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Resuming in two uncertain timelines, Soo Hugh's meditative drama quietly valorizes the Baek family's resilience

"Pachinko" season 2 sees the acclaimed Apple TV Plus return for its second chapter. Here's everything you need to know about this season.

Fresh off her Oscar win for "Minari," Youn Yuh-jung stars in "Pachinko," Apple TV+'s adaptation of Min Jin Lee's 2017 novel. Youn plays the 1980s version of Sunja, whom the story introduces as a Korean youth in the 1910s, when the country was occupied by Japan. The title could be…

Experiences of zainichi, brought over as labourers, highlights bitter historical legacy between South Korea and Japan that still lingers

Pachinko sees Apple TV+ gamble on a high-budget K-drama told in three languages — but the response so far suggests it's going to pay off.

In Japan, millions of people are addicted to the pinball-like arcade game pachinko. Around the world, millions more may soon find themselves addicted to a soapy, bittersweet television series called Pachinko. Just as pachinko-parlour owners delicately adjust their devices' pins and cups to keep gamblers in the seats, the makers…

Apple TV+'s stunning adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel is a complete triumph that will leave you aching for more

Min Jin Lee’s bestselling novel gets a tantalising adaptation that sweeps back and forth from Korea in 1915 to Japan’s Wall Street era. It’s a rollercoaster ride through time and space

When at its best, which is the case through nearly all its eight-episode first season, "Pachinko" is a lesson in how to do melodrama right. In its acting, production, respect for character over machination (though there is plenty of machination) and for stillness over action (there is some action), in…