The highly anticipated series, Pachinko, based on The New York Times bestselling acclaimed novel, will be premiering on Apple TV+ March 25, 2022. Pachinko presents the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family. The story begins with a forbidden love and dives into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell an unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning. Told in three languages, Korean, Japanese and English, the cast includes Yuh-Jung Youn, Lee Minho, Jin Ha, Minha Kim, Anna Sawai, Eunchae Jung and Steve Sanghyun Noh.

We had the pleasure of speaking with Lee Minho and Minha Kim on the Popternative show about Pachinko and what viewers can expect from the series.

Lee Minho as Hansu in Pachinko. Image courtesy of AppleTV

Lee Minho tells us what it was like portraying the complex character of Hansu, “what I did understand by portraying Hansu was how people felt and the emotions of the people at the time, so they had to really work hard in order to survive in such harsh conditions.”

Minha Kim, who portrays teenage Sunja, explains the deep emotions behind her character: “what I felt while I was performing teenage Sunja was that I had the key events and I had a whole reason why Sunja has to be like that when she got older. So I had a lot of responsibilities while I was doing the performance.”

Minha Kim as teenage Sunja in Pachinko. Image courtsey of AppleTV

Watch the full interview with Lee Minho and Minha Kim below.

Pachinko contains 8 episodes with the first three episodes available to stream on March 25, 2022, followed by new weekly installments each Friday, on Apple TV+

Keep up-to-date with us on all of our channels and social media accounts:

YouTube: http://youtube.com/Popternative
Instagram http://instagram.com/popternative
Twitter: http://twitter.com/popternative
Facebook https://facebook.com/popternative/
Spotify: https://goo.gl/nWtNHP
Apple Podcasts: https://goo.gl/y6tbA9