Gook | |
---|---|
Directed by | Justin Chon |
Written by | Justin Chon |
Produced by | Alex Chi James J. Yi |
Starring | Justin Chon Simone Baker David So Sang Chon Curtiss Cook Jr. Ben Munoz |
Cinematography | Ante Cheng |
Edited by | Reynolds Barney Rooth Tang |
Music by | Roger Suen |
Production companies | Datari Turner Productions Birthday Soup Films Fishbowl Studios Foxtrout Studios Tunnel Post |
Distributed by | Samuel Goldwyn Films |
Release dates |
|
Running time | 94 minutes[1] |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Box office | $250,130[2] |
Gook is a 2017 American drama film written and directed by Justin Chon. It tells the story of two Korean-American brothers running their father's shoe store, and their unlikely friendship with a neighborhood 11-year-old black girl, during the first day of the 1992 Los Angeles riots. The film stars Justin Chon, Simone Baker, David So, Sang Chon (Justin Chon's father), Curtiss Cook Jr. and Ben Munoz. The film was released on August 18, 2017, by Samuel Goldwyn Films.