Trailer Debut: Pachinko Season 2
Apple TV+ today dropped the official trailer for the highly anticipated second season of its award-winning and critically hailed, epic hit drama Pachinko. Told in three languages — Korean, Japanese, and English — and consisting of eight, one-hour episodes, season two of Pachinko will premiere globally on Friday, August 23rd with one episode, followed by one episode weekly every Friday through October 11th.
Pachinko, has been celebrated for its epic storytelling and praised as “an immersive, poignant, must-see journey.” The series quickly became Certified Fresh on Rotten Tomatoes during its first season and has been praised as “masterful” and deemed as “an extraordinary drama” and “one of the best shows of 2022.”
Pachinko season 2 stars Lee Minho (The King: Eternal Monarch), Minha Kim (Investigation Partners), Anna Sawai (Shōgun), Yuh-Jung Youn (Minari), Jin Ha (Civil War), Eunchae Jung (Anna), Soji Arai (Tokyo Vice), Junwoo Han (The Empire), and Sungkyu Kim (Kingdom).
Based on The New York Times bestselling novel of the same name, Pachinko is a sweeping and deeply moving story of love and survival across four generations. The first season received eleven international awards including a Peabody Award, an American Film Institute Award, a Critics Choice Award and a Gotham Independent Film Award.
Pachinko is created and written by Soo Hugh who serves as executive producer alongside Media Res’ Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer, and Theresa Kang for Blue Marble Pictures. Season 2 is directed by Leanne Welham (His Dark Materials), Arvin Chen (Love in Taipei), and Sang-il Lee (Rage).
Watch the official trailer below
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