Smoking Tigers

Aug 16, 2024

1h 31m

★ 5.0

Overview

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.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Tribeca Film Institute

Smoking Tigers Trailers

Cast

Hayoung

Ji-young Yoo

Dad

Jung Jun-ho

Mom

Abin Shim

Ara

Erin Choi

Rose

Erin Yoo

Joon Park

Phinehas Yoon

Sam Cho

Paul Syre

Henry

Teddy Lee

Suki

Sook Hyung Yang

Christine

Chloe Lee

Lisa's Mom

Cindy Choi

Mrs. Moon

Kim Ellis

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