Apple TV+ hit ‘Pachinko’ ups the stakes and character count for season two

Sungkyu Kim, Eunchae Jung and Minha Kim star in the second season of “Pachinko,” premiering globally August 23, 2024 on Apple TV+.
Apple TV+ in late July unveiled the trailer for the upcoming second season of “Pachinko,” the award-winning and globally acclaimed sweeping drama series by creator and executive producer Soo Hugh. Hailing from Media Res and told in three languages — Korean, Japanese and English — the eight-episode second season of “Pachinko” will premiere globally on Friday, August 23, with one episode, followed by one episode weekly every Friday through October 11.

Based on the New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, “Pachinko” is a sweeping and deeply moving story of love and survival across four generations, told through the eyes of remarkable matriarch, Sunja. In season two, parallel stories pick up in Osaka in 1945, where Sunja is forced to make dangerous decisions for her family’s survival during World War II, and in Tokyo in 1989, where Solomon explores new, humble beginnings.
The first season received 11 international awards, including a Peabody Award, an American Film Institute Award, a Critics Choice Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award. Season two stars Lee Minho, Yuh-Jung Youn, Minha Kim, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, Eunchae Jung, Soji Arai, Junwoo Han and Sungkyu Kim.
Hanna Rantala for Reuters:
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Critically acclaimed TV series “Pachinko” returns for a second season with a much bigger cast and higher stakes for some of its protagonists, the show’s creators said ahead of the new episodes’ debut this week.
“We always said the heartbeat has to be the same, no matter what, but I think the biggest difference is just how much bigger the world has become for our characters,” writer and executive producer Soo Hugh told Reuters.”We added so many more characters in Season Two because that’s how families grow.”
With World War Two aggravating the already strained circumstances of central character Sunja, who is played by Kim Min-ha, and her family, Sunja gets back in contact with her former lover Hansu (Lee Min-ho), a businessman with criminal connections…
Lee, one of South Korea’s biggest stars, said Hansu, a character “who is always looking forward, never back” also felt different from the first season.
“It felt like taking on a new character,” said the 37-year-old actor. “‘Pachinko’ came to me at a time when I needed new energy and provided me with new perspectives and ideas. It’s very meaningful work for me.”

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