Hyperbola of Youth

Feb 12, 1957

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Overview

Myeong-ho (Hwang Hae), a middle school teacher who had grown up in poverty, and Bu-nam (Yang Hun), the first son of the president of a trading company, attend the same university. A doctor suggests that Bu-nam, who is sick due to overeating, and Myeong-ho, who suffers from malnutrition, should switch life styles for two weeks. While living in each other's house, they fall in love with each other's younger sister and get married at a joint wedding ceremony.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Samseong Film

Han Hyeong-mo Production

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Cast

Kim Myeong-ho

Hwang Hae

Kim Jeong-ok

Hak-Ja Ji

Lee Min-ja

Lee Bin-hwa

Lee Bu-nam

Yang Hoon

Myeong-ho's mother

Bok Hye-suk

Bu-nam's father

Ji Bang-yeol

Bu-nam's mother

Go Seon-ae

Fiancé of Min-ja

Seok-cheon Yang

Jigekkun ajeossi (coolie)

Kim Hee-kap

Yun-su Gyeong

Jin-hui Kim

Nurse

Suk-ja Kim

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