It looks like we don't have any synopsis for this title yet. Be the first to contribute. All All. Sign In. A closeted Korean-American teenager takes a job at a Korean spa to help his struggling family, only to discover an underground world of gay sex at the spa that both scares and excites him.
Los Angeles' Korean spas serve as meeting place and bridge between past and future for generations of immigrant families; Spa Night explores one Korean-American family's dreams and realities as each struggles with the overlap of personal desire, disillusionment, and sense of tradition.
Young adult David Cho, an only child of Korean descent, has thus far led a relatively insular life in Los Angeles all in service to the family, his parents Jin and Soyoung Cho. He still lives at home, and without question as an unspoken obligation has worked at the family restaurant, a job which he has done willingly as a good Korean boy respecting the family unit.
The Chos are a traditional Korean family in that they still primarily speak Korean, attend church faithfully together on Sundays, and go together to the Korean spa as a cleansing and health ritual. Their life takes a turn when the restaurant goes bust, it in which they had placed all their proverbial eggs. Jin and Soyoung, as they hustle to find replacement work, decide that they will place what little finances they have for David to attend college to make a better life for himself.
This change in direction will require David to retake his SAT's as he placed little effort into them the first time around in his obligation to the restaurant and the probable belief that he wouldn't require the score for anything, retaking the exam which requires more money for David to take an expensive SAT course.
