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Riceboy Sleeps

In the 1990s, an immigrant single mother raises her teenage son in the Canadian suburbs, determined to provide a better life for him than the one she left behind in South Korea.

20231h 57mNRDrama

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About Riceboy Sleeps

Directors
Anthony Shim
Cast
Choi Seung-yoon, Ethan Hwang, Dohyun Noel Hwang, Anthony Shim, Hunter Dillon, Jerina Son
Genres
Drama
Content rating
NR
Original language
English
Production countries
Canada
Status
Released

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