PACHINKO Trailer Teases A Timeless Generational Tale That Endures
Apple TV+ subs are welcome these days as the platform readies the new upcoming weekly eight-episode period drama, Pachinko, launching the first three epsiodes beginning March 25. Featuring across Korean, Japanese and English language, the show hails from creator Hugh Soo (The Terror, The Killing) and stars Yoon Yuh-jung (Minari), Lee Minho (Gangnam Blues), Jin Ha (Devs), and Kim Minha (After Spring).
Based on The New York Times best-selling acclaimed novel by the same name, Pachinko is described as “epic in scope and intimate in tone,” beginning “with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.” Hugh serves as showrunner with Kogonada and Justin Chon serving as exec producers and directors of 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.
Also starring are Soji Arai, Inji Jeong as Yangjin, Kaho Minami, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Han Junwoo, Jung Eun-chae, Jimmi Simpson, and Jeon Yu-na.
