[Drama 2022] Pachinko, 파친코 - Lee Min Ho, Youn Yuh Jung, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, Minha Kim, Soji Arai, Kaho Minami - Streaming on Apple TV+ | Season 1 & 2

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Pachinko Chapters 1-6 Australian Classification Board Deliberation Content
Looking at the content of deliberation,it seems that some impact content is included (Ep5 S* x Scene) It was moderate impact grade.
Of the contents deliberated,5 episodes seems to be the highest

 

the deliberarion for chapter 1~3 (content deliberation) of #Pachinko has completed
• chapter 1: 54mins 40secs
• chapter 2: 52mins 25secs
• chapter 3: 56mins 15secs
with leading role Soji Arai, Jin Ha, and Inji Jeong as the leading roles in each chapters

 

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Pachinko cast profile updated on 

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Top 5 K-Dramas To Have On Your Watchlist This March 2022

 

With the new year, has come new K-Dramas and so far, 2022 seems to be a very promising year! March of 2022 will definitely be an exciting month for K-Drama fans who have been waiting for their favourite stars to return to the small screen. If you've been looking for a comprehensive list of dramas that should be on your watchlist for March, you're in the right place!

 

Here are our top 5 K-Dramas that we definitely recommend for March of 2022!

 

Note: This watchlist includes dramas airing on Korean national television as well as Netflix, Disney+, and Apple+ original series.

 

"Pachinko"

 

 

Cast: Youn YuhJung, Jeon YuNa, Jin Ha, Lee MinHo, Kim MinHa

Summary: "Pachinko" follows a Korean immigrant family and their hopes, dreams, and aspirations across generations as they seek to survive in an unfamiliar environment in the middle of the Japanese occupation of Korea and the Second World War.

 

Reasons to Watch: "Pachinko" is a revolutionary piece of work that charts the history of the Korean people through the story of four generations of a Korean family. The drama was life-changing for the artists who worked on it and if you're a fan of Korean art, culture, and entertainment, it is imperative that you watch "Pachinko".

 

https://www.kpopmap.com/top-5-kdramas-to-have-on-your-watchlist-this-march-2022/

 

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Top movie stars heat up clash of global streaming titans

 

SEOUL – Global streaming service Netflix, which launched in South Korea in 2015, has been enjoying the first-mover’s advantage, with its megahit “Kingdom” series, which debuted in 2019, among its successes.

 

Returning to a drama series after nearly four years since 2019’s “Never Twice,” Youn, who won an Oscar in 2021 for playing “not a real grandma” in Lee Isaac Chung’s “Minari,” plays the role of an ethnic Korean in Japan in Apple TV+’s “Pachinko.” Based on a novel of the same title by Korean American author Min Jin Lee, the series depicts the struggles and discrimination faced by four generations of “Zainichi,” as ethnic Koreans in Japan are called.

 

The first three episodes will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on March 25. Each subsequent episode of the eight-part series releases weekly on Friday.

The series will be told in three languages — English, Japanese and Korean.

 

https://asianews.network/top-movie-stars-heat-up-clash-of-global-streaming-titans/

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The first trailer of Pachinko, the new series of Apple tv+ with Lee Minho and Youn Yuh Jung in the cast, should be released tomorrow

 

 

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Release time of Pachinko trailer in different time zones

 

 

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Pachinko — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

 

 

It's finally here!

 

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Apple TV+ releases trailer for the highly anticipated series “Pachinko,” starring Academy Award winner Youn Yuh Jung and multi-hyphenate sensation Lee Minho, ahead of its March 25 global premiere

 

 

“Pachinko” premieres globally March 25, 2022 on Apple TV+.

 

Today Apple TV+ unveiled the trailer for “Pachinko,” its highly anticipated, sweeping drama series told across three languages – Korean, Japanese, and English. Epic in scope and intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning. The series will premiere globally on Apple TV+ on March 25, 2022 with the first three episodes followed by new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 29, 2022. The series is based on the acclaimed New York Times bestselling novel by the same name and is created by Soo Hugh.

 

Apple TV+ today debuted the trailer for “Pachinko.”

Filled with universal themes of family, love, triumph, fate and resilience, the series chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive. Starting in South Korea in the early 1900s, the story is told through the eyes of a remarkable matriarch, Sunja, who triumphs against all odds. It juxtaposes her story with that of her grandson, Solomon, in the 1980s.

 

“Pachinko” is written and executive produced by Soo Hugh (“The Terror,” “The Killing”), who created the series and serves as showrunner. Kogonada and Justin Chon are executive producers and directed four episodes each, with Kogonada directing the pilot. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer executive produce for Media Res; Theresa Kang-Lowe executive produces for Blue Marble Pictures; and Richard Middleton also executive produces. Media Res’ Dani Gorin co-executive produces along with David Kim and Sebastian Lee.

 

The series stars Academy Award-winning actress Youn Yuh Jung as older Sunja; Lee Minho as Hansu; Jin Ha as Solomon; Minha Kim as teenage Sunja; Anna Sawai as Naomi; Jung Eun-chae as young Kyunghee; Inji Jeong as Yangjin; Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews; Junwoo Han as Yoseb; Kaho Minami as Etsuko; Steve Sanghyun Noh as Isak; Soji Arai as Mozasu; and, Yu-na Jeon as young Sunja.

 

https://www.apple.com/tv-pr/news/2022/02/apple-tv-releases-trailer-for-the-highly-anticipated-series-pachinko-starring-academy-award-winner-youn-yuh-jung-and-multi-hyphenate-sensation-lee-minho-ahead-of-its-march-25-global-premiere/

 

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'Pachinko': Watch the Gripping Trailer for Apple TV Plus' Ambitious Adaptation

 

 

The first trailer for Apple TV+'s ambitious adaptation, Pachinko, is here.

 

Based on the 2017 best-selling novel by Min Jin Lee, the eight-episode, multilingual series launches Friday, March 25 with the first three episodes, while subsequent episodes drop weekly. Told in Korean, Japanese and English, the drama is told in two timelines -- beginning in South Korea in the early 1900s, where the tale begins with matriarch Sunja, who triumphs against all odds, and that of the 1980s, which centers around her grandson, Solomon.

 

Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung (Minari) plays older Sunja and leads the ensemble cast, which includes Lee Min-ho as Hansu, Jin Ha as Solomon, Minha Kim as teenage Sunja, ANna Sawai as Naomi, Eunchae Jung as young Kyunghee, Inji Jeong as Yangjin, Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Junwoo Han as Yoseb, Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Steve Sanghyun Noh as Isak, Soji Arai as Mozasu and Yu-na Jeon as young Sunja. The series is written and executive produced by creator Soo Hugh.

 

The two-minute trailer sets the tone for the gripping, expansive generations-spanning drama, which promises to bring to life Lee's captivating novel. The series chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.

 

Pachinko premieres Friday, March 25 with the first three episodes. Subsequent episodes will drop weekly.

 

https://www.etonline.com/pachinko-watch-the-gripping-trailer-for-apple-tv-plus-ambitious-adaptation-179769

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‘Pachinko’ Trailer: Youn Yuh-Jung, Minha Kim & Lee Min-ho Embody Min Jin Lee’s Multigenerational Drama

 

Apple TV+ has unveiled the first footage of its upcoming drama Pachinko, based on the multigenerational novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee.

 

Set to premiere on March 25, Pachinko is written and executive produced by Soo Hugh (The Terror), who also serves as showrunner and created the vision for the series. The upcoming drama chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. Epic in scope, intimate in tone, the story begins with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning. The series will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese and English.

 

In the trailer, fans get glimpses at the novel’s protagonist Sunja portrayed both by Youn Yuh-Jung and Minha Kim. The clip also teases Lee Min-ho’s Koh Hansu and Jin Ha’s Solomon.

The series also features Soji Ara, Inji Jeong, Kaho Minami, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Junwoo Han, Eun Chae Jung, Jimmi Simpson and Yu-na Jeon.

 

Pachinko will premiere with three episodes, followed by new weekly installments every Friday through April 29, 2022.

 

Kogonada and Justin Chon are executive producers and directed four episodes each, with Kogonada directing the pilot. Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer executive produce for Media Res; Theresa Kang-Lowe executive produces for Blue Marble Pictures; and Media Res’ Dani Gorin co-executive produces, along with Richard Middleton, David Kim and Sebastian Lee.

 

https://deadline.com/video/pachinko-trailer-lee-minho-youn-yuh-jung-apple-tv-series/

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Pachinko Promises an Epic Tale, and a History-Making Show

 

Based on the beloved novel, Apple’s new drama series starring an international Asian cast hopes to be embraced as a global show.

 

 

In about one month, the project that Soo Hugh has been working on for the past four years will finally make its way into the world. So it’s a bit surprising that when Vanity Fair asks her about the release of her highly anticipated Pachinko drama series, the showrunner describes her general feeling as “bittersweet.”

 

“You would think I would be bursting with joy at this point, because it’s been four years, right?” she tells Vanity Fair. “But, when you’ve been holding something for that long, in some ways it’s almost like a child—am I ready to let this child go to college and live on its own and cook for itself?”

 

Hugh, whose previous work includes AMC’s The Terror and ABC’s The Whispers, has a deep emotional connection to Apple TV+’s big-budget adaption of Min Jin Lee’s sweeping 2017 best-selling novel, which debuts its first full trailer today.

 

As the trailer and the exclusive images debuting here at Vanity Fair show, it’s an epic and visually stunning tale following several generations of a Korean family, beginning with a young woman, Sunja, living in early 1900s Korea. Sunja becomes pregnant, but then discovers her lover is already married, so she chooses to marry another man and travel with him to Japan, all in hopes of creating a better life for her child.

 

“The book is amazing in terms of not only telling a character story, but also situating it within a historical context that doesn’t make it feel like you’re reading a textbook,” says Hugh of the story, which begins during the Japanese occupation of Korea. Those political tensions that affected the everyday life of Korean citizens play a key role in the story.

 

Though the series captures a specific setting and community, the multigeneration story line explores deep themes such as identity, acceptance, and responsibilities to one’s family and future generations. Hugh says one of the references for the show was another family saga, The Godfather. “The spotlight that I’m interested in is the question of survival, but at what cost?” she says. “When you are someone who grows up with no safety net, your choices and the ramifications of those choices are so different than those who do have that safety net. It tests all of our characters’ moral fortitude—yes, you can live, but how far are you willing to go?”

 

When Hugh first read the novel, she wasn’t quite sure how it could be adapted for television, because the story has such a large scope, set across multiple continents and time periods. “I didn’t want to do a Korean Masterpiece Theatre,” says Hugh. “I love Masterpiece Theatre, but I didn’t want it to feel like we were watching a period drama of a time and place that no one is familiar with. And so it wasn’t until I was like, Wait a minute. What if it wasn’t a period show all the way through?”

 

So she and the writers decided to go back and forth between Sunja’s story and that of her grandson Solomon, who is working for an investment bank in Tokyo. “Sunja’s coming-of-age story line should, pace-wise, feel like lightning. But with Solomon’s story line, it’s over one year, with a deliberate pacing. So there’s not only tension between the story lines, but between past and present—this notion of one generation of burden and sacrifice for another. Even within the structure of the filmmaking, it feels as if the two were clashing at times.”

 

The show, produced by Media Res and Blue Marble Pictures, features recent Minari Oscar–winner Youn Yuh-jung as the older version of Sunja, and newcomer Minha Kim as the younger version, both of whom deliver emotionally deep work. Devs and Love Life star Jin Ha plays Solomon and the ensemble cast also includes well-known Korean actor Lee Minho and F9 actor Anna Sawai.

 

 

It took six to seven months to cast the main actors, with a worldwide search. Hugh and her team had an additional challenge when casting the project because she says auditions are not a standard practice in Korea, and she was asking all her actors to audition for their roles. “It’s not because I don’t think the actors are talented—they’re brilliant actors. But to me, the success of a show is chemistry.”

 

The toughest role to cast was that of the teenage Sunja. “With Sunja, who’s the heroine of our show, we’ve met so many amazing actresses, saw hundreds of tapes, but we didn’t have her.” But after seeing Kim on tape, Hugh had her come in to audition. “She just has an authenticity—and I don’t mean ‘authenticity’ like she looks like she’s from the 1930s—but there is innately in her this just timeless quality.”

 

With an eye toward telling this story authentically, Hugh also brought in two Korean American directors, Kogonada, who helmed 2017’s Columbus and the new film After Yang, and Justin Chon, who directed Gook and Blue Bayou. “They’re very, very different filmmakers, and that’s what was so exciting to me,” she says. “Now the question is, were they specifically spotlighted because they were Korean? And the answer is yes and no. Meaning, it’s not that I believe that only Koreans can tell the story, but I think, if you’re Korean you’d understand the heart of the stories differently than a non-Korean.”

 

Hugh, who is Korean American, reveals that there was going to be a third director, Iranian American filmmaker Ramin Bahrani, who helmed The White Tiger, but she says the pandemic got in the way. “Ramin is not Korean, and he was going to direct a few episodes, and he’s an immigrant,” she says. “And so, I thought that that was also a really important lens for this.”

 

When the eight-episode first season debuts in March, Pachinko could break through one of the remaining barriers in the American TV space as a show told mostly in a foreign language and starring an almost all Asian cast (of the 637 cast members, 95% are Asian). Hugh says it was a requirement from day one that all the characters would be speaking in their native language, and there was never a conversation about having the characters speak English to make it more accessible for viewers. And while we’ve seen progress in the acceptance and honoring of international films (best-picture-winner Parasite) over the past few years, there has yet to be a foreign-language TV series that’s been nominated in the drama-series category at the Emmys, though Netflix’s Squid Game also could be a likely contender this year. “It’s not the easiest show. Not just because of the language component or the period aspect, but it’s a very deliberate show in a sense that we sort of have to wait a few episodes to get the whole full circle of a story,” says Hugh. “Will that work? Will an audience accept it? Are we going to be marginalized to foreign content or can we really be embraced as a global show?”

 

Hugh, who adds that the plan is for the series to run for four seasons, feels the responsibility of shepherding a barrier-breaking show and what it could mean if it fails after its debut, not just for the future of this series, but for the fact that it means other shows like this one could lose out on the opportunity to be made. “I wish I could say that it was just a question for Pachinko to bear, but just because we are on the vanguard of this, I feel a lot of responsibility, of not wanting to be the show that sunk it all for a while.”

For Hugh and the team behind Pachinko, the wait is nearly over.

 

Pachinko premieres March 25 on Apple TV+ with the first three episodes, followed by new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 29. This feature is part of Awards Insider’s exclusive spring TV coverage, featuring first looks and in-depth interviews with some of this coming season’s biggest contenders.

 

https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/awards-insider-pachinko-first-look-trailer-photos

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Apple TV+ drops preview of their upcoming original series Pachinko, starring YounYuhJung LeeMinHo JinHa AnnaSawai. Tells story of a Korean immigrants family, the series confirmed to premiere on 25 March

 

 

 

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The long wait is down to only one month!

 

 

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Apple TV Plus' Pachinko trailer looks heartbreaking and gorgeous

 

The generation-spanning drama is adapted from Min Jin Lee's bestselling novel

 

You know how it is: You’re listlessly scanning the streaming services, looking for something that triggers anything other than “Bleh” in your brain as you scroll through an infinite library of content. Then a thought pops into your head: “Hey!” you think, “What about a sweeping dramatic vision of multiple generations of 20th Century Korean and Japanese history, told through the perspective of a single complicated family with complex chains of inter-twining lives?”

 

You’re in luck, very specific hypothetical person: Apple TV+ has just debuted a new trailer for Pachinko, its new TV series based on the critically acclaimed novel by Min Jin Lee. Like the book, the series follows the life of Sunja (played, at various points in her life, by Youn Yuh-Jung, Kim Min-Ha, and Jeon Yu-Na), as she grows from a young woman struggling with poverty and familial expectations in Korea, eventually becoming the matriarch of her own wide-faring family.

 

Along the way, their lives interact with the modernization of both Korea and Japan, the rising influence of organized crime families, religious persecution, and the lingering after-effects of World War II.

 

The series was created by The Terror’s Soo Hugh, with filmmaker Kogonada and director Justin Chon handling directing duties on four of the show’s eight installments apiece.

 

The trailer for Pachinko cuts aggressively across the various areas and locales covered by the best-selling novel, telling a multi-generational story that tracks Sunja and her kids as they slowly rise in the world; the book itself was far more linear, telling each generation of the family’s story in order. (It’s not clear yet if the show proper will adopt a similar structure.) In addition to Youn, the series also stars Lee Min-Ho, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, and Soji Arai as parts of Sunja’s extended family.

 

Pachinko is set to begin airing on Apple TV+ on March 25.

 

https://www.avclub.com/apple-tv-plus-pachinko-trailer-looks-heartbreaking-and-1848586067

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5 hours ago, syntyche said:

Pachinko — Official Trailer | Apple TV+

 

It's finally here!

 

 

Whoa, what can i say?

The trailer is sooooo captivating !

Thank you @syntyche  - finally !       

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Good to see you @Min2206! Indeed, it's captivating! Looking forward to their take on this epic saga

 

 

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Watch: Lee Min Ho, Youn Yuh Jung, Kim Min Ha, And More Experience The Highs And Lows Of Life In New “Pachinko” Trailer

 

 

A new trailer for the upcoming drama “Pachinko” has been released!

 

“Pachinko,” which features a large number of world-renowned actors, is a global project produced in English, Korean, and Japanese. Starting on March 25, an episode will be released on Apple TV+ every Friday until April 29 for a total of eight episodes. The show is based on Min Jin Lee’s best-selling book of the same name.

 

The story starts with a tale of forbidden love and depicts a chronicle of war and peace, love and separation, and victory and judgement across Korea, Japan, and the United States. The cast includes Lee Min Ho playing the role of Hansu, Kim Min Ha as the role of Sunja in her teens, Youn Yuh Jung as the role of Sunja when she is older, Soji Arai as Mozasu, Jin Ha as Solomon, Jung In Ji as Yangjin, Minami Kaho as Etsuko, Noh Sang Hyun as Isak, Anna Sawai as Naomi, Han Jun Woo as Yoseb, Jung Eun Chae as Kyunghee, Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Jeon Yoo Na as the role of Sunja when she is a child, and more.

 

The beginning of the trailer shows Sunja’s birth, childhood, life as a teenager, and current life as an old woman. The difference in her lifestyles from when she was young to when she is older is illustrated through shots of her carrying a basket on her head and cooking with a gamasot (traditional cauldron) as a child to her older self opening a modern rice cooker.

 

Brief clips of the people Sunja encounters throughout her life flash by. Another scene depicts Sunja as an elderly woman sitting next to another bedridden woman. The old lady in the voiceover asks, “Have you ever thought about what your life would be like if you chose differently?” as the screen shows Hansu encountering Sunja as a teenager. The trailer shows the many experiences and hardships the characters go through as they live their lives. Parallels between the past and the present are drawn as the characters experience the euphoric highs and the devastating lows of life.

 

The first episode of “Pachinko” will air on March 25 via Apple+ TV.

 

https://www.soompi.com/article/1514486wpp/watch-lee-min-ho-youn-yuh-jung-kim-min-ha-and-more-experience-the-highs-and-lows-of-life-in-new-pachinko-trailer

 

 

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That trailer looks explosive ~ full of emotions of the past and the future, meeting there. 

Really like the look of LMH, too. Minha Kim reminds me a little of Shin Hye Sun.

 

I guess it's time to reread Pachinko  now!

 

 

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1 hour ago, agenth said:

That trailer looks explosive ~ full of emotions of the past and the future, meeting there. 

Really like the look of LMH, too. Minha Kim reminds me a little of Shin Hye Sun.

 

I guess it's time to reread Pachinko  now!

 

 

 

hi @agenth. Yep, that's one explosive trailer. I'm actually curious on how they will mesh the stories of the different generations in one season. Enjoy your reread!

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Pachinko Trailer Shows Beloved Novel Adaptation As Epic Family Saga

 

AppleTV+ unveils a trailer for the series adaptation of Pachinko, starring Academy Award winner Youn Yuh-jung and K-drama star Lee Min-ho.

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The somber, but beautiful fictional story of Pachinko encompasses the immigrant experience of Koreans in wartime Japan. The level of cinematography and chemistry presented in the trailer perfectly captures the themes of the epic tale of Lee’s historical novel, featuring different parallels throughout Sunja’s life, from scenes of the rice cooker to cutting the cabbage of kimchi apart. Last year, the streaming service launched in South Korea with its first original K-drama series, Dr. Brain, based on the sci-fi thriller webtoon.

 

Over the years, many Korean films and series have captured hearts and attention worldwide, from Academy-winning Parasite to Minari to Netflix's recent worldwide hit Squid Game. With the stellar casting and stunning cinematography, the highly anticipated adaptation has led many fans excited for its arrival on the streaming platform. For now, Pachinko arrives on March 25, exclusively on AppleTV+.

 

https://screenrant.com/pachinko-trailer-appletvplus-show-video/

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Pachinko Trailer: 5 Moments From Lee Min-Ho, Youn Yuh-jung and Minha Kim's AppleTV+ Series That Impressed Us

 

Pachinko trailer was released today. The series stars Lee Min-ho, Minha-Kim, Youn Yuh-jung and Jin Ha in key roles and will stream on Apple TV+ from March 25. We watched the trailer and we have five moments to discuss with you

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The parallels of two time

 

Minha-kim and Youn Yuh-jung plays the same character in two different time periods and the trailer found common threads to introduce both to the audience. That's clearly is a masterstroke. Within seconds you know who this series will be about. The parallels are drawn so beautifully you will realise nothing has changed for Sunja even when her world world has been upended.

 

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A new face

 

It's really refreshing to see the young Sunja being played by a newcomer Minha-kim. Before this, she was seen in Main Street, a Korean short film in 2020. This adds a lot of freshness to the cast as the character will not get weighed down by the actor's previous work. Speaking about casting Kim in the role of young Sunja, show write Soo Hugh describes, “She just has an authenticity—and I don’t mean ‘authenticity’ like she looks like she’s from the 1930s—but there is innately in her this just timeless quality.” So we aren't the only one, you see!

 

Lee Min-ho comeback

He returns with Pachinko and that makes it quite interesting. He makes a suave entry in the trailer in that white suit. 

 

The setting

Being a big budget period drama, Pachinko has all the makings of being a great visual spectacle. From depicting the war-torn Korea of the 1900 to the quiet chaos of the present day, the trailer gives you several glimpses of some amazing set pieces.

 

 

 

Spoiler

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The messaging

We often sit and ponder what would our life be if we had done a few things differently. The trailer of Pachinko treads a similar path of choice. How a single choice can make and break a human is narrated through the stills. So rather than focusing how grand the series looks, it immediately gets you to piece together the choices the characters make in the series.

 

https://www.latestly.com/entertainment/tv/pachinko-trailer-5-moments-from-lee-min-ho-youn-yuh-jung-and-minha-kims-appletv-series-that-impressed-us-3402559.html

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Pachinko Spoilers: New Trailer Features Lee Min Ho Experiencing Highs and Lows of Life with Others

 

 

Pachinko is just a month away from its premiere, and the first official trailer has been released. The video features Lee Min Ho, Kim Min Ha, Youn Yoh Jung, and others as they experience the highs and lows in their lives. In the mini-series, Lee Min Ho portrays Hansu, Kim Min Ha plays Sunja in her teens, and Youn Yoh Jung is the older version of Sunja onscreen.

 

The promo video follows Sunja from birth to childhood and teenage to her old age. It also shows the various lifestyle changes experienced by her as she grew old. In the early years of her life, Sunja cooked with gamasot, and she used a rice cooker when she grew older.

 

The footage then shows the people Sunja encountered in her life, including Hansu. It also features a conversation between Sunja and another person. The latter asks the former if her decisions affected her life. The trailer then focuses on Hansu as a teenager and features the various challenges in their lives.

 

Pachinko would introduce a South Korean family living in a fishing village called Yeongdo. It would gradually focus on the relationship between a man and a woman -- Hansu and Sunja. They face several challenges as they move forward in life. Hansu met Sunja for the first time when he was young. The viewers will get to know their love story through the mini-series.

 

Apart from Lee Min Ho, Kim Min Ha, and Youn Yoh Jung, the drama will also feature Soji Arai as Mozasu, Jin Ha as Solomon, Jung In Ji as Yangjin, Minami Kaho as Etsuko, Noh Sang Hyun as Isak, Anna Sawai as Naomi, Han Jun Woo as Yoseb, Jung Eun Chae as Kyunghee, Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, and Jeon Yoo Na as the younger version of Sunja.

The drama will premiere on Apple TV+ Friday, March 25, and a new episode will be released every week until April 29. It will have eight episodes. It is produced in three languages -- English, Japanese, and Korean.

 

https://www.ibtimes.sg/pachinko-spoilers-new-trailer-features-lee-min-ho-experiencing-highs-lows-life-others-63018

 

 

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Pachinko Trailer OUT: Lee Min Ho, Youn Yuh Jung & more confront generational struggle and despairing survival

The floodgates to the story of multiple lifetimes coming to the screens have been thrusted open as the first trailer for ‘Pachinko’ meets the anticipating fans. A sharp peep diffuses the many characters introduced through the series that is sure to leave a mark. Carrying the legacy of a New York Times best seller by Min Jin Lee, ‘Pachinko’ releases soon.

 

The first impression of 'Pachinko' gives way to a story that unfolds over 4 generations that have been riddled with the desperate times of Korean nationals in the 20th century. War, racism, poverty and more challenges in their way, a migrant family experiences the unyielding side of Korean nationals living in Japan.

 

A promising cast in place, Lee Min Ho, Youn Yuh Jung, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, Kim Min Ha and more bring the birth of an all giving girl- Sunja who takes it upon herself to find a better life and thrives to survive after leaving her homeland for a starkly new country. She ponders if the life she has lived so far and the experiences that have shaped her as a human could have been absolutely different, had she made some tough decisions earlier.

 

Watch the gripping trailer below.

 

 

‘Pachinko’ will be produced in Korean, Japanese, and English, releasing on March 25 with its first three episodes on AppleTV+ followed by weekly episodes on every Friday.

 

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Opinion: Take a break from doom-scrolling with these streaming picks for March 2022

 

Emmy season is upon us and streaming services are launching their biggest shows, from ‘Bridgerton’ to ‘Pachinko’ to ‘Halo’

 

Good news: March’s streaming lineup offers a welcome respite from grim war news and doom-scrolling.

That’s because it’s the start of Emmy season, with streaming services launching their best and brightest shows, from a new season of Netflix’s romantic megahit “Bridgerton” to Apple’s sweeping family drama “Pachinko” to Paramount’s escapist shoot-’em-up “Halo.”

 

Here’s a look at what’s coming to the various streaming services in March 2022, and what’s really worth the monthly subscription fee.

 

Apple TV+ ($4.99 a month)

Not content to already have one of the year’s best new series (“Severance”), Apple AAPL

is rolling out one of the year’s most anticipated new series (and another sure Emmy contender) in March.

That would be “Pachinko” (March 25), an epic and intimate drama about a Korean family who immigrate to Japan at the beginning of the 20th century, with flash forwards to their descendants living in the U.S. in the 1980s. Oscar-winner Yuh-Jung Youn (“Minari”) stars as the family’s matriarch reflecting back on her life, with Minha Kim and Yu-na Jeon playing younger versions of herself. The eight-episode series is based on Korean-American author Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel and will be told in three languages: Korean, Japanese and English. Touching on universal themes of love, family and resilience, “Pachinko” could be one of the TV highlights of the year. American audiences have shown they’re no longer afraid of subtitles, and Apple has high hopes that this will become its first global hit drama.

 

 

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‘Pachinko’: Airdate, where to watch, trailer and all about Lee Minho’s global K-drama

 

'Pachinko' is a multigenerational story of Korean immigrants in Japan 

 

 

With the international success of K-dramas like ‘Squid Game’, ‘Kingdom’, ‘Sweet Home’, and ‘All Of Us Are Dead’, it was just a matter of time before Hollywood entered the K-drama industry. On February 26, Korean movie star Lee Jungjae became the second ‘Squid Game’ actor to sign with Creative Artists Agency, home to Beyonce and Zendaya. And now we get ‘Pachinko’, the first global K-drama produced by Apple TV and starring none other than K-drama favorite Lee Minho.

Based on the 2017 American hit novel of the same name, ‘Pachinko’ is the perfect subject to introduce non-fans to the K-drama world. Having worked on the project for four years, the makers shared that it is not just a period drama but an epic tale of love, angst, betrayal, and political unrest. And ‘Pachinko’ is going all out as they have shot all over the globe, from Japan to South Korea and Canada. It also stars the likes of ‘Minari’s Youn Yuh-jung, Korea's first Oscar-winning actor, ‘The King’ co-stars Lee Minho and Jung Eun-chae, and Anna Sawai of ‘Fast and Furious’ fame.

 

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Pachinko on Apple TV+: Trailer, Cast, Premiere Date, and Everything Else to Know

 

The series is an adaptation of Min Jin Lee's 2017 historical fiction novel of the same name

 

It's not hard to see why Pachinko is one of the most anticipated series of 2022. To start, the Apple TV+ show is based on Min Jin Lee's critically acclaimed novel of the same name, which was a 2017 finalist for the National Book Awards for Fiction. The series also stars powerhouse actors from South Korea: Youn Yuh Jung, the seasoned performer who became the first Korean actress to win an Academy Award for her role in Minari; and Lee Minho, whose performances in dramas like Boys Over Flowers and The Heirs have gained him a large and active global following over the last decade. 

 

Created by Soo Hugh and directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon, Pachinko is set to launch on Apple TV+ in March. The book follows four generations of one family across Korea, Japan, and America, and is set in the 1900s — beginning in the period when Korea was under Japanese rule. It's an epic family saga that explores the themes of identity and racism, and one that sheds light on the experiences of ethnic Koreans living in Japan during the 20th century. 

Here's everything we know so far about the Pachinko series.

 

Trailer

Apple TV+ dropped the trailer for Pachinko on Feb. 23. The clip begins with close-ups of the woman the story centers: Sunja. A shot of young Sunja, played by Yu-na Jeon, transitions to a shot of teenage Sunja, played by Minha Kim. The next shot then focuses on Youn Yuh Jung's older Sunja. This takes place as a voice says, "A child is coming. She will thrive. And through her, a family will endure." The video also includes glimpses of other key characters, including Lee Minho's Koh Hansu, who cross paths with Sunja and different members of her family.

 

Cast

As mentioned above, three different actors will play Sunja: Youn Yuh Jung, Minha Kim, and Yu-na Jeon. Sunja was born in the 1910s in the fishing village of Yeongdo. After her father, a fisherman, passed away from tuberculosis, Sunja has lived with her mother, who runs a boardinghouse. 

Lee Minho plays Koh Hansu, a fish broker traveling from Japan who begins to pursue Sunja. She also crosses paths with Baek Isak (played by Steve Sanghyun Noh), a minister temporarily lodging at the boardinghouse that Sunja's mother operates.

Jin Ha stars as Baek Solomon, the grandson of Sunja. Solomon has lived in America, and works at a British bank. In Min Jin Lee's book, his story takes place in the final portion and is set in the later part of the 20th century until 1989.

 

Premiere date

Pachinko premieres on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 25. 

 

Behind the scenes

Soo Hugh is the creator of the series, as well as its showrunner. Kogonada and Justin Chon each directed four episodes, and Kogonada directed the pilot. 

Author Min Jin Lee was previously reported to be attached to the series as an executive producer, but in an interview with the New Yorker published in February, Lee said she was not executive producing the series and was not discussing it at that time.

 

How to watch

The first three episodes of Pachinko will be available to stream on Apple TV+ on Friday, March 25. The remaining episodes will be released weekly until April 29. 

 

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