| Rice | |
| Director: | Shin Sang-ok |
| Producer: | Shin Sang-ok |
| Starring: | Shin Young-kyun |
| Music: | Jeong Yoon-joo |
| Cinematography: | Kim Yeong-in |
| Editing: | Yang Seong-ran |
| Runtime: | 124 minutes |
| Country: | South Korea |
| Language: | Korean |
| Budget: | $1,388[1] |
Rice (Korean: 쌀, translit. Ssal) is a 1963 South Korean drama film directed by Shin Sang-ok.[2] [3] The film was selected as the South Korean entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 39th Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee.[4]
The farmers of Muju, Cheonbuk Province, are not only poor, one year they don't even have enough water to irrigate their rice paddies. Despite many attempts to dig a canal to the Geum River, they fail every single time.
Throughout these difficulties, the villagers find the strength to endure, until at last the military coup of 1962 brings in a government that gives them the support they need to escape starvation and ruin.