Apple dropped the trailer of one of the most anticipated dramas on the year, Pachinko, based on the novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee, a Korean American author. Starring actors from diverse cultures, the story chronicles four generations of a Korean family which has faced adversities every now and then, uprooted multiple times, gave in to the hard realities of life, and made choices that turned their lives in the most unanticipated directions.
The trailer gives a peek into the life of Sunja, a Korean girl, from her young to old age. The story revolves around the choices she made and how it affected multiple generations of her family.
The trailer opens into a rural area where a girl is born and said to thrive and carry the family’s legacy on her shoulders. The story narrates how a poor family from Korea migrates to Japan in order to look for opportunities and a better life, however, faces the harsh realities like racism and discrimination on an open basis. The trailer gives shots from past and present simultaneously and gives an idea of suffering in different timelines.
Apple TV+ took to twitter to release the first look images for the series and they are giving subtle ideas of what to expect from the upcoming drama. Take a look:
Here's your first look at #Pachinko, based on the New York Times best-selling novel. Starring Yuh-Jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, and Minha Kim.
Streaming March 25. https://t.co/YIImGpNcex pic.twitter.com/AWsvKJ7lHB
— Apple TV+ (@AppleTVPlus) January 26, 2022
One of the first look images give a hint for the series to be romantic, however, the original novel is more centered on political aspects of the two countries and the racism and stereotypes rooted from it. The novel highlights the deteriorating relationship between Korea and Japan due to Japan’s unconstitutional occupation of Korea, back in World War II era.
Pachinko Cast
The film is a multicultural project that combines people, cultures and languages like Korean, Japanese and English into one. The film has an impeccable set of artists as cast members one of which (Youn Yuh-jung) is an Academy Award winner.
- Youn Yuh-jung as Sunja
- Kim Min-ha as teenage Sunja
- Jeon Yu-na as childhood Sunja
- Lee Min-ho as Koh Hansu
- Jin Ha as Solomon Baek
- Yoon Seo-ho as teenage Solomon
- Anna Sawai as Naomi
- Jung Eun-chae as Kyunghee
- Felice Choi as older Kyunghee
- Soji Arai as Baek Mozasu
- Kaho Minami as Etsuko
- Jeong In-ji as Yangjin
- Steve Sanghyun Noh as Baek Isak
The upcoming drama is being being written by Soo Hugh, who is also serving as an executive producer. Kogonada and Justin Chon are directing four episodes of the series each, along with executive producing the show. For Media Res, Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer are for Blue Marble Pictures, Theresa Kang-Lowe are also serving as executive producers.
Pachinko Release Date
On March 25, 2022, Apple TV+ will release the first three episodes of Pachinko on the streaming platform. After that, new episodes will be released weekly, every Friday, through April 29.