![]() ![]() If you watch, or are watching, Pachinko and have the urge to learn and read more about Korean history and Korean diaspora identity: You have come to the right place. To write Pachinko, Lee interviewed dozens of Zainichi women, writing in the acknowledgements, "The Korean Japanese may have been historical victims, but when I met them in person, none of them were as simple as that." Showrunner Soo Hugh, too, spoke with as many Zainichi women as possible to inform the show. In the show, Mozasu (Soji Arai) owns a pachinko parlor. For Zainichi Koreans, a route to economic success was running pachinko (a pinball-type game) parlors. These are ethnic Koreans who live in Japan-belonging neither to Korea or Japan, but existing in some in-between space. The show, and Min Jin Lee's novel of the same name, are praised for highlighting the story of Zainichi (literally, "residing in Japan," or resident) Koreans. ![]() Featuring an all-star cast-including Oscar winner Youn Yuh-jung, South Korean superstar Lee Min-ho, Broadway veteran Jin Ha, and newcomer Minha Lee-the eight episode series is surely poised to become an awards juggernaut. The story traces three generations of a Korean family, beginning in the 1910s in a small fishing village through the 1980s in Osaka, Japan. ![]() Apple TV+'s Pachinkois completely captivating. ![]()
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