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The mighty Korean-Japanese epic is still the jewel in Apple TV+’s crown


The mighty Korean-Japanese epic is still the jewel in Apple TV+’s crown

As befits a story in which war looms like a dark shadow, the mighty Korean-Japanese epic Pachinko (Apple TV+) takes no prisoners when it comes to feeding its audience. Although it’s been nearly two and a half years since we left Sunja (Kim Min-ha) and her extended family shocked by the threat of America’s annihilation, […]

Pachinko Season 2 Review: Kim Min-Ha and Lee Min-Ho’s epic Korean saga of love, loss and survival returns


Pachinko Season 2 Review: Kim Min-Ha and Lee Min-Ho’s epic Korean saga of love, loss and survival returns

Pachinko Season 2 Review: Kim Min-Ha and Lee Min-Ho’s epic Korean saga of love, loss and survival returns About Pachinko Season 2 Created by So, Hughthe Korean drama series Pachinko unfolds just like the novel by Min Jin Lee on which it is based, taking viewers on a heartbreaking but rewarding story of immigrants making […]

Apple TV+ K-Drama Pachinko Season 2 Review: Intimacy amid misery in historical epic


Apple TV+ K-Drama Pachinko Season 2 Review: Intimacy amid misery in historical epic

It is a story of prejudice, hardship and self-sacrifice, spiced with moments of incredible intimacy, spanning the Japanese occupation of Korea, World War II, the Korean War and the economic boom of the 1980s. After the overwhelmingly positive response to the first season, the second season has now been released, again based on Lee’s novel […]

Apple TV+ K-Drama Pachinko Season 2 Review: Intimacy amid misery in historical epic


Apple TV+ K-Drama Pachinko Season 2 Review: Intimacy amid misery in historical epic

It is a story of prejudice, hardship and self-sacrifice, spiced with moments of incredible intimacy, spanning the Japanese occupation of Korea, World War II, the Korean War and the economic boom of the 1980s. After the overwhelmingly positive response to the first season, the second season has now been released, again based on Lee’s novel […]