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John Cho | ... |
John Kim
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Jun Kim | ... |
Mike Juhn
(as Jun Sung Kim)
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Jun-ho Jeong | ... |
Jin Ho Chun
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Grace Park | ... |
Lila Lee
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Jane Kim | ... |
Suki Kim
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Lanny Joon | ... |
Saeng
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Hans Kim | ... |
Kyuc
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Chil Kong | ... |
Detective Park
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Heejun Han | ... |
Danny
(as Dante Han)
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Haerry Kim | ... |
Mama San
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Joe Forbrich | ... |
Frank Ferenti
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Frank Jang | ... |
Fat Cho
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Elena Chang | ... |
Miyun
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Steve Pak | ... |
Kevin Lee
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Jonathan Roumie | ... |
Lloyd
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"West 32nd" takes the cameras inside New York's gritty Korean underworld. After hustling his way onto a homicide case, attorney John Kim (Cho) finds himself thrust into a sordid world of hard realities and moral compromises after he is taken under the wing of a ruthless Korean gangster who knows no limits. Written by anonymous
I was one of SIX people who got in to see this movie the second night of Tribeca (waited 2 hours!), after unsuccessfully trying to get in the first night. After the ending credits, I was in shock because it was amazing to see an entire cast of "my peeps" up there. And the more I thought about the movie, the more I liked it - all the references to Korean-American life that were so familiar to me; the authenticity; the acting; the plot; the message; and the small bits of humor that were sooo Korean - "cola hana mashile?" I loved how John Cho portrayed the whitewashed Korean-American - so different from the still very Korean character played by Jun Kim. But their similarities were also striking - both were still ruled by their ambitions. The way I just described this movie makes it seem like it's some kind of feel-good, cheesy Korean duh-ra-ma, but it's actually a pretty dark film with an intense feel. I really hope it comes out in wide release because I would really like to watch it again!