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The Hanji Box ()


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A recently divorced woman is downsizing. Her adopted Korean daughter is helping her pack. When a treasured Korean cultural item is broken, the woman travels to New York's Koreatown to see if she can get it fixed. An adventure awaits her.

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Suzanne C. Dudley ...
Hannah
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Rose
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Jung Tae Hee (as Daniel Park)
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Lily
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Jim Choi
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Kenny
Felice Choi ...
Spa Attendant, Masseuse
Daniel Sangyoon Kim ...
Business Student
Jun Kim ...
Mr. Haruto
Nancy Kim ...
Janet
Suhyon Kim ...
MNr. Haruto's friend
Seung Eun Lee ...
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Ravi
Brian Song ...
Art Student
Julian Song ...
Gallery Assistant, Michael
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Mrs. Han, Gallery Owner
Hannah Yun ...
Sunny

Directed by

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Nora Jacobson

Written by

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Nora Jacobson ... (writer)

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Jane Applegate ... consulting producer
Eric Chatterjee ... line producer
Suzanne Dudley ... co-producer
Antoinette Jacobson ... co-producer
Nora Jacobson ... producer
Emma Schlenoff ... assistant producer (as Emma Mullen) / associate producer (as Emma Mullen)
E.W. Stetson ... executive producer

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Tyler Gibbons

Cinematography by

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Andrew Reichsman
Ben Silberfarb

Editing by

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Nora Jacobson

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Jamie Dickinson ... colorist
Charles Geoghegan ... trailer editor

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Antoinette Jacobson
Suhyon Kim

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Antoinette Jacobson
Suhyon Kim

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Susan Sorenson ... makeup supervisor

Production Management

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Emma Schlenoff ... production manager (as Emma Mullen)

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Eric Chatterjee ... first assistant director

Art Department

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Antoinette Jacobson ... props
Suhyon Kim ... set dresser

Sound Department

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Rikk Desgres ... sound mixer
Tyler Gibbons ... sound

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Kate Cone ... second assistant camera
Nora Jacobson ... additional photography
J.P. Pacca ... assistant camera
Andrew Reichsman ... gaffer

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Yunjung Lee ... costume supervisor

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Shi-woo Lee ... composer: theme music

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Chris Martin ... driver
Mike Schlenoff ... driver

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Mark R. Lindsay ... film representative (as Mark Lindsay)
Otto Porrazzo ... insurance broker

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Plot Summary

Hannah, a recently divorced art historian, has decided to downsize. She is selling the house in the country that she has lived in for 18 years. Her daughter Rose-adopted from Korea many years ago-- is helping her pack up the house. But Rose, to her mother's dismay, resists cleaning out her own room, despite the fact that she left the house and moved in with her boyfriend 6 months ago. The tension between mother and daughter escalates until finally, an item of great importance to both of them gets broken: Rose's Hanji box-made from traditional Korean paper-- that Hannah and her husband had bought for Rose years ago in Koreatown. Or did they? Rose claims to have brought it with her from Korea-a gift from her biological birth mother. Determined to prove Rose wrong, and to fix the box, Hannah takes the train to Koreatown to find the store where she bought the box. By mistake, she stumbles into an art gallery, where preparations are being made for an exhibition of evocative and mysterious paintings. She meets the painter, and he invites her to return that evening for the opening of the exhibit. So begins a journey of cultural discovery, aesthetic exploration, interpersonal connections and adoption-her own. Written by Nora Jacobson

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  • 60 min
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