Yalkae, a Joker in High School

Yalkae, a Joker in High School (Korean: 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.[1][2]

Yalkae, a Joker in High School
Directed bySeok Rae-myeong
Produced byChoi Cun-ji
Written byCho Heun-pa
Screenplay byYoon Sam-yook
StarringLee Seung-hyeon
Kim Jeong-hun
Hah Myung-joong
Music byChoi Chang-kwon
CinematographyJeong Il-seong
Edited byLee Kyeong-ja
Release date
  • January 29, 1977 (1977-01-29)
Running time
90 minutes
CountrySouth Korea
LanguageKorean

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.[1]

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 approached 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.

Cast
  • Lee Seung-hyeon as Na Du-su
  • Kim Jeong-hun as Ho-cheol
  • Hah Myung-joong as Baek Sang-do
  • Jeong Yun-hui as Na Du-ju
  • Kang Ju-hee as In-suk
  • Jin Woo-young as Yong-ho

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).[1]

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.[3]

References
  1. "Yalkae, A Joker In High School (Gogyo-yalgae) (1976)". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  2. "Yalkae, A Joker In High School". www.koreanfilm.org. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
  3. Paik, Hyun (19 May 2014). "Korean film via stamps -- Yalkae, a Joker in High School". Korea.net. Retrieved 2016-08-31.
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