1.852

Spoken Languages: 한국어/조선말

Status: Released