Product Details

• Directors: Mark Marquisee
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Master Communications, Inc.
• DVD Release Date: February 7, 2006
• Run Time: 30 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000AOEPQG
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #228,934 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

Editorial Reviews

Heejin lives in 600-year-old HaHoe village and is learning the village's ancient mask dance that's performed for visitors all summer long. Join Heejin and her father as they visit the local market and stop at a rice paper factory to buy gift wrapping for her grandmother’s birthday. There we see how paper is hand-made.

Follow 9-year-old Ki tae in Seoul, the capital of Korea, through a busy day in school and at his many after-school activities. Ki tae's mother shops in the neighborhood open market and supermarket. Watch Ki tae's aunt and his mother make a special dinner and follow his father to the factory that he manages.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great video from the producers of *Families of the World*, November 18, 2010

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ESLtutor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Families of Korea (DVD)

My ESL adult students, our family's kids, and I really enjoyed this video about the daily lives of two Korean children. Like almost all the other videos from *Families of the World,* a boy and a girl (one city and one country dweller) are depicted going about their routines. *Families of Korea* highlights some of what is unique about Korean life while showing kids in other countries how much they have in common with Heejin and Kitae. We watched this and were intrigued about what the Korean kids eat (kimchee is a staple at most meals) and with the mask dancing or martial arts training Kitae and Heejin enjoy. One of our neighbor's kids wanted to know more about the wood carving of traditional cultural figures, which he thought was extremely cool, and he now wants to learn how to make sculpture and masks in wood. (This has come up repeatedly since we watched this video---my only caveat on purchasing it!)

I'd recommend checking out the video clips that the distributor posts on YouTube. Search on "Families of Korea (Families of the World) Rural Trailer" and "Urban Trailer." The clips capture the charm and excellent production quality of every entry in this video series, and they show why *Families of Korea* is worth sharing with your students and the kids in your life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great video from the producers of *Families of the World*, November 18, 2010

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ESLtutor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Families of Korea (Families of the World) (DVD)

My ESL adult students, our family's kids, and I really enjoyed this video about the daily lives of two Korean children. Like almost all the other videos from *Families of the World,* a boy and a girl (one city and one country dweller) are depicted going about their routines. *Families of Korea* highlights some of what is unique about Korean life while showing kids in other countries how much they have in common with Heejin and Kitae. We watched this and were intrigued about what the Korean kids eat (kimchee is a staple at most meals) and with the mask dancing or martial arts training Kitae and Heejin enjoy. One of our neighbor's kids wanted to know more about the wood carving of traditional cultural figures, which he thought was extremely cool, and he now wants to learn how to make sculpture and masks in wood. (This has come up repeatedly since we watched this video---my only caveat on purchasing it!)

I'd recommend checking out the video clips that the distributor posts on YouTube. Search on "Families of Korea (Families of the World) Rural Trailer" and "Urban Trailer." The clips capture the charm and excellent production quality of every entry in this video series, and they show why *Families of Korea* is worth sharing with your students and the kids in your life.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Another great video from the producers of *Families of the World*, November 18, 2010

By 

ESLtutor - See all my reviews

This review is from: Families of Korea (Families of the World) [VHS] (VHS Tape)

My ESL adult students, our family's kids, and I really enjoyed this video about the daily lives of two Korean children. Like almost all the other videos from *Families of the World,* a boy and a girl (one city and one country dweller) are depicted going about their routines. *Families of Korea* highlights some of what is unique about Korean life while showing kids in other countries how much they have in common with Heejin and Kitae. We watched this and were intrigued about what the Korean kids eat (kimchee is a staple at most meals) and with the mask dancing or martial arts training Kitae and Heejin enjoy. One of our neighbor's kids wanted to know more about the wood carving of traditional cultural figures, which he thought was extremely cool, and he now wants to learn how to make sculpture and masks in wood. (This has come up repeatedly since we watched this video---my only caveat on purchasing it!)

I'd recommend checking out the video clips that the distributor posts on YouTube. Search on "Families of Korea (Families of the World) Rural Trailer" and "Urban Trailer." The clips capture the charm and excellent production quality of every entry in this video series, and they show why *Families of Korea* is worth sharing with your students and the kids in your life.