Movies from and about Korean adoptees

Movies from and about Korean adoptees. The links are going to IMDb. Between brackets the grade.

• A blind river (5.3)
• A brand new life (8.2)
• Adopted (8.6)
• Going home
• In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee
• Made in Korea: A One Way Ticket Seoul-Amsterdam? (7.1)
• My father (6.4)
• Resilience
• Suzanne Brink’s Arirang (4.8)
• Take off (6.9)
• Tie a yellow ribbon (5.5)

See also: Books and Films about Adoption

Update 30 April 2012: French-Belgian adoptee and artist Jung will release the animated movie based on the comic Approved for Adoption (Couleur de peau: Miel - Skincolor: Honey) in June. Watch a trailer here.

Update  12 April 2012: Director Deann Borshay Liem of "In the Matter of Cha Jung Hee" made another film, "First Person Plural" (2000).

Update 26 February 2012: Finding Seoul is a movie by John Sanvidge.

Update 30 June 2011: Smile, Dong Hae! was the most watched dramaserie in the first half of 2011. The serie is about an adoptee mother who goes to Korea with her son to find their family. Smile, Dong Hae! (웃어라 동해야), 150 episodes, had a market share of 40%. 

Update 1 May 2011: Tammy Chu of Resilience also directed the documentary Searching for Go-hyang (1998).

Update 30 December 2010: Below a few Korean movies and a TV series with the theme adoption.

• Lady Vengeance (7.7)
  
• One Fine Day - TV-serie
  
• Please Teach Me English (6.5)
  

Update 6 december 2010: A German movie: Nicht Fisch, nicht Fleisch (7.1).

Continue reading:
AdopKo film Resilience
Adopted - de film
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