Happiness Does Not Come in Grades (1989): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 1989, Happiness Does Not Come in Grades is a notable film directed by Kang Woo-suk, running about 103 minutes.

What it’s about. In a high school second grade classroom, Bonggu (Gyu Seok) and Genija (Choi Soo-hoon), whose grades are low, love each other (Yi Yeon Yeon) and Niho teacher. The hard - luck Changshu helps his mother to clean the liquor, but the Eun - joo, who grew up in a rich environment, screams without understanding him. Eunju is always attracted to the innocence of the pure mind while maintaining good grades and suffering obsession with the grades due to the obsession of the parents. She takes her parents' cold eyes when she is pushed to the seventh place by the next exam. Eunju can not endure it and suicide. In the classroom, a flower is placed on the desk of Eun-joo, and the hearse and the children are tears as the hearse runs the school.

Who’s in it. Happiness Does Not Come in Grades stars Lee Mi-yeon as Lee Eun-joo, Kim Bo-sung as Kim Bong-koo, Kim Min-jong as Son Chang-soo and Lee Duck-hwa as Park Gil-ho, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 6.0/10, Happiness Does Not Come in Grades has drawn a solid, mixed-to-positive response.

Where to watch. Streaming options change often. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Happiness Does Not Come in Grades page.