Pachinko TV Series (2022) Cast & Crew, Release Date, Story, Review, Poster, Trailer

Pachinko TV Series Storyline (Plot):

Pachinko is an American drama television series based on a novel of the same name by Manhattan-based author and journalist Min Jin Lee. The series is created by Soo Hugh and directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon. It stars Youn Yuh-jung, Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha and Jin Ha.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, 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.

• 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 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.
  • Carter Jeong and Koren Lee as baby Mozasu
• 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, runs a boardinghouse in Yeongdo.
• 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. He is Noa’s father.
• Kaho Minami as Etsuko, Hana’s mother, and Mozasu’s girlfriend.
• Anna Sawai as Naomi, Solomon’s co-worker at the Tokyo branch, graduated from Harvard Business School.

• 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.
• Jimmi Simpson as Tom Andrews, Solomon’s superior at the Tokyo branch.
• Louis Ozawa as Mamoru Yoshii, a client of Shiffley’s
• Takahiro Inoue as Arimoto, Solomon’s co-worker at the Tokyo branch.
• Park Hye-jin as Han Geum-ja
• Yoshio Maki as Katsu Abe, a client of Shiffley’s
• Martin Martinez as Angelo, Mozasu’s employee
• Ryotaro Sugimoto as Tetsuya, Solomon’s classmate at International School.
  • Dakatade Shoumin as teenage Tetsuya
• Mari Yamamoto as Hana, Etsuko’s daughter and Solomon’s ex-girlfriend.
  • Jung Ye-bin as teenage Hana
• Yoriko Haraguchi as Hansu’s Japanese wife
• Hiro Kanagawa as Mr. Goto, Mozasu’s friend
• Jeong So-ri as Jiyun, a rich Korean girl
• Yeon Ye-ji as Shin Bokhee, Donghee’s older sister, works at Kim’s boardinghouse.
  • Kim Young-ok as older Bokhee
• Kim Bo-min as Shin Donghee, Bokhee’s younger sister, work at Kim’s boardinghouse.
• Kim Dha-sol as Sung Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim’s boardinghouse.
• Ku Sung-hwan as Fatso Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim’s boardinghouse.
• Park Min-i as Gombo Chung, one of the Chung brothers who lived in Kim’s boardinghouse.