An Upstart
ComedyDrama
★ 6.5/1019611h 54m
Director: Kim Soo-yong
A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...
Runtime
1h 54m
Language
Korean
Released
Jul 13, 1961
Runtime
1h 54m
Language
Korean
Released
Jul 13, 1961
Cast
Ku Bong-seo
Soonjin Maeng
Do Kum-bong
Insook
Jeon Gye-hyeon
Yang Hoon
Chief
Flyboy
Jang In-soo
Nam Mi-ri
Hye-sook
Kim Suk-il
Jeong-ae
Kim Hee-kap
President Kwon
Jeong Deuk-sun
Wife
Kim Ui-hyang
Madame
Lee Yea-chun
Father
Han Eun-jin
Mother
Choi Sam
Wang Deok-jung
Lee Hwang-ja
Go Seon-ae
Mutual mother
Kim Jeong-ok
Baek Geum-nyeo
Middle-aged woman
Park Seong-geun
Park Seong-geun
Youth
Kim Se-ra
Scientist
Park Ok-cho
Beggar
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