ANOTHER POSSIBLE HIT MOVIE FROM KOREA ABOUT A MAN’S LIFE FROM THE 1950 KOREAN WAR TO THE 1960 VIETNAM WAR TO THE 1980 AND REVEALS A FAMILY STORY AND THE MIRACLE BIRTH OF SOUTH KOREA FROM THE ASHES AFTER THE KOREAN WAR TO THE PRESENT GROWTH OF TODAY AND KEEPING ITS CULTURE HERITAGE IN TACK WITH HONOR AND FAMILY – CALLED ODE TO MY FATHER/ 국제시장

The enthusiasm for a melodrama about a man's sacrifices during modern Korean history is winging its way across the pond to the U.S.
Distributor CJ Entertainment on Wednesday said "Ode to My Father" drew over 6,000 viewers just four days into its Christmas-Day release at the CGV in Los Angeles, which is home to a large Korean community.
Tickets sold out during the weekend, and over 90 percent were sold on weekdays except for the first showing in the morning.
Many moviegoers were people in their 50s and over who are the first-generation immigrants, the company said.
The movie portrays a man's life through historical events spanning more than 50 years including the Korean War in the 1950s, sending troops to the Vietnam War and coal miners and nurses to Germany in the 1960s and nationwide campaign to reunite families separated during the Korean War in the 1980s. It seems to remind older expats of their own past of struggle to survive in a foreign country.

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