Parasite (2019)

You’re invited to a Hallyu! movie night at the Asian Art Museum. Experience the Hallyu! exhibition and then join fellow members upstairs in Samsung Hall for a private screening of Bong Joon Ho’s award-winning film “Parasite” (2019).

Nexus, Jade Circle, Patron, and Friend members receive priority, advanced access to attend this special event. Contact Member Services at [email protected] or call 415-581-3740 for details on membership benefits.

Movie snacks and beverages will be provided by Asian Box. Fueling up beforehand? Pick up a delicious Hallyu! menu item downstairs at Asian Box, including Korean fried chicken and kimchi fried rice.

Doors to Samsung Hall will open at 5:45 PM. Screening begins at 6:30 PM.

Meet the Park Family — the picture of aspirational wealth — and the Kim Family: rich in street smarts but not much else. Be it chance or fate, these two houses are brought together and the Kims sense a golden opportunity. Masterminded by college-aged Ki-woo, the Kim children expediently install themselves as tutor and art therapist to the Parks. Soon, a symbiotic relationship forms between the two families. The Kims provide “indispensable” luxury services while the Parks obliviously bankroll their entire household. When a parasitic interloper threatens the Kims’ newfound comfort, a savage, underhanded battle for dominance breaks out, threatening to destroy the fragile ecosystem between the Kims and the Parks. By turns darkly hilarious and heart-wrenching, “Parasite” showcases a modern master at the top of his game.

Accolades for “Parasite” Include:

• 2019 Winner Palme d’Or
• Academy Award – Best Picture
• Academy Award – Best Achievement in Directing, Bong Joon Ho
• Academy Award – Best Original Screenplay, Bong Joon Ho & Han Jin-won
• Academy Award – Best International Feature Film
• Baeksang Arts Award Grand Prize – Film
• Baeksang Arts Award – Best New Actor

K-pop, K-drama, K-cinema, K-fashion, and K-beauty

Step into the spectacular world of Korean dramas, music, film, TV, fashion, and beauty — from Netflix hits like “Squid Game” and the Academy Award-winning “Parasite” to chart-topping K-pop idols and influential designers — and discover how South Korea reinvented itself as a 21st-century pop culture phenomenon. Created by the V&A and touring the world, Hallyu! The Korean Wave includes nearly 200 objects and artworks that illustrate the limitless flow of creativity powering the world’s biggest, fastest-growing contemporary cultural wave from Asia.