West 32nd: Korean Gangs of New York

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Michael Kang, the Korean-American Humanitas Award-winning director of The Motel, along with executive producer Jamin O'Brien and actor Jun Kim (Kim Jun-Sung) and Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) will discuss their new film, West 32nd at The Korea Society. West 32nd will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival this Saturday, April 28th. Moderated by William Phuan, program associate at Asian Cinevision, the conversation will include personal, behind-the-scenes production stories, career advice for Asian American film talent and information on the prospects for marketing Asian American films internationally.

Grace Park (left). John Cho and Jun Kim, enjoying the subtle pleasures of the “room salon” world.

Here is the blurb:

“West 32nd stars John Cho (Harold & Kumar Go to White Castle) as an ambitious young lawyer who takes on a pro bono case to exonerate a 14 year-old boy from a first-degree murder charge. The case takes him into a seamy underworld he never knew existed, right in the heart of midtown Manhattan. West 32nd also stars Grace Park (Battlestar Galactica) and marks Korean actor Jun Kim’s first American film role. Based on co-writer Edmund Lee’s coverage of Korean organized crime in New York for The Village Voice, West 32nd is the eagerly awaited follow-up to Kang's debut film The Motel.”