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6.3/10   59 votes
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Director:
Dong Hyeuk Hwang
Writer:
Dong Hyeuk Hwang (writer)
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Release Date:
6 September 2007 (South Korea) more
Genre:
Drama more
Plot:
A U.S. soldier comes to Korea and tracks down his biological father in jail. | add synopsis
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Awards:
1 win more
User Comments:
A highly emotional Korean movie more (2 total)

Cast

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Daniel Henney ... James
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Seok-Hwan An
Sarah Chang ... Sandra
Jeong-nam Choi
Jeong-won Choi
Jong-ryol Choi

Brian F. Durkin ... Gabe Willis

Ilene Graff ... Nancy Parker
Kyung-yeun Hong
Seok-hyeon Jo
Dong-ha Kim
In-kwon Kim
Kwang-sik Kim
Yeong-cheol Kim ... Nam Chul Hwang
Doil Lee ... Young James
Sarah Mack ... Mrs. Steve Parker
Jae-won Moon
Richard Riehle ... John Parker

Dylan Sprayberry ... Young Steven
Min-Seok Yoo
Won-Seok Yoon

Craig Zimmerman ... Steve Parker
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
My Father (South Korea) (DVD title)
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Runtime:
107 min
Country:
South Korea
Language:
Korean | English
Color:
Color
Certification:
South Korea:15
Filming Locations:
Palmdale, California, USA more
Company:
A Common Thread more

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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
A highly emotional Korean movie, 18 November 2007
8/10
Author: cooldas from United States

*** This comment may contain spoilers ***

"My Father" is a highly emotional story about an adopted Korean-American man, James Parker, who joins the military stationed in Korea in hopes of finding his birth parents. He tries to learn the Korean language, and goes on a TV show trying to look for his birth parents that he knows nothing about. He meets his birth father, who is an inmate awaiting death row, and tries to find out about him and himself. At first their meetings are awkward, because of the language barrier and their cultural differences, but they manage to communicate with each other and James looks forward to meeting with his father. He learns that his birth mother died soon after his birth, and his father was arrested for murder, although it was in self-defense. Unfortunately, the more James learns about his father, the closer he gets to uncovering the truth, which almost ruins their relationship.

Daniel Henney does a great job portraying James Parker, the Korean American searching for his past in a strange and new world of Korea. The rest of the cast is just as good, and you can feel the character's frustration when there is tension between the Korean soldiers and the white American ones, the sadness James feels when he finds out more about his father, etc. Overall, I highly recommend this movie to any Korean, non-Korean, or anyone who just loves a tear jerking movie.

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