AppleTV+ officially announced the production of the drama 'Pachinko' and named actor Lee Min Ho on the first line of th...
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AppleTV+ officially announced the production of the drama 'Pachinko' and named actor Lee Min Ho on the first line of the cast.
The drama is based on a best-selling novel of the same name written by Korean-American author Lee Min Jin. It is global project produced by global cast members from South Korea, Japan and the United States and conducted in three languages: Korean, Japanese and English.
'Pachinko' will have a total of eight episodes featuring individual stories penetrated by history on a vast scale through four generations of a Korean immigrant family. It is a global masterpiece and is planning to shoot in Canada, starting with the Korean cast on October 26.
Actor Lee Min Ho, who was the first to be named on the casting board of 'Pachinko', will play 'Mozasu', a merchant who has built up wealth and power with ties to Yakuza (Japanese gangsters). He plays an important role in the context of the story as an opportunist faithful to his desires, a as well as a mysterious person who pursues a forbidden love, drawing keen attention.
The fact that AppleTV+, which has a worldwide distribution network including the entire United States, deals with the hard lives of Korean immigrants who moved to Korea and the United States after the Japanese colonial period, is impressive. Also, Lee Min Ho, a representative Hallyu star, being cast allows us to see how well Hallyu contents and Hallyu stars are doing in the global entertainment market.
'Pachinko', which will portray a chronicle of war, peace, love and separation and victory between South Korea, Japan and the U.S., will be produced by the production company Media Reds, while the writer of 'The Terror' and 'The Killing' Soo Hugh will participate as the main writer and showrunner. In particular, expectations are already rising as filmmakers Kogonada and Justin Chon, both Korean-American and famous for their sensuous production, have been confirmed to take on four episodes each.
