Evergreen Tree (1961)
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.
Released: Sep 20, 1961
Runtime: 142 minutes
Genre: Drama
Stars: Choi Eun-hee, Shin Young-kyun, Heo Chang-kang, Do Kum-bong, Shin Seong-il, Yoon Il-bong
Crew: Shin Sang-ok (Producer), Kim Kang-yun (Screenplay), Hwang Nam (Producer), Sung-hak Bea (Director of Photography), Lee Gye-chang (Lighting Director), Young-hee Kim (Editor)