Synop sis Do-seong (Yoo Min) is a child monk who liv es at a sm all mountain temple with the head monk (Byeon Ki-j ong), learning t he teachings of Budd ha. He becomes attached to a young widow (Choi Eun-h ee) who comes to pra y at the temple, a nd th e chil dles s widow entreats the head monk to let her raise Do- seong as her own son. Conflict ensues when Do-seong 's real mother (Ki m Seon-y oung) appea rs, bu t she leaves the temp le for the sake of h er son's future. O n the day the widow i s to take the chi ld down from the mount ain, the he ad monk discovers th at Do-seong has killed a bir d by ensnari ngit in a trap and decides not to let the boy go into the s ecular world . When Do-seong finds out that his real m other has been to the temple , he set s out to find h er. Notes A film that has ga rnered recognition for its cinem atography and direction by eliminating sentimentality and unaffected ly ca pturing t he qu iet life of a mountain temple. A Homet own in Hea rt d emonstrate s the ca mera technique and directorial skill of movies th at appeared af ter t he liberation of Korea. A Hometown i n Heart, a dapted from playwr ight Ham Se- deok's A Li ttle Monk (Dong-seung), was hailed upon its re lease as a masterpiece that marked a new pinnacle i n Korean moviemakin g after the liber ation. Eschewing new-school sentim entality to q uietly ex press a boy's lon ging for maternal love, the film unfol ds th e ev eryday lives of three gen erat ionsthe head monk, a young monk, and a lit tle child m onkagainst the backdro p of a qu iet temple in the mou ntains. The l ong shots utilize d by director of cinematogra phy Han Hyun g-mo to cap ture the beautifu l scenery of the mount ain temple from a distance re ceived great critical acclaim at the time. Also, each of the film's characters is convincing ly portrayed through the skillful direction of Yoon Yong -kyu. In particular, the scene which expresses Do-seong's desp erate year ning for a mother's love and his birth mother 's past visit to the temple by combini ng th em into a dream sequ ence reveals deep consideration for art iculating st ory and emotion via a compressed visual grammar without tending toward sentimentali sm. The m ovie' s final scen e, in which Do-seong a wakens from his dream and sets off down the path in search of his mother, is both touching and b eautiful. The film al so features Choi Eu n-hee, in the part of th e young wido w who warmly em brace s Do-seong with her love, in one of her fir st roles. Afterword - Lee Kang-su, writing under the pseu donym o f Kwak Il-byeong, first a dapted playwright Ham Se-deok's A Little M onk (Dong-seun g) into a screenplay, which was then sh ot for the silver screen with additional embellishments by the dire
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