Bumpkin Oh-bok (1961)
Original title: 촌놈 오복이
Kind-hearted country bumkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.
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Kim Seung-hoChoi Oh Bok
Um Aing-ranChoi Sook-hee (Daughter)
Moon Jeong-suk
Choi Mu-ryongPark Jae-seok
Kim Seok-hun
Kim Hee-kapHappjugiKoo Bong-seo
Choi Nam-hyunPark Soon-young
Hwang Jeong-sun
Lee YongOld man Kwon
No Jae-shinYoon Bu-in (Jae-suk's mother)
Jeong Ae-ranGrandmotherMovie DNA
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Kind-hearted country bumkin O-bok leads a simple life working as a long-time farmhand for the rich landlord Soon-young. When Soon-young discovers that his son Jae-seok has fallen for local girl Soon-yi, he protests the relationship and arranges for Soon-yi to be wed to O-bok instead. Despite the initial heartbreak, Soon-yi grows fond of O-bok over time and they have a daughter together named Sook-hee. However, when Jae-seok returns into Soon-yi’s life, she cannot resist his charms and runs away with him, leaving Jae-seok to raise Sook-hee on his own. Years later, Sook-hee is now a grown woman working in the city and in close contact with her father. However, a series of coincidences threaten to forcibly reunite O-bok and Sook-hee with Jae-seok and Soon-young in the most dramatic way possible.