‘Gook’ Review: This Look at L.A. Riots Is ‘Hardass Yet Hypnotically Beautiful’ Justin Chon's spellbinding second feature examines bigotry through the eyes of two Korean brothers in L.A.'s ...

But unlike past and upcoming films about the Los Angeles riots, Gook takes place not in South Central L.A. but in Paramount (where, in real life, the shoe store owned by Chon’s father was looted ...

The provocatively-titled Gook, written and directed by Justin Chon, boasts a solid, socially-minded premise: set at the beginning of the L.A. riots in the spring of 1992, two Korean-American brothers ...

With “Gook,” Chon offers instead a passionate and affecting allegory of Korean-black relations, as well as a heartrending family saga full of sly humor and the weight of responsibility. At the ...

Behind the scenes during the shooting of "Gook," a film by Justin Chon about the Korean-American experience during the 1992 LA riots. Birthday Soup Films / Birthday Soup Films ...

Lee Dong Gook isn’t a regular dad; he’s a cool dad. On the December 9 episode of KBS 2TV’s “The Return of Superman,” Lee Dong Gook tried to learn the newest slang words with the help of ...

‘Gook’ is a Korean word for country and Mi-gook means America, but it actually means ‘beautiful country.’ Why is that word used against us? I talk about it very thoroughly in the film.” ...

Justin Chon knows that the title of his new film, “Gook,” doesn’t roll off the tongue easily. The word’s loaded history as an ugly slur is painfully well known to Koreans, particularly ...