p 　　Synopsis br 　　Do-搜刮引擎优化ng Yoo Min is a child monk who lives at a small mountain temple with the head monk Byeon Ki-jong , learning the teachings of Buddha He becomes attached to a young widow Choi Eun-hee who comes to pray at the temple, and the childless widow entreats the head monk to let her raise Do-搜刮引擎优化ng as her own son Conflict ensues when Do-搜刮引擎优化ng 三九 s real mother Kim Seon-young appears, but she leaves the temple for the sake of her son 三九 s future On the day the widow is to take the child down from the mountain, the head monk discovers that Do-搜刮引擎优化ng has killed a bird by ensnaringit in a trap and decides not to let the boy go into the secular world When Do-搜刮引擎优化ng finds out that his real mother has been to the temple, he sets out to find her br 　　Notes br 　　 quot A film that has garnered recognition for its cinematography and direction by eliminating sentimentality and unaffectedly capturing the quiet life of a mountain temple A Hometown in Heart demonstrates the camera technique and directorial skill of movies that appeared after the liberation of Korea quot br 　　A Hometown in Heart, adapted from playwright Ham Se-deok 三九 s A Little Monk Dong-seung , was hailed upon its release as quot a masterpiece that marked a new pinnacle in Korean moviemaking after the liberation quot Eschewing new-school sentimentality to quietly express a boy 三九 s longing for maternal love, the film unfolds the everyday lives of three generationsthe head monk, a young monk, and a little child monkagainst the backdrop of a quiet temple in the mountains The long shots utilized by director of cinematography Han Hyung-mo to capture the beautiful scenery of the mountain temple from a distance received great critical acclaim at the time Also, each of the film 三九 s characters is convincingly portrayed through the skillful direction of Yoon Yong-kyu In particular, the scene which expresses Do-搜刮引擎优化ng 三九 s desperate yearning for a mother 三九 s love and his birth mother 三九 s past visit to the temple by combining them into a dream sequence reveals deep consideration for articulating story and emotion via a compressed visual grammar without tending toward sentimentalism The movie 三九 s final scene, in which Do-搜刮引擎优化ng awakens from his dream and sets off down the path in search of his mother, is both touching and beautiful The film also features Choi Eun-hee, in the part of the young widow who warmly embraces Do-搜刮引擎优化ng with her love, in one of her first roles br 　　Afterword: br 　　- Lee Kang-su, writing under the pseudonym of Kwak Il-byeong, first adapted playwright Ham Se-deok 三九 s A Little Monk Dong-seung into a screenplay, which was then shot for the silver screen with additional embellishments by the director p