Film · 2024

Smoking Tigers

Name: Smoking Tigers
Director: So Young Shelly Yo
Genre: Drama
Released: 2024-08-16
Rating: 5.2

91 min · Directed by So Young Shelly Yo · NR

Drama

5.29
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Set in early-2000s SoCal, Smoking Tigers follows a Korean American girl as she navigates derision and growing tensions while balancing the duality of her low-income family and wealthy, elite high school environment.

Cast

Ji-young Yoo

Hayoung

Jung Jun-ho

Dad

Abin Shim

Mom

Erin Choi

Ara

Erin Yoo

Rose

Phinehas Yoon

Joon Park

Paul Syre

Sam Cho

Teddy Lee

Henry

Sook Hyung Yang

Suki

Chloe Lee

Christine

Cindy Choi

Lisa's Mom

Kim Ellis

Mrs. Moon

Andrew Woo Seob Kim

Hagwon Student

Luke Kim

Lisa's Brother

Gina Roberg

Hagwon Student

Crew

Director: So Young Shelly Yo
Producer: Guo Guo
Writer: So Young Shelly Yo
Casting: Kate Antognini, Charlotte Arnoux
Editor: Mengyao Mia Zhang
Cinematography: Heyjin Jun
Production Design: Yiming Zhao
Art Direction: Yijie Li
Composer: Masayoshi Fujita
Sound: Choi Sung-rok
Costume: Nan Zhou

Details

Studios: Tribeca Film Institute
Countries: United States of America
Languages: English, Korean
Certification: NR
Release: August 16, 2024

Themes

teenage girlsouthern californiawoman directorkorean american

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