Change is in the air in Pachinko Season 2. Created by Soo Hugh, the decades-spanning adaptation of Min Jin Lee's novel of the same name continues to tell the intertwining stories of Sunja Baek (Minha Kim and Yuh-Jung Youn) and her grandson Solomon (Jin Ha). But there are some substantial differences at play.
This season heads to new locations, elevates characters like Sunja's sons Noa (Kang Hoon Kim) and Mozasu (Eunseong Kwon) to higher prominence, and reunites Sunja with her former lover Koh Hansu (Lee Minho) after 14 years apart. There's even a new title sequence to usher us into Pachinko 's next chapters. Mashable spoke with Hugh about some of the biggest changes Pachinko viewers can expect in Season 2, including trips to the countryside, Noa and Mozasu's new roles, and what comes next for Sunja and Hansu.
The following interview has been edited and condensed for clarity. Mashable: One big change coming into Pachinko Season 2 is we get a new title sequence with new actors, more pachinko parlors, and a new song, "Wait a Million Years" by The Grass Roots. What was the thought process behind changing up the sequence? Soo Hugh, showrunner, writer, and producer of Pachinko : It's always the most fun part of the show, filming those title sequences.
And we love Season 1's version , but half those actors aren't in the show anymore. We could have recut it, but I think it would have really hurt the flow of the title sequence. Redoing it also gave us an opportunity to bring more of o.