Synopsis　　D];o-seong (Y@oo Min) is a child mo`n
k who lives^! at a sm+all mountain tem^:ple with? the head m+
o;]n! [k (By!$eon Ki-j.ong), learning th-*e te*achi#*ngs

o?f :Buddha. He become$
s/? at[/tached to a$ young widow (Choi Eun-]:hee) who %(comes to pra=*y .=at$.? th;e templ`@#e;(, an,(d the childless widow entreats$; the /head m\(onk %
to let h]er raise Do-seon=\(g as her own son. Co#[_nfli )(c[t ensues when ]Do-s!
eo[^ng\='s real mot:her (Kim Seon-you#))ng+,:) appears(, ]=$but she leaves _[t^#(h e..\[ .]/
tem)+ ple for the sake of he!@r son's fu :ture.$ On _the da @,y !_the .[widow is t-o take the ch.i$ld_) d/ own`% fro=#=m t\\he mou-ntain, ,the hea)*d monk discovers that Do-s.:eong.-:, has ki;\lle(+]`d a[-) =]/bir d by ensnaringit i?;?n a trap and dec.?_ides not t ?o ; l?et the b+,\oy go into the ,:secular /? worl@+)d_. When D*%:o-se#ong finds!; out that his ^!\real mother \ h$as been to the$ 
+temple, [he[: se %*]ts out to find her.;　
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Notes　$　A f _;i#lm^ t^hat has\ garn#ered rec-!o gnitio/,n for it]s ci);nemato
!;graphy a=nd dir-ec@.[ti)
on#*
 `-by elimin,[ating se.ntiment$ality and unaffe`ctedl,:= y  capturing th.e qu
iet life of a mou-ntain te,$ [
m#*ple. A Homet/ow\n i
]\n Heart de#mon$strates the camera techniqu_]e and directorial skill of movies]  tha ,*t = appear? ?^ed -@after the liber[-(ation ` . of Korea.　　;A Hometow;!n in Heart`
,# adapted from playwrig_ht Ham Se-deok's A Little_ Monk (; Dong-s%e.un;g), was hailed up?-
on i/ts -release as a=@ mast!=erpi# +`ece tha[/t marked a new pin@nacle i _n Ko!rean moviemaking after the liberation. Esc+h*ew` ing new-schoo -l sen$timen::=tality t:_o= quietly e]xpress a boy'= s  ,longing for maternal love, th \e %%fi;lm unfolds the everyday liv(\es @o f thre  e gener* ationsthe head monk, a you )ng$* monk, a_;*nd a .$@ little chil]@@d mo**nkagains^ t the backdrop of a q_==uiet -#temple%- i=-$ n ! th:e mount!_ains. The long sh
o[* ts util/ized by direct
or, of. ?$ ,ci*+nematog+$raphy Han Hy ung-mo to,_ captu. re the bea !utiful .-(scenery of t+he mountain t^_emp`!le from a di+)stance r:$**eceived g`reat criti+,^cal acclaim# \at th #,e time. *^Al)so, each of t he film's chara
`*)cters is convincingly portray+?)ed \/thro%ugh the? skillful dir;@ection of+? \Y^oon Y`,on ?g-k!^yu. In ].parti -c`ula(r, t;_he scen*e w@#;hich ex/presses Do-seong' .s despe\*rate 
`yearnin)-*=g for a mother's love and h!(is-= birth mother+*'s past visit :); to the temple by combining them into\% a dream s: equence revea(;l+s deep conside.,`ratio)n for articu(;];lating sto/ry and .%em$^o
tion v,,:^ia a compress,ed .visual ]+g,\r @.:amm]ar w]itho:u t tending tow/ar#%%d se.?ntimentalism@. . T?he movie ._'s f*;(inal ^$sc_ene, in which Do-seong) #awak@_e=ns from his dream and ,.sets of
(f down t;! he path% i]`n \ searc /`]h of  $ hi s mother\!, is#  both to*uching and beautifu?)l:. The# ,film also features) Choi Eun-@he;e, in th  e par -t o] f the young #w%%!id!!ow - w.=.ho warmly embraces Do-seong w
ith h+) er (lo%ve, in \!one of her first roles.　　Afterword　　- Lee Kang-su(., writing under the ps !!eudony:,m of Kwak Il\-b ?yeong, )+
fir)[st adapted pl?aywright Ha@ ,$!m=// S%e-d[.eo,\%k's A L\ ittl@e Monk (:`Dong-s *? eung-
+) into-$/ a scr$#eenpl^a?;_y$, w/!hich wa/s *then shot,
f or the si$lver sc+#re( ^.
en with additional embel:,* lishmen^?ts by the directo@+ r.