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, to audition for a

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Plot

Choon-sub ( Park Yong-woo) is a talent manager from South Korea who flies to America to chase after his client who ran away with another manager. He soon learns that she is with child and would be unable to pursue her career. To avoid returning to Korea and face his boss, he gets a residency permit through a contract marriage with a Korean-American woman. When his wife dies in a car accident, he is left with her 6 children, all of different races, from her previous marriages. He discovers that the eldest daughter, June (

), is a talented singer and dancer. Now in need of money, he convinces her to take part in a reality TV show contest. Because the children need Choon-sub to keep the family together and not be relocated to different homes, June agrees.

Cast

* Park Yong-woo as Choon-sub *

as June *

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as Company president Do *Michael Anthony McMillan as Gordon *

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as Maya *Parker Townsend as Jimmy *Peyton Townsend as Tammy *Angela Azar as Rosie *Yoon Seung-hoon as Yang-moo *Matthew Eldridge *Sharyn Shields as Phoebe, of the Children's Bureau *Jeremiah Hobbs as Phoebe's subordinate *Leland L. Jones as Immigration agent *Albert Lee as Immigration agent *Jae Park Shawl as Mr. Do's subordinate 1 *Yeon Seung-joo as Mr. Do's subordinate 2 *Chase Steven Anderson as Audition coordinator *Justene Alpert as Rosie, 10 years later *Lee Gyu-seop as Waiter 1 *Paul Stafford as Auditioner *Michael Beasley as Coordinator *Holly Britt as Talent judge *Sherrie Billings as Nurse *

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as Soldier #2 *Seo Tae-hwa as Department head Seo ( cameo) *

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as Mi-young (cameo) *

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as Daniel, music producer (cameo) *Park Sang-cheol as himself (cameo) * Jiyul as Mila (cameo) *

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(cameo)

References

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* * * * * *{{hancinema film, Papa_-_Movie, Papa 2012 films South Korean comedy-drama films Films set in Atlanta Films set in Seoul Films shot in Seoul Films shot in Atlanta 2010s South Korean films