142 minutes
9/20/1961
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.
Choi Eun-hee
as Chae Yeong-shin
Shin Young-kyun
as Park Dong-hyuk
Heo Chang-kang
as Geon-bae
Do Kum-bong
as Geon-bae's wife
Shin Seong-il
as Won-jae
Yoon Il-bong
as Dong-hwa (Dong-hyuk's younger brother)
Park Seong-dae
as Gap-san
Han Eun-jin
as Won-jae's wife
Go Seon-ae
as Hyeon-kyung
Byeon Gi-jong
as Song Jang-ro
Park Chul-min
as Han
Lee Jeong-ae
Jeong Deuk-sun
as Eok Swi-ne [Ok-bun's mother]
Lee Seong-seop
as Jeong-deuk
Bang Seong-ja
as Ok-hwa [Dong-hwa's wife]
Choi Sam
as Ki-chun
Seong So-min
as Mayor
Jo Hang
as Kim Mok-su
Park Gyeong-ju
as Yamada
Choe Seong-ho
as Seok-dol
Lim Hae-rim
as Chil-ryong
Yim Woon-hak
as Park Cheom-ji
Song Mi-nam
as Dong-hyuk's mother
Chu Bong
Im Dong-hun
Lee Up-dong
Lee Chang-sik
Ra Jeong-ok
as Old woman
Park Cheol
Seok Gwi-nyeo