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.  

(Source: AppleTV)

Adapted from the novel "Pachinko" by Min Jin Lee (이민진)


Native Title: Pachinko

Also Known As: 파친코

Screenwriter: Soo Hugh

Genres: Historical, Romance, Drama, Melodrama


Drama: Pachinko

Country: South Korea

Episodes: 8

Aired: Mar 25, 2022 - Apr 29, 2022

Aired On: Friday

Duration: 54 min.

Content Rating: 15+ - Teens 15 or older


Main Casts

Youn Yuh-jung as Kim Sunja (whose Japanese name is Bando Nobuko), the main protagonist of Pachinko. She's a Korean woman from Yeongdo-gu, Busan, South Korea, who fights for a better life in a Korea dominated by the Japanese.

Kim Min-ha as teenage Sunja

Yu-na as childhood Sunja

Soji Arai as Baek Mozasu (whose Japanese name is Bando Mozasu), a wealthy businessman who owns several pachinko parlors. He is Sunja's second son (the first and only child fathered by Isak) and Noa's half-brother.

Jin Ha as Solomon Baek, the son of Baek Mozasu and grandson of Sunja. Educated at English-speaking schools and Yale University, he has always socialized with Americans and Westerners.

Yoon Kyung-ho as teenage Solomon

Han Jun-woo as Baek Yoseb, Isak's second older brother who lives in Osaka, Japan. He is Kyunghee's husband and Sunja's brother-in-law.

Jeong In-ji as Yangjin, Sunja's mother.

Jung Eun-chae as Kyunghee (whose Japanese name is Bando Kimiko), Yoseb's wife and Sunja's sister-in-law. She quickly becomes a best-friend figure for Sunja after they first meet in Japan.

Felice Choi as older Kyunghee

Lee Min-ho as Koh Hansu, a Zainichi Korean man who lives in Osaka, Japan. Introduced as a merchant and fish broker who regularly visits Busan, South Korea.

Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Hana's mother and Mozasu's girlfriend.

Steve Sanghyun Noh as Baek Isak, a Protestant minister from Pyongyang, Korea. He marries Sunja despite his oscillating health condition to save her honour by giving her his surname. He is Yoseb's younger brother, Noa's step-father and Mozasu's father.

Anna Sawai as Naomi, Solomon's co-worker at the Tokyo branch, graduated from Harvard Business School.

Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Solomon's superior at the Tokyo branch.


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