Pachinko – The New York Best Seller book is now an Apple TV original
Pachinko is a Hit Novel that Min Jin Lee writes. It explores the life of Sunja from her childhood to the twilight of her elderly age. The readers get to see her family from different generations throughout decades—people related to the Immigrant experience through the lens of different generations of a Korean family. The Book became the New York Best Seller of 2017.
Korean Dramas of different genres are the most-watched content of Netflix right now. Apple TV making their Korean dramas is an obvious great move. Bringing a beloved book to life with High calibre actors like Lee Min Ho and Youn Yuh-Jung is a great decision on their part.
Apple TV adopted the hit novel into an eight-episode drama.
Youn Yuh-Jung will be playing the elderly version of Sunja. In contrast, Kim Min-ha will play her younger version. Most of the American audiences saw Youn Yuh-Jung in the American film Minari. Her highly acclaimed performance on that film bagged her best-supporting Actress Award victories from Independent Spirit, Critics Choice movie awards, Dorian,Palm Springs International Film Festival,Bafta, Screen Actors Guild, Golden Globes and The Oscars.
The story began when Sunja got an unwanted pregnancy. Back then, the easiest option for her was to marry the father of her child, but he is already married. Rather than being a burden, she marries a kind minister, and they try to have a new life in Japan. Resilience and determination will help Sunja go through all the obstacles in life.
Pachinko Official Trailer
The Show will begin with the Immigrant experience of Koreans during World War II. This story was divided into three books that focus on different generations of Sunja’s family. Sunja’s decisions and actions will impact the lives of her descendants. All eight episodes of Pachinko will be available this coming March 25 2022.
HomeyLander
February 25, 2022 @ 11:43 am
[COLOR=rgb(65, 168, 95)][SIZE=5]I read this novel before, and I see it as unfilmable because a director has to intersect the past and the present back and forth. I am nervous to watch this because this novel conveys high expectations.[/SIZE][/COLOR]
Master
March 16, 2022 @ 9:46 pm
Quite an interesting series of events and how creative of Apple TV to bring it to life on screen. The 25th is just around the corner so we’ll get to see how it plays out then. I haven’t read the book so this would be my first experience with Sunja’s story.