Directed and written by Justin Chon with Chris Dinh
Starring Jake Choi, Tiffany Chu and Alfredo Tavares
MPAA rating: None, but contains violence, sexual situations, nudity and smoking
Running time: 1 hour and 27 minutes

by Ashley Jane Carrthuers

“They’re all brought here from other places and planted here. Like us.” 

Caring for a loved one at the end stage of their life can literally take over your own life. In Ms. Purple, the sophomore film from director Justin Chon, we spend some time in the streets of LA’s Koreatown with Kasie, a 23 year-old girl doing her best to get by day to day. Her father is sick and unresponsive and she is left with the heartbreaking burden of caring for him. Right from one of the first scenes, we see a broken family. Mom has left, leaving Dad with two young children to care for - our protagonist Kasie (played compassionately by Tiffany Chu), and her brother Carey (played sensitively by Teddy Lee).