Heungbu and Nolbu
흥부와 놀부1967
- Gang Tae-ung
- 1h 7m
- July 30, 1967 · South Korea
Overview
This film whose main characters are marionettes deals with the old Korean folktale "Heungbu and Nolbu." Greedy elder brother Nolbu kicks his good-natured brother Heungbu out of home and takes all the inheritance from their father. Poor but good man Heungbu one day cures a swallow's broken leg and frees it to fly away. Next year, the swallow comes to Heungbu's and gives him a gourd seed. He plants the seed and split it in fall. A huge amount of gold, silver and gems come out of the gourd, and he becomes rich over a night. Nolbu gets green with envy of him.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- July 30, 1967
- Original language
- Korean
- Spoken languages
- Korean
- Countries
- South Korea
- Production
- Eunyoung Film
- Director
- Gang Tae-ung
- Writer
- Jo Jin-gu
- Producer
- Ahn Rak-jin,Kim Dong-sik
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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