Behind the Scenes of “Pachinko,” Apple’s Buzzy New Drama
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By Daniel Eagan The best-selling novel Pachinko follows an immigrant family through depressions and world wars, grinding poverty and personal failings, each successive generation facing hardship and bigotry. Since it was published in 2017, Min Jin Lee’s book has become a touchstone for the Korean-American community. Now adapted into an eight-part series on Apple TV+, Pachinko is poised to find an even wider audience. Creator and showrunner Soo Hugh (The Terror) stays fairly true to the novel, focusing on Sunja, the daughter of a boarding house landlady in a modest fishing village. Played as a …

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