The show starts with the fishing village of Yeongdo. The show’s timeline alternates between the period of Japanese-occupied Korea, and the present day, which is set in 1989. Pachinko (Season 1), Episode 1, 2, 3 Recap: Here is our attempt to explain Pachinko to you! Overall, there’s a lot to look forward to. Instead, it is promisingly subversive rather than only basic and bearable. To add to this, the performances are incredibly understated and persuasive. However, the visuals feel like engaging essays written in one fluid stroke of ink. Given the vast and ballad-like stretch of the source material, the intercutting timelines can present a divisive problem. The one-hour episodes are easy on the eyes, but also considerably slow-moving. One might say that it hits the rare weak notes absent in his two feature-length works. This delivers interesting results, to say the least. Having recently dived into the parcels of Asian identity with his sci-fi wonder After Yang, he gets into conceiving a portion of full-fledged K-Drama with this. However, it works like testing waters for Kogonada. The narrative itself is so strong that even a faithful and less than cinematic approach would work sufficiently to hook you. Meanwhile, the rest of them are by Blue Bayou breakout Justin Chon.įrom what its initial act has promised, this seems like an impressively focused show. The first four of them are directed by the Columbus and After Yang fame contemporary master Kogonada.
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Based on a novel of the same name written by Manhattan-based journalist Min Jin Lee, the series will have eight episodes. Pachinko Season 1, Episodes 1, 2, 3: Recap & Ending Explained: American streaming giant Apple TV+ dropped the first three episodes of their latest Korean show Pachinko on 25th March.