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Pachinko

Pachinko

Within us all lies the courage to change our destiny.

20227.92 Seasons16 EpisodesReturning Series

Overview

This sweeping saga 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.

Created by Haruna Lee
Written by Haruna Lee, Karen Chee, Min Jin Lee
Produced by David Kirchner, Mark Murdoch, Melissa Girotti
NetworksApple TV

Top Cast

Youn Yuh-jung

Youn Yuh-jung

Older Sunja

Soji Arai

Soji Arai

Mozasu

Jin Ha

Jin Ha

Solomon

Jung Eun-chae

Jung Eun-chae

Young Kyunghee

Kim Min-ha

Kim Min-ha

Sunja

Jeong In-ji

Jeong In-ji

Yangjin

Kim Sung-kyu

Kim Sung-kyu

Mr. Kim Changho

Lee Min-ho

Lee Min-ho

Hansu

Steve Sanghyun Noh

Steve Sanghyun Noh

Isak

Anna Sawai

Anna Sawai

Naomi

Themes & Keywords

gamblingbased on novel or bookimmigrantfamily historymelancholyosaka, japaneast asian leadnostalgicimmigrant familykorean americanbusan, south koreajapanese occupation of koreazainichikoreanseriousintimateintensefamily chronicle

About Pachinko

Pachinko is a drama series that first aired in 2022 exploring themes of gambling, based on novel or book, immigrant, family history, melancholy, osaka, japan. Created by Haruna Lee, it stars Youn Yuh-jung, Soji Arai, Jin Ha. This sweeping saga 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.

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