Jake Choi — Actor (7)
World's Best (2023) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
World's Best
director: Roshan Sethi actor: Manny Magnus / Punam Patel
other title: 월드 베스트 / ワールド・ベスト
Twelve-year-old mathematics genius Prem discovers his recently deceased father was a famous rapper and immediately sets out to learn more about his father’s life and passions. Empowered by imaginative hip-hop music-fueled fantasies, Prem is determined to find out if hip-hop truly is in his DNA.
Happy Hollowdays (2014) [Movie] Douban
director: Jennivere Song Lee actor: Jennivere Song Lee / Amy Chang
A Korean American family during the holidays. A play on words Happy Hollow (empty) days as opposed to feeling fulfillment (Full of love, success, joy, achievement) as explored through the relationships of the family and the three sisters. The youngest sister Melanie, and her boyfriend Layne are in a codependent relationship. Sanguine and her boyfriend are dreamers, together in a long distance relationship. The oldest sister Phyllis can be described as a modern day feminist who doesn't have time for a relationship yet constantly remembers Josh, her childhood love. The three sisters represent 3 temperaments used in psychology.
Hypebeasts (2013) [Movie] Douban
director: Jess Dela Merced actor: Michael Rosete / Jake Choi
The most coveted new sneaker goes on sale at 8am and sneakerheads across the country are camping out overnight to get them. RONNY, a young Filipino-American and die-hard sneakerhead, has been dreaming of these shoes for months, but his quest to get in line is hindered when a fast food cashier's racist joke offends his sister JUSTINE. Ronny's night takes a turn for the worst when he sees the same cashier in the sneaker line. Racial tensions among the sneakerheads intensify and Ronny's fear of not getting his beloved sneakers is quickly replaced with the fear that he and Justine are in serious danger.
The Learning Curve (2012) [Movie] Douban
The Learning Curve
director: Scott Eriksson actor: Jake Choi / Ina-Alice Kopp
other title: 学习曲线
School teacher Grace Leonard finds her former student Lenny, now 22, at her front door seven years after being in her middle school German class. Lenny's plan is to confront Grace about her sexual aggression towards him as a young teenager so he can forgive and move on with his life, however, his well thought out plan goes horribly wrong when Grace doesn't react as he expects.