"They only met once but it changed their lives forever."

2015

1h 45m

7.0(76 votes)

Drama

Comedy

Overview

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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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

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

Creative team

Directed by: Benson Lee
Written by: Benson Lee
Produced by: Andrea Chung
Benson Lee

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