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Directed by Seok Rae-myeong Written by Cho Heun-pa Music by Choi Chang-kwon Story by Cho Heun-pa Film series Yalkae Series | 6.4/10 IMDb Produced by Choi Cun-ji Screenplay by Yoon Sam-yook Director Seok Rae-Myeong Music director Choi Chang-Kwon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Starring Lee Seung-hyeon
Kim Jeong-hun
Hah Myung-joong Initial release 29 January 1977 (South Korea) Cast Lee Seung‑Hyun, Ju‑hie Kang, Jin Yu‑Yeong, Jeong Yun‑hui, Kim Jeong‑Hun Similar A Love, Seopyeonje, Village in the Mist, Whale Hunting, Does the Cuckoo Sing at Ni | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Yalkae, a Joker in High School (Hangul: 고교얄개; RR: Gogyo-yalgae) is a 1977 South Korean comedy film starring Lee Seung-hyeon, Kim Jeong-hun and Hah Myung-joong, and directed by Seok Rae-myeong. Based on Cho Heun-pa's bestselling novel A Legend of Urchins (Yalgaejeon), it is the original movie that spawned the wildly popular Yalkae series in the 1970s and succeeded in drawing an audience of 250,000 during its impressive theatrical run.
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Plot
Na Du-su (Lee Seung-hyeon), nicknamed "Yalkae" (meaning "cheeky, cocky person"), is a 2nd grade high school student and a troublemaker. Together with Yong-ho (Jin Woo-young), they play pranks on their friends and teachers and neglect their studies, thereby earning a notorious reputation as "problem" students.
One day, Du-su goes to his teacher Baek Sang-do's (Hah Myung-joong) boarding house for tuition and falls for In-suk (Kang Ju-hee), daughter of the grocery store owner from whom Mr. Baek rents a room. When a classmate Ho-cheol (Kim Jeong-hun) tells on him to Mr. Baek, he decides to retaliate.
During class, he notices Ho-cheol is sleeping and paints his glasses red and yells, "Fire!". Ho-cheol wakes up and seeing "red" everywhere causes a commotion in panic and broke his glasses. When approach by Ho-cheol, Du-su refuses to compensate him. Suspicious when Ho-cheol fails to show up at school, Du-su goes to his house and learns that Ho-cheol fell and injured his leg while making his milk deliveries without his glasses.
Feeling remorse, Du-su takes on the milk deliveries in secret and even takes notes in class for Ho-cheol, and learns the joy of studying. While continuing to run the milk deliveries, he gets into a car accident and hurts his arm. Du-su's good deeds come to light because of the accident, winning him the approbation of his family and his teachers.
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Sequels and spinoffs
Yalkae, a Joker in High School spawned numerous sequels and spinoffs in the early 1980s, including Wild Scoundrels of College (Daehakyalgae) (1982) and The Scoundrel Rookie (Sinipsawon yal-gae) (1983).
Korean film stamps
In 2009, Korea Post issues Yalkae, a Joker in High School as part of the third series of Korean film stamps, which also includes The Road to Sampo, Never Ever Forget Me and Chilsu and Mansu.