该片是由尹龙奎执导的剧情片,于1949年上映，主要.讲述了:Sy.nopsis　　D.o-seong (Yoo Min) .is .a child monk who l.ive.s at a small mountain te.mple with th.e head. monk (Byeon Ki-jong), l.earning the .tea.chi.ngs of Buddh.a. He becomes attached to a. young widow (Choi. Eun-hee) who c.omes to pray at the temple,. and the childl.ess widow. en.treats. the head. monk to let her r.ais.e Do-seong as her .own. son. Conflict ensues wh.en Do-seong'.s real. mother (Kim Seon-young). appears, bu.t s.he .leaves the t.emple for the sake of her s.on's future. On th.e day the widow. is to take the child down .from the mounta.in, the h.ead. monk .discovers. that Do-seong has. ki.lled a bird by ens.nar.ingit in a trap and deci.des not to l.et the. boy go into the secular. world. When. Do.-se.ong finds ou.t that his real mother has .been to the temple., he sets out t.o find her.　　Notes　　A film .that has garner.ed recogn.iti.on for. its cine.matography and dir.ect.ion by eliminating. se.ntimentality and unaffec.tedly captur.ing th.e quiet life of a mounta.in temple. A. Ho.met.own in Heart. demonstrates the camera te.chnique and direct.orial skill of .movies that appeared after .the liberation .of Korea..　　A. Homet.own in He.art, adapted from .pla.ywright Ham Se-deo.k's. A Little Monk (Dong-seu.ng), was hai.led up.on its release as a mast.erpiece that. ma.rke.d a new pinn.acle in Korean moviemaking .after the liberati.on. Eschewing n.ew-school sentimentality to. quietly expres.s a boy's. lo.nging .for mater.nal love, the film. un.folds the everyday. li.ves of three generations.the head mon.k, a y.oung monk, and a little .child monkag.ain.st .the backdrop. of a quiet temple in the m.ountains. The long. shots utilized. by director of cinematogra.phy Han Hyung-m.o to capt.ure. the b.eautiful .scenery of the mou.nta.in temple from a d.ist.ance received great crit.ical acclaim. at th.e time. Also, each of th.e film's cha.rac.ter.s is convinc.ingly portrayed through the. skillful directio.n of Yoon Yong-.kyu. In particular, the sce.ne which expres.ses Do-se.ong.'s des.perate ye.arning for a mothe.r's. love and his birt.h m.other's past visit to th.e temple by .combin.ing them into a dream se.quence revea.ls .dee.p considerat.ion for articulating story .and emotion via a .compressed visu.al grammar without tending .toward sentimen.talism. T.he .movie'.s final s.cene, in which Do-.seo.ng awakens from hi.s d.ream and sets off down t.he path in s.earch .of his mother, is both t.ouching and .bea.uti.ful. The fil.m also features Choi Eun-he.e, in the part of .the young widow. who warmly embraces Do-seo.ng with her lov.e, in one. of. her f.irst role.s.　　Afterword　　- L.ee .Kang-su, writing u.nde.r the pseudonym of Kwak .Il-byeong, f.irst a.dapted playwright Ham Se.-deok's A Li.ttl.e M.onk (Dong-se.ung) into a screenplay, whi.ch was then shot f.or the silver s.creen with additional embel.lishments by th.e directo.r.