Heungbu and Nolbu

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

tt5141108