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Now Available on Netflix.<\/h3>\n

Family Comedy. In Store.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Synopsis<\/h3>\n

Kim\u2019s Convenience<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is the funny, heartfelt story of The Kims, a Korean-Canadian family who\u00a0run a convenience store in downtown Toronto. The series centres around Mr. and Mrs. Kim\u00a0(\u2018Appa\u2019 and \u2018Umma\u2019), who immigrated to Toronto in the \u201980s to set up shop near Regent Park,\u00a0and their two grown kids, Jung and Janet. Based on the Soulpepper production of Ins Choi\u2019s award-winning hit play, the world of\u00a0<\/b>Kim\u2019s Convenience\u00a0<\/em>is real, colourful\u00a0and urban \u2013 a diverse landscape of people and places \u2013 with the Kim family at its core, as they\u00a0find humour in their everyday lives running the store. The series premiered on CBC October 11th, 2016.<\/p>\n

Produced by Ivan Fecan and co-created by Ins Choi and Kevin White, the series stars Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Shoot The Messenger, Degrassi: The Next Generation<\/em>) as Appa, Jean Yoon (Orphan\u00a0Black, The Expanse<\/em>) as Umma, Simu Liu (Blood and Water, Taken<\/em>) as Jung, Andrea Bang (Camp\u00a0Death III: The Final Summer<\/em>) as Janet, Andrew Phung (Adventures of a Pizza Guy<\/em>) as Kimchee,\u00a0and Nicole Power (Anne of Green Gables<\/em>) as Shannon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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