
Samjin Company English Class(2020)
In mid '90s, 3 female high school-grad office workers take up English classes together to get promotions and they team up to uncover corruption within their company.


“They only met once but it changed their lives forever.”
In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.

Justin Chon
Sid Park

Jessika Van
Grace Park

Cha In-pyo
Mr. Kim

Teo Yoo
Klaus Kim
Esteban Ahn
Sergio Kim

David Lee McInnis
Sergeant Gallagher

Mina Fujii
Mayumi

Kim In-woo
Mr. Shigemitsu

Rosalina Lee
Kris Schultz

Albert Kong
Mike Song
Seoul Searching is a drama, comedy film released in 2015 exploring themes of seoul, south korea. Directed by Benson Lee, it stars Justin Chon, Jessika Van, Cha In-pyo. In the 1980s a group of foreign-born Korean teenagers who meet at a Seoul summer camp to learn what it means to be Korean. The three boys, from the U.S., Mexico, and Germany, then meet three girls who rock their world.
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