One of the most highly anticipated series of 2022 is “Pachinko.” What’s that and why you ask? Well, it’s a new series about generational trauma from writer and executive producer Soo Hugh (“The Terror,” “The Killing”), who created the series and serves as showrunner. Plus, it involves filmmakers Kogonada (“Columbus,” “After Yang”) and Justin Chon (“Blue Bayou”), who are executive producers and directed four episodes each, with Kogonada directing the pilot.
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Based on the New York Times bestseller, “Pachinko” is a sweeping saga that chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations. Starring Academy Award-winner Yuh-Jung Youn (who won Best Supporting Actress for “Minari” in 2021), Lee Minho, Jin Ha, and Minha Kim, “Pachinko” premieres March 25, on Apple TV+.
The series also stars Soji Arai as Mozasu, Jin Ha as Solomon, Inji Jeong as Yangjin, Minha Kim as teenage Sunja, Lee Minho as Hansu, Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Steve Sanghyun Noh as Isak, Anna Sawai as Naomi, Junwoo Han as Yoseb, Jung Eun-chae as Young Kyunghee, Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Yu-na Jeon as young Sunja, and Academy Award-winning actress Yuh-Jung Youn as older Sunja.
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.
Here’s the official synopsis:
Based on the best-selling novel of the same name, “Pachinko” explores Japan’s colonization of Korea and the often-missed reality of the generational trauma that lingers. Complex yet epic in scope, and nuanced and intimate in tone, it begins with a forbidden love that crescendos into a sweeping saga journeying between Korea, Japan, and America, to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph, and reckoning. Min-ho is at the forefront of the story, playing Koh Hansu, a fish broker with ties to the yakuza, organized crime in Japan.
“Pachinko” premieres March 25, on Apple TV+. Watch the first trailer below.
