To view this video please enable JavaScript, and consider upgrading to a webbrowser that supports HTML5video Pachinko’s second season, which has started airing on Apple TV+, has been praised by critics as a masterclass in intergenerational storytelling. The show is based on the epic historical fiction bestselling novel by Min Jin Lee which traces a Korean family who immigrates to Japan over the course of several decades – to the backdrop of political turbulence and interpersonal troubles. In particular, the show converges around the matriarch Sunja who we meet as a teenager in Korea (portrayed by Minha Kim) and follows her through her marriage and journey to Japan and finally into her old age as a grandmother (played by Oscar winner Yuh-Jung Youn).
The multi-language series, created by Soo Hugh, scooped up a Critics Choice Award for best foreign language series after the first season came out in 2022. The series also stars Lee Min-ho, Jin Ha, Soji Arai, Steve Sang-Hyun Noh and Anna Sawai in its core cast. The second season picks up in Osaka in 1945 where ‘Sunja is forced to make dangerous decisions for her family’s survival during World War II.
’ Minha, who plays a young Sunja, teased to Today.com : ‘The relationships towards each characters got deeper, and we have more stories individually and visually. It’s beautiful, and you can see the characters are growing up.
’ And adoration is already pouring in for this profound family saga as it secures a perfect 100% .