Heungbu and Nolbu (1967)

Overview : This film whose main characters are marionettes deals with the old Korean folktale "Heungbu and Nolbu." Greedy elder brother Nolbu kicks his good-natured brother Heungbu out of home and takes all the inheritance from their father. Poor but good man Heungbu one day cures a swallow's broken leg and frees it to fly away. Next year, the swallow comes to Heungbu's and gives him a gourd seed. He plants the seed and split it in fall. A huge amount of gold, silver and gems come out of the gourd, and he becomes rich over a night. Nolbu gets green with envy of him.

Release Date : July 30, 1967

Runtime : 67m

Genre : Animation, Family, History  

Companies : Eunyoung Film

Countries : South Korea

Keywords : stop motion, family, brother brother relationship