Sorrow Even Up in Heaven | |||||||||||||
Director: | Kim Soo-yong[1] | ||||||||||||
Producer: | Shin Sang-ok | ||||||||||||
Starring: | Shin Young-kyun | ||||||||||||
Music: | Jeong Yoon-joo | ||||||||||||
Cinematography: | Chun Jo-myuong | ||||||||||||
Editing: | Yu Jae-won | ||||||||||||
Distributor: | Shin Films Co., Ltd. | ||||||||||||
Country: | South Korea | ||||||||||||
Language: | Korean | ||||||||||||
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Sorrow Even Up in Heaven aka Sorrow in the Heavens is a 1965 South Korean film directed by Kim Soo-yong. It was awarded Best Film at the Blue Dragon Film Awards ceremony. Actor Kim Yong-yeon was given a special award for his performance in the film at the Grand Bell Awards ceremony.[2] [3]
This family melodrama tells the story of Lee Yun-bok, a fourth-grader in a poor family. Unable to tolerate his father's gambling and cruelty, his mother leaves home. Yun-bok helps support the family by shining shoes, and keeps a journal. When his journal is made public in school, Yun-bok's father repents of his bad behavior, and his mother returns home.[4]