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Pachinko is an American drama television series created by Soo Hugh based on the 2017 novel by Min Jin Lee. The series is directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon and stars Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha, and Jin Ha. It premiered on Apple TV+ on March 25, 2022.[2] In April 2022, the series was renewed for a second season.[3]

Pachinko
Genre	Drama
Created by	Soo Hugh
Based on	Pachinko by Min Jin Lee
Directed by	Kogonada Justin Chon
Starring	Soji Arai Jin Ha Jun-woo Han In-ji Jeong Eun-chae Jung Min-ha Kim Lee Min-ho Kaho Minami Steve Sanghyun Noh Anna Sawai Jimmi Simpson Yuh-jung Youn
Music by	Nico Muhly
Opening theme	"Let's Live for Today" by The Grass Roots (English ver.) and Leenalchi (Korean ver.)
Country of origin	United States[1]
Original languages	Korean Japanese English
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producers	Soo Hugh Michael Ellenberg Lindsey Springer Theresa Kang-Lowe Richard Middleton Kogonada Justin Chon
Producers	Brian Sherwin Jordan Murcia Lynne Bespflug
Production locations	Mokpo Busan Seoul Suncheon Andong Sunshine Studio (Nonsan) Hapcheon County New York British Columbia Ontario Quebec
Cinematography	Florian Hoffmeister Ante Cheng
Editors	Simon Brasse Joe Hobeck Erica Freed Marker Susan E. Kim Jacob Craycroft Sabine Hoffman
Running time	47–63 minutes
Production companies	Blue Marble Pictures A Han.Bok Dream Production Media Res
Distributor	Sliding Pins Apple Inc.
Release
Original network	Apple TV+
Picture format	4K (UHD)
Audio format	Dolby Digital 5.1
Original release	March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25) – present

It received critical acclaim, particularly for the performances of the cast (most notably that of Youn Yuh-jung), cinematography, and writing.

Cast

Main

• Youn Yuh-jung as Kim Sunja (whose Japanese name is Bando Nobuko), the main protagonist of Pachinko. She is a Korean woman from Yeongdo-gu, Busan, South Korea, who fights for a better life in a Korea dominated by the Japanese.
  • Kim Min-ha as teenage Sunja
  • Yu-na as childhood Sunja[2]
• Soji Arai as Baek Mozasu (whose Japanese name is Bando Mozasu), a wealthy businessman who owns several pachinko parlors. He is Sunja's second son (the first and only child fathered by Isak) and Noa's half-brother.
  • Carter Jeong and Koren Lee as baby Mozasu
• Jin Ha as Solomon Baek, the son of Baek Mozasu and grandson of Sunja. Educated at English-speaking schools and Yale University, he has always socialized with Americans and Westerners.
  • Yoon Kyung-ho as teenage Solomon[4]
• Han Jun-woo as Baek Yoseb,[5] Isak's second older brother who lives in Osaka, Japan. He is Kyunghee's husband and Sunja's brother-in-law.
• Jeong In-ji as Yangjin,[2] Sunja's mother, runs a boardinghouse in Yeongdo.
• Jung Eun-chae as Kyunghee (whose Japanese name is Bando Kimiko), Yoseb's wife and Sunja's sister-in-law. She quickly becomes a best-friend figure for Sunja after they first meet in Japan.
  • Felice Choi as older Kyunghee
• Lee Min-ho as Koh Hansu, a Zainichi Korean man who lives in Osaka, Japan. Introduced as a merchant and fish broker who regularly visits Busan, South Korea. He is Noa's father.
• Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Hana's mother and Mozasu's girlfriend.
• Steve Sanghyun Noh as Baek Isak, a Protestant minister from Pyongyang, Korea. He marries Sunja despite his oscillating health condition to save her honour by giving her his surname. He is Yoseb's younger brother, Noa's step-father and Mozasu's father.
• Anna Sawai as Naomi, Solomon's co-worker at the Tokyo branch, graduated from Harvard Business School.
• Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews,[2] Solomon's superior at the Tokyo branch.

Recurring

• Louis Ozawa as Mamoru Yoshii, a client of Shiffley's
• Takahiro Inoue as Arimoto, Solomon's co-worker at the Tokyo branch.
• Park Hye-jin as Han Geum-ja
• Yoshio Maki as Katsu Abe, a client of Shiffley's
• Martin Martinez as Angelo, Mozasu's employee
• Ryotaro Sugimoto as Tetsuya, Solomon's classmate at International School.
  • Dakatade Shoumin as teenage Tetsuya
• Mari Yamamoto as Hana, Etsuko's daughter and Solomon's ex-girlfriend.
  • Jung Ye-bin as teenage Hana
• Yoriko Haraguchi as Hansu's Japanese wife
• Hiro Kanagawa as Mr. Goto, Mozasu's friend
• Jeong So-ri as Jiyun, a rich Korean girl[6]
• Yeon Ye-ji as Shin Bokhee, Donghee's older sister, work at Kim's boardinghouse.
  • Kim Young-ok as older Bokhee
• Kim Bo-min as Shin Donghee, Bokhee's younger sister, work at Kim's boardinghouse.
• Kim Dha-sol as Sung Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim's boardinghouse.
• Ku Sung-hwan as Fatso Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim's boardinghouse.
• Park Min-i as Gombo Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim's boardinghouse.

Guest

• Lee Dae-ho as Kim Hoonie, Sunja's father
• Jeon So-hyun as a mudang, a female shaman
• Leo Joo as Song Byung-ho, a fisherman who lived in Kim's boardinghouse[7]
• Lee Ji-hye as a Korean singer[8]
• Hiromitsu Takeda as Totoyama Haruki, Mozasu's best friend
• Rome Kanda as a Japanese doctor
• Jung Woong-in as Koh Jong-yul, Hansu's father[9]
• Takashi Yamaguchi as Ryochi, Koh's employer
• Kerry Knuppe as Mrs. Holmes, Andrew's mother
• Jimmy Bennett as Andrew Holmes, Hansu's tutoring student
• Bob Frazer as Mr. Holmes, Andrew's father, an American businessman
• Dai Hasegawa as Ryochi's son
• Lee Hyun-ri as Kiyo, Jong-yul's girlfriend
• Hideo Kimura as Mr. Shimamura, Yoseb's boss
• Park Jae-jun as Baek Noa, Sunja's first son, Hansu's biological son

Episodes

No.	Title	Directed by	Written by	Original release date [10]	Prod. code
1	"Chapter One"	Kogonada	Soo Hugh	March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)	A0005301001
The narrative begins in 1915 Yeongdo, a small island of the second largest city Busan, in Japanese-occupied Korea with Yangjin, evidently in some anguish, visiting a female shaman's house, where Yangjin recounts that she is married to a kind man with a cleft-lip with whom she has born three sons, none of whom have lived beyond one year, and asks the shaman to "lift the curse" of her childbearing. The narrative jumps to 1989 in New York City, where it follows a young, sharply-dressed Korean-American business man, who we later learn is originally from Japan and is named Solomon, as he attends a performance-review meeting with two of his managers, who inform him that, despite his stellar performance, he has not been selected by executives for a promotion to Vice President, news that prompts Solomon to boldly propose in the meeting that he be sent to Japan in order to close a stalled business deal worth millions of dollars, since he is confident he can cajole a Korean woman who is holding up the deal, in order to secure for himself the promotion and pay raise he covets. Back in 1920s Korea, Yangjin and her husband give birth to Sunja, a daughter, who as a young girl is popular, bright and capable. Sunja's parents—unnamed in the first episode—house male lodgers, at least one of which is a drunken fisherman who, because of anti-Japanese sentiments, is a controversial figure. In 1989, Solomon travels to Japan, where, prior to his business projects, he visits his father's home, where he catches up, seemingly after a long time away, with his grandmother—the elderly Sunja—his father, and a woman who we are meant to infer is his stepmother. In the 1920s, Sunja's father falls ill and dies. Nine years after his death, she is depicted as a regular merchant in a more developed fish market, still popular, bright, and capable, where she locks impassioned eyes with Hansu, a young impeccably-dressed businessman, who evidently has only then become the market's broker.
2	"Chapter Two"	Kogonada	Soo Hugh & Matthew J. McCue	March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)	A0005301002
In 1930s Yeongdo, tensions between Japanese emigrants and Korean natives evidently remain intense, as Sunja's mother, Yangjin, exhorts the teenage girl not to walk unaccompanied, fearing rumors spread among Korean women about targeted assaults upon them by Japanese men. Sunja, bright and capable, dismisses the exhortation, though is accosted shortly afterward on a solitary walk near the market by a group of young Japanese men, who are within moments of raping her before the dapper and commanding market broker apprehends the men and compels their apology to Sunja. In 1989 Tokyo, Solomon attends a wedding reception of the daughter of a prominent Japanese financier with two colleagues from his multinational corporation based in New York City, Shiffley. Solomon begins to immerse himself in the business culture of the Tokyo offices beneath and beside Tom Andrews and Naomi. Contemporaneously, the elderly Sunja nurses her sister-in-law, Kyunghee, as she reminisces about her past. In the 1930s, Sunja and Hansu become closer, as they share details about their dreams, history, and opinions about the world. Eventually, they make love in the woods at the peak of their romance. In 1989 Japan, Solomon's father, the owner of a pachinko arcade, secures a massive loan to expand his operations, while he and his partner take steps to discover the whereabouts of Hana. Solomon's bid to the Korean woman in pursuit of his business deal is refused, and Hana, who we infer is his childhood friend and/or stepsister, erstwhile missing inexplicably, calls him at work and evidently knows more than is imaginable about his personal and professional life.
3	"Chapter Three"	Kogonada	Hansol Jung and Soo Hugh	March 25, 2022 (2022-03-25)	A0005301003
4	"Chapter Four"	Justin Chon	E. J. Koh and Soo Hugh	April 1, 2022 (2022-04-01)	A0005301004
5	"Chapter Five"	Justin Chon	Franklin Jin Rho and Soo Hugh	April 8, 2022 (2022-04-08)	A0005301005
6	"Chapter Six"	Justin Chon	Lauren Yee and Soo Hugh	April 15, 2022 (2022-04-15)	A0005301006
7	"Chapter Seven"	Kogonada	Ethan Kuperberg and Soo Hugh	April 22, 2022 (2022-04-22)	A0005301007
In 1923, a young Hansu lives in Yokohama with his single father Jong-yul, who works as a bookkeeper at an underground boxing ring owned by Ryochi, a yakuza. Hansu earns money tutoring the dim-witted son of the wealthy Holmes family of American industrialists, whose matriarch suggests sending Hansu to Yale alongside their son. Jong-yul is discovered embezzling money from the yakuza, and is about to be executed by Ryochi's men when the city is suddenly struck by an earthquake, which kills Jong-yul and his would-be executioners. In the aftermath of the earthquake, Hansu finds the bodies of the Holmes family, from whom he takes the pocketwatch he later gifts to Sunja, and encounters Ryochi, who helps to hide Hansu from a group of vigilantes attacking Koreans. When he finally encounters his family, Ryochi vows that they will take in Hansu, who still has his "father's debt to pay."
8	"Chapter Eight"	Justin Chon	Mfoniso Udofia and Soo Hugh	April 29, 2022 (2022-04-29)	A0005301008

Production

In August 2018, Apple Inc. obtained the rights to the series, which was given a series order in April 2019.[11] The reports also included that Soo Hugh would act as showrunner, writer, and executive producer for the series. The production company, Media Res, would also produce alongside Hugh. In October 2020, Lee Min-ho, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, Minha Kim, Soji Arai, and Kaho Minami were announced to star, with South Korean filmmaker Kogonada and Justin Chon set to executive producer and direct four episodes each.[12] Soo Hugh said it took six to seven months of worldwide search to cast the main actors and that she had asked all her actors to audition for their roles.[13] Filming was set to commence on October 26, 2020, in South Korea, Japan, and North America.[14] Lee Min-ho said he had finished filming in Busan, South Korea, in December 2020 and that he was preparing to film in Canada.[15] Filming in Vancouver was scheduled to take place between February 6 and April 9, 2021.[16]

The show's opening theme song is "Let's Live for Today" by The Grass Roots. Hugh said she originally thought about selecting "Out of Time" by The Rolling Stones but they were unable to secure the rights to that song. The title sequence was shot several times with different songs until "Let's Live for Today" was added during post-production.[17]

On April 29, 2022, Apple renewed the series for a second season.[3] Filming is scheduled to take place in Toronto from January 9 to March 27, 2023, and in Japan from March 27 to June 16, 2023.[18] Leanne Welham will direct four episodes of the second season.[19]

Release

The series consisting of 8 episodes, produced in three languages, Korean, Japanese, and English premiered on March 25, 2022, on Apple TV+ with 3 episodes. One episode was released every Friday until April 29, 2022.[20][21]

Reception

On Rotten Tomatoes, the series is "certified fresh" and holds an approval rating of 98% based on 57 critic reviews, with an average rating of 9.20/10. The website's critical consensus reads, "Intricate yet intimate, Pachinko is a sweeping epic that captures the arc of history as well as the enduring bonds of family."[22] On Metacritic, it has a score of 87 out of 100 based on 29 critics, indicating "universal acclaim".[23]

Accolades

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2022	AAFCA TV Awards	Best International Production	Pachinko	Won	[24]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Main Title Design		Nominated	[25]
	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Drama		Nominated	[26]
		Outstanding New Program		Nominated
	Hollywood Critics Association TV Awards	Best Streaming Series, Drama		Nominated	[27]
		Best International Series		Nominated
		Best Writing in a Streaming Series, Drama	Soo Hugh (for "Chapter One")	Nominated
	Dorian TV Awards	Best Non-English Language TV Show	Pachinko	Nominated	[28]
	Edinburgh TV Awards	Best International Drama		Won	[29]
	Golden Trailer Awards	Best Foreign Spot for a TV/Streaming Series	Pachinko "Home"	Pending	[30]
		Best Music for a TV/Streaming Series		Pending
	Gold Derby Awards	Best Drama Series	Pachinko	Won	[31]
		Best Drama Actor	Lee Min-ho	Won
		Breakthrough Performer of the Year		Won
		Best Drama Supporting Actress	Yuh-jung Youn	Won
	Humanitas Prize	Drama Teleplay	Soo Hugh (for "Chapter One")	Won	[32]
	LMGI Awards	Outstanding Locations in a Period Television Series	Pachinko	Nominated	[33]
	Clio Music Awards	Bronze Winner	Pachinko "Home"	Won	[34]
	Asia Contents Awards	Rising Star Award	Kim Min-ha	Won	[35]
	Busan International Film Festival with Marie Claire Asia Star Awards	Beyond Cinema Award		Won	[36]
	Rose d'Or Awards	Drama	Pachinko	Pending	[37]
	Gotham Independent Film Awards	Breakthrough Series – Long Form		Pending	[38]
		Outstanding Performance in a New Series	Kim Min-ha	Pending
	Artios Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Casting – Television Pilot and First Season Drama Series	Mary Vernieu, Michelle Wade Byrd, Ko Iwagami, Corinne Clark, Jennifer Page	Pending	[39]

See also

• Korean diaspora
• Koreans in Japan
• Koreans in New York City
• Koreatown, Manhattan (맨해튼 코리아타운)
• Korean journalists in New York City

References

External links

• Official website
• Pachinko at IMDb
• Officially pilot screenplay

На других языках

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- [en] Pachinko (TV series)

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[ru] Патинко (телесериал)

«Патинко»[1] (англ. Pachinko) — американский и южнокорейский драматический телесериал Су Хью, основанный на одноимённом[2] романе Ли Мин Чжин. Его режиссёрами стали Когонада и Джастин Чон. Главные роли исполнили Юн Ёджон, Ли Мин Хо, Ким Мин-ха и Джин Ха. Премьера телесериала состоялась 25 марта 2022 года на платформе Apple TV+.

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