An Upstart

An Upstart

1961•1h 54m•4.0/10

ComedyDrama

Ratings

🎬TMDb

4.0/10(1)

A poor boarder inherits 30 million dollars from an American soldier whose life he saved during the Korean War. The stingy landlady instantly turns into a completely different person, women swarm around him, and charities ask him for donations. Gangsters come forward and try to kill him...

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Production

Shin Films

Language

KO

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ku Bong-seo

Ku Bong-seo

Soonjin Maeng

Do Kum-bong

Do Kum-bong

Insook

Jeon Gye-hyeon

Jeon Gye-hyeon

Yang Hoon

Yang Hoon

Chief

Flyboy

Flyboy

Jang In-soo

Nam Mi-ri

Nam Mi-ri

Hye-sook

Kim Suk-il

Kim Suk-il

Jeong-ae

Kim Hee-kap

Kim Hee-kap

President Kwon

Jeong Deuk-sun

Jeong Deuk-sun

Wife

Ui-hyang Kim

Ui-hyang Kim

Madame

Lee Yea-chun

Lee Yea-chun

Father

Han Eun-jin

Han Eun-jin

Mother

Choi Sam

Choi Sam

Wang Deok-jung

Lee Hwang-ja

Lee Hwang-ja

Go Seon-ae

Go Seon-ae

Mutual mother

Kim Jeong-ok

Kim Jeong-ok

Baek Geum-nyeo

Baek Geum-nyeo

Middle-aged woman

Park Seong-geun

Youth

Kim Se-ra

Kim Se-ra

Scientist

Park Ok-cho

Park Ok-cho

Beggar

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