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Pachinko
Season 1
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Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
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8 Episodes
Chapter One
E1
Chapter One
Episode 1
Chapter Two
E2
Chapter Two
Episode 2
Chapter Three
E3
Chapter Three
Episode 3
Chapter Four
E4
Chapter Four
Episode 4
Chapter Five
E5
Chapter Five
Episode 5
Chapter Six
E6
Chapter Six
Episode 6
Chapter Seven
E7
Chapter Seven
Episode 7
Chapter Eight
E8
Chapter Eight
Episode 8
Cast of Season 1
Youn Yuh-jung
Older Sunja
Soji Arai
Mozasu
Jin Ha
Solomon
Jung Eun-chae
Young Kyunghee
Kim Min-ha
Sunja
Jeong In-ji
Yangjin
Lee Min-ho
Hansu
Steve Sanghyun Noh
Isak
Kaho Minami
Etsuko
Anna Sawai
Naomi
Jimmi Simpson
Tom Andrews
Han Jun-woo
Yoseb
Season 1 Reviews
TIME Magazine
Judy Berman
Justin Chon, as well as a uniformly excellent ensemble cast, beautifully conveys the sweep and spirit of the novel. The only major misstep is a structural choice that undermines Lee's carefully paced storytelling.
NPR
John Powers
Pachinko offers a cornucopian narrative that's at once a multi-generational epic, an immigrant saga, a history lesson, a portrait of cultural bigotry, a high-class soap opera and a celebration of women's capacity to survive even the darkest circumstances.
Slant Magazine
Anzhe Zhang
iPachinkoi is an artfully staged and detailed historical epic that details one familys experiences across generations.
The Atlantic
Shirley Li
To be clear, I am happy to see a series like Pachinko arrive. The show is well intentioned and well made... But if Pachinko returns for a second season, it would do well to be bold in its telling of Sunja's story.
Arizona Republic
Bill Goodykoontz
Several times an episode ended after I thought it had been playing for about 15 minutes. It's rich, deep and wholly engrossing.
Salon.com
Melanie McFarland
This eight-episode season lacks for little, delivering satisfaction on a cellular level entirely on its own. For that same reason, eight episodes is not enough. Every rich moment satisfies, and each will make you ache for more.
New York Magazine/Vulture
Kathryn VanArendonk
I do wish watching Pachinko could last forever.
RogerEbert.com
Nick Allen
An impressive, grandiose work, with one major caveat.
The Daily Beast
Nick Schager
Soo Hugh's eight-part adaptation of Min Jin Lee's acclaimed novel traces the trials of a Korean-immigrant family across generations in the face of Japanese oppression.
Chicago Sun-Times
Richard Roeper
The masterful show spans generations in a story of the forces that shape a family.
The Ringer
Alison Herman
Pachinko proves itself an exceptional entry in the literary-hit-to-prestige-miniseries pipeline. The tears will flow, and every one is earned.
TV Guide
Keith Phipps
Splitting the narrative into two (and later more) time periods makes the story more manageable and, more importantly, it lets the characters and their situations talk to each other across the decades.
San Francisco Chronicle
Bob Strauss
The show finds boundless human complexity and different kinds of love beneath melodramatic cliches.
San Jose Mercury News
Randy Myers
The intricate emotions and situations combined with a vast cast of characters do require an attentive audience, but it's one of the most impressive series yet on any streamer.
Variety
Daniel D'Addario
While showrunner Soo Hugh cannot have had an easy task in finding the series within this sprawling, multigenerational novel, and while she conjures moments of immense power, and of connection, throughout, Pachinko does not, finally, cohere.
Los Angeles Times
Robert Lloyd
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.
CNN.com
Brian Lowry
Deeply emotional, this eight-episode Apple TV+ series barely scratches the surface of the novel upon which it's based, and will surely leave a core audience clamoring for more.
AV Club
Saloni Gajjar
Pachinko is timeless in how it grapples with the complexities of immigration during very specific times, and the writing accurately captures the longing for-and meaning of-home.
TheWrap
Stephan Lee
"Miraculous" is a word that constantly came to mind while watching the eight-episode first season.
Entertainment Weekly
Kristen Baldwin
I came out of Pachinko frantic for another chapter in Sunja's story and knowing more about Korean-Japanese relations than I learned in four years of higher education.
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