The Meaning Behind 'Pachinko's Name Is Deeper Than You Think

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Jin Ha as Solomon from Pachinko Season 2

The Big Picture Author Min Jin Lee’s multi-generational Korean-Japanese saga — Pachinko — is back on Apple TV+ for its second season, after critical praise for its beautifully captured Season 1. Carrying the tale of four generations of the family of its Korean protagonist Sunja through the majority of 20th century Japan and Korea, the series focuses on a broad range of topics.

Release Date March 25, 2022 Creator Soo Hugh Cast Jin Ha , Soji Arai , Jun-woo Han , In-ji Jeong Main Genre Drama Seasons 2 Streaming Service Apple TV+ Expand What Are Pachinko Parlors in Japan? A popular arcade game in Japan, Pachinko is a mechanical game similar to Western pinball machines. Often resembling a vertical pinball machine, a pachinko machine involves the player loading small steel balls into the machine.

What Is the Significance of Pachinko in Apple TV+ Series? Close In Pachinko, Sunja migrates to Osaka in Japan after her marriage to pastor Baek Isak . Early in the story, Sunja gets pregnant with an influential man, Koh Hansu's , child, but Sunja estranges Hansu after coming to know that he is already married. Over the years, Sunja builds a life for herself and her family in Japan.

‘Pachinko’s Themes Are Interwoven With Its Title In the Apple TV+ series, pachinko is more deeply connected with the running themes explored in detail in the novel that is the source material. Sunja and her family’s struggle as immigrants in Japan as Korean immigrants can be paralleled with the experience of a player going into a game of pachinko. In its rudimentary form, pachinko is a game of chance, with odds often rigged against the player.

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