West 32nd | |
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Hangul | 웨스트 32번가 |
Revised Romanization | Weseuteu 32beonga |
McCune–Reischauer | Wesŭt‘ŭ 32bŏnga |
Directed by | Michael Kang |
Written by | Michael Kang Edmund Lee |
Produced by | Teddy Zee |
Starring | John Cho Jun-seong Kim, Grace Park |
Cinematography | Simon Coull |
Edited by | David Leonard |
Music by | Nathan Larson |
Distributed by | CJ Entertainment |
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Running time | 86 minutes |
Countries | United States South Korea |
Languages | English Korean |
Budget | USD 2.5 million |
West 32nd is a 2007 film directed by Michael Kang and starring John Cho, Jun-seong Kim, Grace Park, Jane Kim and Jeong Jun-ho. The plot concerns John Kim (John Cho), an ambitious young lawyer in New York, who takes on a pro-bono case involving a fourteen-year-old Korean boy accused of murder. Upon investigating the case, he meets Mike Juhn (Jun Sung Kim), a street level Mobster from Flushing. The two quickly realize the benefits of working together. A well-written and designed screenplay, shows the differences and similarities between the two worlds.