Pachinko Trailer Previews Apple TV+’s Multi-Generational Epic Drama

February 24, 2022

Apple TV+ has dropped the official Pachinko trailer for the forthcoming family drama series, based on Min Jin Lee’s best-selling acclaimed novel. The video features Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung’s leading character Sunja as it highlights different stages of her life told across four generations. It teases the heartbreaking moments and sacrifices that she must endure in order to carry out her family’s legacy.

The international drama will be available for streaming on Friday, March 25 with the first three episodes. Its debut will then be followed by new weekly installments each Friday during its eight-episode season through April 29, 2022.

Set to be told in three languages Korean, Japanese, and English, the series adaptation is written and created by showrunner Soo Hugh (The Terror). It chronicles the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family.

“Epic in scope and intimate in tone, the story begins 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,” reads the synopsis. “Filled with universal themes of family, fate and resilience, the series centers around a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive. Starting in South Korea in the early 1900s, the story is told through the eyes of a remarkable matriarch, Sunja, who triumphs against all odds. It juxtaposes her story with that of her grandson, Solomon, in the 1980s.”

Pachinko features an international ensemble consisting of Soji Arai as Mozasu, Jin Ha as Solomon, Inji Jeong as Yangjin, Minha Kim as teenage Sunja, Lee Minho as Hansu, Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Steve Sanghyun Noh as Isak, Anna Sawai as Naomi, Junwoo Han as Yoseb, Jung Eun-chae as Young Kyunghee, Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Yu-na Jeon as young Sunja, and Academy Award-winning actress Youn Yuh Jung as older Sunja.

Pachinko is executive produced by Soo Hugh; Michael Ellenberg, Dani Gorin, Lindsey Springer executive produce for Media Res; Theresa Kang-Lowe for Blue Marble Pictures; Media Res’ Dani Gorin; Kogonada and Justin Chon, who have each directed four episodes; Richard Middleton, David Kim and Sebastian Lee.