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Happiness Does Not Come in Grades
Happiness Does Not Come in Grades
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  2. Happiness Does Not Come in Grades

Happiness Does Not Come in Grades

Original Title: 행복은 성적순이 아니잖아요

1989
1h 43m

Status

Released

Release

1989

Runtime

1h 43m

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Storyline

In a high school second grade classroom, Bonggu (Gyu Seok) and Genija (Choi Soo-hoon), whose grades are low, love each other (Yi Yeon Yeon) and Niho teacher. The hard - luck Changshu helps his mother to clean the liquor, but the Eun - joo, who grew up in a rich environment, screams without understanding him. Eunju is always attracted to the innocence of the pure mind while maintaining good grades and suffering obsession with the grades due to the obsession of the parents. She takes her parents' cold eyes when she is pushed to the seventh place by the next exam. Eunju can not endure it and suicide. In the classroom, a flower is placed on the desk of Eun-joo, and the hearse and the children are tears as the hearse runs the school.

Score Distribution

Details

Status
Released
Runtime
1h 43m
Jul 29, 1989
Languages
Korean
Director
Kang Woo-suk
Kang Woo-suk
Production Countries
South Korea

Top Cast

15 Cast Members

Lee Mi-yeon

Lee Mi-yeon

Lee Eun-joo

Kim Bo-sung

Kim Bo-sung

Kim Bong-koo

Kim Min-jong

Kim Min-jong

Son Chang-soo

Lee Duck-hwa

Lee Duck-hwa

Park Gil-ho

Choi Joo-bong

Choi Joo-bong

Homeroom Teacher

Kim Il-woo

Kim Il-woo

Mr. Jung

Yang Taek-jo

Yang Taek-jo

Lee Jung-suk

Choi Soo-hoon

Ahn Chun-jae

Choi Soo-ji

Choi Soo-ji

Ms. Kang

Jun Woon

Jun Woon

Principal

Jeong Hye-seon

Jeong Hye-seon

Eun-joo's mother

Lee Hae-ryong

Lee Hae-ryong

Eun-joo's father

Hwang Byung-hoon

Kang Moon-do

Kim Ui-sang

Na Chok-sae

Lee Mi-nam

Lee So-young

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