Seoul Searching

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.

Cast

Justin Chon

as Sid Park

Jessika Van

as Grace Park

Cha In-pyo

as Mr. Kim

Teo Yoo

as Klaus Kim

Esteban Ahn

as Sergio Kim

David Lee McInnis

as Sergeant Gallagher

Mina Fujii

as Mayumi

Kim In-woo

as Mr. Shigemitsu

Rosalina Lee

as Kris Schultz

Albert Kong

as Mike Song

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