Apple TV+ has unveiled the trailer for “Pachinko” Season 2. Based on the 2017 novel by Min Jin Lee, the second eight-episode season will premiere globally Aug. 23.
“Pachinko” chronicles four generations of a Korean family who moved to Japan before the start of World War II. According to an official synopsis for Season 2, “the parallel stories pick up in Osaka in 1945, where Sunja is forced to make dangerous decisions for her family’s survival during World War II, and in Tokyo in 1989, which finds Solomon exploring new, humble beginnings.”
In the trailer, Koh Hansu (Lee Min-ho) reunites with Teen Sunja (Minha Kim) in war-torn Osaka, Japan after almost two decades apart. “It’s been 14 years. How did you find me?” Sunja asks upon seeing Hansu. “I never lost you,” he responds.
Other cast members for Season 2 include Yuh-Jung Youn, Jin Ha, newly minted Emmy nominee Anna Sawai, Eunchae Jung, Soji Arai, Junwoo Han, Jimmi Simpson and Sungkyu Kim.
The first season of “Pachinko,” which premiered in March of 2022, was nominated for an Emmy Award for outstanding main title design. It would go on to take home honors at the 2022 Gotham Awards for breakthrough series and the 2023 Critics Choice Awards for best foreign language series.
Soo Hugh serves as series creator, writer and executive producer with Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res and Theresa Kang for Blue Marble Pictures. Leanne Welham, Arvin Chen and Sang-il Lee serve as directors of Season 2.
Watch the trailer below.