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Apple TV+’s Pachinko Season 2 premiered just under 10 months ago, but many of the most emotional and devastating scenes are still fresh for actress Minha Kim, who portrays anchor character Sunja. Kim’s main character, a woman and mother who connects three generations of her family across the sweeping series based on Min Jin Lee’s book, endures many a hardship.

What might be freshest in the audience’s — especially those who have read the book — mind is the shocking moments in the finale when Sunja’s oldest son Noa (Kang Tae Ju) visits her one last time out of the blue before running away to start a new life for himself. He has just come to realize who his real father is — Koh Hansu (Lee Min-ho) — while he has grown up believing that Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh) is his biological father. This drives Noa to an extreme reaction, virtually...

With series like "Severance" and "Slow Horses," Apple TV+ has a great library of original programming that continues to grow. However, between making your way through episodes of "Ted Lasso" or "Shrinking," you may have overlooked the streamer's period drama "Pachinko." Adapted from the best-selling 2017 novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee, the story's East Asian setting, including Korea, and heartbreaking emotional beats make it perfect for any K-drama fan. Keeping that in mind, it's also important to point out that, despite its cast and setting, "Pachinko" is not quite technically a K-drama itself.

"Pachinko" has its narrative split across two time periods centered on matriarch Kim Sunja and her family. In the past, a younger Sunja (Kim Min-ha) endures the brutal Japanese occupation of Korea and being forced to relocate to Japan while pregnant with the illegitimate son of the Japan-based Korean mobster Koh Hansu (Lee Min-ho). As World War II begins,...

Exclusive: Korean coming-of-age film Love in the Big City is set for a streaming release in North America on Rakuten Viki on December 24.

Adapted from a novel of the same name, the film had its world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, released domestically in South Korea on October 1 and was also named as the closing film for the London Korean Film Festival.

Love in the Big City stars Kim Go-eun and Steve Sang-hyun Noh (Pachinko).

The novel was also adapted into an eponymous drama series in Korea on Tving, and available in North America and other territories on Rakuten Viki.

Love in the Big City tells the story of free-spirited Jae-hee (played by Kim), who stumbles upon a secret about Heung-soo (Noh Sang-hyun). Jae-hee and Heung-soo move in to live together, and the two “misfits” bond as...

Venom: The Last Dance topped the Korean box office on its first weekend, capturing more than 60% of ticket sales.

The third instalment in the Sony franchise took $4.2m from Friday to Sunday (October 25-27) for a cume of $5.7m since opening on October 23, according to Kobis, the Korean Film Council’s box office tracking system.

It may struggle to match the $15.2 taken by predecessor Venom: Let There Be Carnage in 2021 let alone the $24.6m taken by 2018’s Venom.

In second place was mystery drama A Normal Family, which took $730,000 on its second weekend – half of the $1.45m claimed on its opening weekend,...

[This story contains major spoilers from the season two finale of Pachinko, “Chapter Sixteen.”]

For two seasons of Pachinko, Apple TV+’s series adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel about four generations of a Korean family living during and after Japanese rule, protagonist Sunja (Minha Kim) has wrestled with a devastating secret: The man who fathered her first child, Noa (Tae Ju Kang), is not Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh), the sickly, late pastor whom she married shortly after becoming pregnant — but, rather, Hansu (Lee Minho), her wealthy first love who has ties to organized crime.

“Sunja, in some ways, can come off as such a fairytale character. It seems like she’s always good, like she always makes the right decision,” creator and showrunner Soo Hugh tells The Hollywood Reporter. “And yet, when you actually drill down into what she does in this show, she doesn’t always make the right decisions. For example, was it right of her not...

The Television Academy’s 2022 “Pachinko” snub is infamous around these parts.

Soo Hugh’s sweeping generational drama — based on the novel by Min Jin Lee — is easily one of the best TV shows of the decade. It’s won plenty of awards, including a Critic’s Choice Award and a Peabody, yet Season 1 was all but shut out of the Emmys.

But that was before “Shogun.”

“Pachinko” would have been nominated against Emmy favorites “Ozark,” “Better Call Saul,” “Stranger Things,” and “Succession,” — good shows in their own right, but lacking in diversity — none of which competed with “Shōgun” and paved the way for non-English winner with a majority-Japanese cast.

“‘Shōgun’ was such an incredible show,” Hugh said in an interview with IndieWire. “I’m happy with that comparison. Obviously Anna (Sawai) was in both shows and her performance was just glorious. The more shows we have that tell stories of...

The 19th edition of the London Korean Film Festival (Lkff), organised by the Korean Cultural Centre UK (Kccuk) and supported by the Korean Film Council, is proud to unveil its 2024 programme. The London Korean Film Festival will take place at BFI Southbank, Ciné Lumière, and Institute of Contemporary Arts (Ica) from 1 November to 13 November. It will feature two strands; Cinema Now and Women’s Voices, as well as a programme from the BFI Echoes in Time: Korean Films of the Golden Age and New Cinema.

Opening Gala Film: Park Beom-su‘s Victory

Closing Gala Film: E.oni‘s Love In The Big City

Special Screening: Choi Dong-hoon‘s Alienoid: Return To The Future

Victory by Park Beom-su will open the festival on the 6 November at BFI Southbank with the director in attendance. In 1999, two rebellious teenagers start a cheerleading squad for their provincial high school, bringing confidence and solidarity to themselves,...

Spoilers are ahead for Pachinko season 2, episode 6.

In Pachinko season 2, episode 6, both the past and 1980s timelines are full of thrilling revelations and plot developments. This is a stark contrast to Pachinko season 2, episode 5, which spent a bulk of its runtime focusing on 1945 and the end of World War II. Previously, Yoseb (Han Jun-woo), Isak's (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh) brother, survived the Allied Forces' atomic bombing of Nagasaki. Thanks to Hansu (Lee Min-ho), a badly burned Yoseb was brought to the countryside where he was reunited with his wife, Kyunghee (Jung Eun-chae), and Sunja's (Kim Min-ha) family.

The cast of Pachinko's characters has also grown to include Mr. Kim (Kim Sung-kyu), an associate of Hansu's who is in love with Kyunghee. While Yoseb is unaware of his wife's attraction to Mr. Kim upon arriving in the countryside, he is full of anger. Still grieving his brother, Yoseb berates Hansu.

Apple TV+'s Pachinko continues to tell the story of its protagonist Kim Sunja (Minha Kim/Youn Yuh-Jung) against the gritty backdrop of World War II and 20th-century Japan. In Season 2, a lot has already transpired, considering Sunja's husband, Isak Baek (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh), dies in Episode 2 and Koh Hansu (Lee Min-Ho) appears on the horizon of Sunja's life once again. Although Pachinko is developing an entirely new storyline in terms of the events happening in Sunja and Solomon's (Jin Ha) life post-Solomon's exit from Shiffley's in Season 1, it is also making one major change in the way it's handling the past of its two important characters Sunja and Hansu. Unlike Min Jin Lee's book which does not pay much attention to Sunja and Hansu's complicated relationship after a certain point, Pachinko turns out to be more sensitive toward the love life of its protagonist. The Apple...

Spoilers are ahead for Pachinko season 2, episode 4.

Pachinko season 2, episode 4, picks up where the third installment left off. In the World War II-era timeline, Sunja (Minha Kim) and her sons, Noa (Kim Kang-hoon) and Mozasu (Eunseong Kwon), start to settle into rural life, which is vastly different from their world in Pachinko season 2, episode 1. Even out in the rice fields, reminders of the war and the threat of bombings loom large in the background. Although Mozasu seems to like his life in the country, he spends his time whittling weapons and telling Mr. Kim (Kim Sungkyu) about the war.

While the second episode in the sophomore outing revealed the fate of Pachinko's Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh), Sunja's late husband and Mozasu's biological father, the fourth episode illustrates that nowhere is safe or stable. Notably, Hansu (Lee Min-ho) was the one who promised that Sunja and the rest of Pachinko's cast...

[This story contains spoilers from season two, episode two of Pachinko, “Chapter Ten.”]

Pachinko, Apple TV+’s ambitious series adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel about a Korean family’s fight for survival during and after the Japanese occupation of Korea, has never used episode titles. But if creator and showrunner Soo Hugh had to assign a title to the latest chapter of her breathtaking multigenerational saga, she would call it “The Boogeyman.”

Written by Hugh, Christina Yoon and Melissa Park, the second hour of Pachinko’s sophomore season reintroduces Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh), the pastor husband of protagonist Sunja (Minha Kim), who, in the season one finale, was arrested in 1938 for trying to fight for labor unions — an effort seen as an affront against the Japanese emperor. Seven years later, Hansu (Lee Minho), Sunja’s wealthy first love who abandoned her while she was pregnant with their child, is able to negotiate the safe passage of a Japanese official’s family...

The following contains spoilers from Season 2, Episode 2 of Pachinko, now streaming on Apple TV+.

Isak’s unannounced homecoming in this week’s episode of Pachinko was tragically cut short when he succumbed to the sepsis he got while imprisoned for seven years. (Read our Performer of the Week write-up for Steve Sang-Hyun Noh and Minha Kim.)

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After a plot-heavy season opener, Pachinko's sophomore outing closes some of the show's more pressing threads in its second episode, all while setting up the future of Sunja (Minha Kim) and Solomon's (Jin Ha) stories. Bolstered by Pachinko's cast of characters, the first episode hammered home the Apple TV+'s series skill at telling parallel stories across generations, but it neglected to provide any resolution for Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh). In season 1, Isak offers to marry Sunja, who's gotten pregnant by the dashing-yet-already-married Hansu (Lee Min-ho), after she nurses him back to health.

In Pachinko season 1's ending, Isak is arrested by Japanese officials for committing a political crime, which snowballs into Isak's brother, Yoseb (Han Jun-woo), losing his job by affiliation. Forced to provide for her sons, Noa (Kim Kang-hoon) and Mozasu (Eunseong Kwon), as well as her in-laws, Sunja sells kimchi at the local market. In Pachinko's 1980s timeline,...

Spoilers are ahead for Pachinko season 2, episode 1, "Chapter 9."

In Pachinko season 2, Sunja faces wartime struggles, selling kimchi to support her family amid discrimination and looming danger. Sunja's arrest for selling illegal rice wine leads to a tense encounter with Hansu, who offers her family refuge from the impending bombing of Japan. In the show's 1989 timeline, Solomon struggles to rebuild his career and takes his anger out on his grandmother, Sunja.

Apple TV+'s critically acclaimed Pachinko is back for a second season. Bolstered by Pachinko's cast of characters, the first episode is already a great reminder of just how compelling the intergenerational story of love and sacrifice can be. In season 1, the younger Sunja (Minha Kim) settles into life in Osaka, Japan, with Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh), the minister who offered to marry her after she became pregnant with the dashing-yet-already-married Hansu's (Lee Min-ho) child. Meanwhile, in the 1980s, Solomon (Jin Ha), Sunja's grandson,...

Spoiler Alert! This post contains details from the first episode of Pachinko Season 2.

Pachinko creator Soo Hugh faced plenty of challenges in bringing an adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s novel to life in the first season from the trilingual story-telling to the periods of Sunja’s life featured in the show.

Season 2 of the Apple TV+ drama series will expand on Sunja’s story as she raises her two sons in Osaka, Japan after moving there with her husband Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh). Last season ended with Sunja stepping up to be the breadwinner for her boys when Isak got arrested for a political crime.

“I think we established the heart of the show, the emotional heartbeat of the show, and it was really important that, going into season two, we made sure that heartbeat was still strong and beating,” Hugh told Deadline of last season. “We are so...

Pachinko is a sweeping historical drama series created by Soo Hugh. Based on a 2017 novel of the same name by author Min Jin Lee, the Apple TV+ series follows four generations of a Korean family, beginning with Sunja as she leaves her family in Korea under Japanese rule to move to Koreatown, Osaka to start a new life but struggles with discrimination in Japanese society. Pachinko stars Youn Yuh-jung, Soji Arai, Kim Min-ha, Yu-na, Jin Ha, Han Jun-woo, Jeong In-ji, Jung Eun-chae, Lee Min-ho, Kaho Minami, Steve Sang-Hyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Kim Sung-kyu. So, if you loved the historical drama, epic romantic stories, and complex characters in Pachinko, here are some similar shows you should check out next.

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Everyone knows Apple TV+ for Ted Lasso, The Morning Show, and Severance. There have been a few other popular TV shows sprinkled in over the last few years. Presumed Innocent starring Jake Gyllenhaal had some good buzz recently. Despite Apple TV+’s substantial investment into the TV business, it’s still looking for mainstream hits.

And, let me be clear. I am a fan of Apple TV+. I appreciate how many TV shows with huge stars the streamer is cranking out these days, but it’s just so odd that almost no one is talking about these great shows!

I put together a list of the four most underrated shows on Apple TV+ that you need to watch right now!

Pachinko

Pachinko is based on the book of the same name by Min Jin Lee, and it was developed for Apple TV+ by Soo Hugh. Kogonada and Justin Chon directed...

The brilliant Apple TV+‘s South Korean historical drama series is finally returning for its highly anticipated second season. Created by Soo Hugh, the Apple TV+ series is based on a 2017 novel of the same name by author Min Jin Lee, the second season of the critically acclaimed series Pachinko picks up seven years after the events of the first season finale.

Pachinko Season 2 is set in Osaka in 1945, where Sunja is working hard to raise her two boys with the help of her kindhearted sister-in-law after her husband was arrested in the Season 1 finale. In the 1980s timeline, Sunja’s grandson Solomon tries to build a successful business but struggles with continued discrimination against Koreans in Japan.

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Pachinko Season 2 consists of eight episodes in total. The Korean historical drama series premieres on Apple TV+ with...

The television adaptation of Pachinko by Min Jin Lee returns with a second season of the family saga on August 23 on Apple TV+.

Unlike Lee’s book, the show mixes the timelines of Book 1 and Book 3 with Minha Kim portraying a young Sunja and Youn Yuh-jung playing the older version. Season 2 picks up with older versions of Sunja’s two sons Noa and Mozasu and the start of World War II.

Those in need of a refresher on what happened in Season 1 of Pachinko can read on for a recap.

A Family Will Endure

The show opens with Sunja’s mother (Inji Jeong), who visits a Korean shaman woman to reverse a curse she believes has fallen on her and her husband Hoonie (Lee Dae-ho). Her husband has a cleft-lip deformity, which was seen as negative in society in Korea. This story takes place five years after Japan annexed Korea...

The second season of Apple TV+’s Pachinko arrives more than two years after the first season was released on the streamer. Based on the best-selling book by Min Jin Lee, the multi-generational family saga follows Sunja (Minha Kim) as she moves from Korea to Japan and starts a family that endures through World War II and more.

The first season of Pachinko premiered with multiple episodes, but Season 2 will roll out installments one by one. Find more details below:

When does Pachinko Season 2 premiere?

The second season of the Apple TV+ drama lands on the streamer Friday, August 23.

How many episodes are in Season 2 of Pachinko?

There are eight episodes in Season 2 of the series, just as there were eight episodes last season.

Are new episodes of Pachinko Season 2 streaming all at once? What time do they arrive on Apple TV+?

New episodes will arrive at 12 a.m. on the streamer.

Jin Ha, who plays Solomon in Apple TV+'s hit series Pachinko, has previously discussed his personal connection to his character. However, as Season 2 quickly approaches, and Solomon begins a new personal journey, Jin Ha is ooking back on his prior comments and examines whether anything has changed. The series, adapted from the novel of the same name by Min Jin Lee, tells the story of Kim Sunja and the Baek family over the span of 60 years, from their emigration from Korea to Japan in the 1930s to the younger generation thriving in the 1980s. Jin Ha was born in Korea, but moved to America as a child, and immediately understood his character's mindset. The actor went so far as to say that Solomon is who he himself would have become were he not an actor.

During MovieWeb's interview with Jin Ha and Pachinko's showrunner, Soo Hugh, we asked the...

Gyeongseong Creature's season 2 takes stars into present-day Seoul, offering a different tone from its dark historical first season. Pachinko is a multi-generational historical epic that delves into family struggles - an ideal watch for historical context fans. Parasyte: The Grey is a human tale full of action and suspense, perfect for fans of thrills and tension like Gyeongseong Creature.

Before Han So-hee and Park Seo-joon's Gyeongseong Creature season 2 makes its way to Netflix later this year, there are plenty of other shows to watch. Gyeongseong Creature was one of Netflix's ambitious original K-dramas to date, as it came with a hefty production budget of 70 billion won ($53 million). The story that mixes a dark historical context with a thrilling supernatural mystery made an interesting combination that makes Gyeongseong Creature's upcoming second season one of the most exciting K-dramas releasing in 2024.

Gyeongseong Creature's second season will take the...

South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment has sold romantic drama Love In The Big City to a raft of key territories across Asia and Latin America ahead of its world premiere at Toronto.

The feature has been acquired for Japan (Kddi), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Vietnam (Cj Hk Entertainment), Singapore and Indonesia (Purple Plan), Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos (Sahamongkol), and Hong Kong and Macau (Neofilms) as well as Latin America (Great Movies/A2 Films) and worldwide inflight (Anuvu).

Love In The Big City will play in the Special Presentations strand of Toronto, which runs from September 5-15 and...

South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment has sold romantic drama Love In The Big City to a raft of key territories across Asia and Latin America ahead of its world premiere at Toronto.

The feature has been acquired for Japan (Kddi), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Mongolia (The Filmbridge), Vietnam (Cj Enm Hk), Singapore and Indonesia (Purple Plan), Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos (Sahamongkol), and Hong Kong and Macau (Neofilms) as well as Latin America (Great Movies/A2 Films) and worldwide inflight (Anuvu).

Love In The Big City will play in the Special Presentations strand of Toronto, which runs from September 5-15 and...

South Korean revenge thriller Revolver, starring Cannes award-winner Jeon Do-yeon and directed by Oh Seung-uk, has been sold to key territories in Europe and Asia by Plus M Entertainment.

The upcoming feature has been acquired for France (Bac Films), Germany (Plaion Pictures), Taiwan (Moviecloud), Vietnam (Runup Vietnam), and Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Brunei (Purple Plan).

The film reunites Jeon, who won best actress at Cannes in 2007 for her performance in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, with director Oh, having previously starred in the filmmaker’s The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015.

In Revolver, Jeon stars...

Soundtrack #2 explores the chemistry between The Interest of Love's Keum Sae-rok and Love My Scent actor Steve Sanghyun Noh alongside its incredible cast of Korean stars. 

The new K-drama from Red Nine Pictures and Xanadu Entertainment tackles the reunion of two former lovers as they try to rekindle their spark. The series premiered on Disney+ on December 6. 

Every Main Actor & Character in Soundtrack #2  Read full article on The Direct.

First looks at both upcoming films revealed.

South Korea’s Plus M Entertainment is set to launch sales on romantic drama Love In The Big City and revenge thriller Revolver at Busan’s Asian Contents & Film Market.

A first look at both titles can be seen above.

Revolver reunites Cannes best actress winner Jeon Do-yeon with director Oh Seung-uk for the first time since The Shameless, which played in Un Certain Regard at Cannes in 2015. Jeon is also known for roles in Lee Chang-dong’s Secret Sunshine, for which she won the best actress award at Cannes in 2007, and more recently Netflix feature Kill Boksoon,...

Disney+ has announced a slate of Asia originals for the second half of 2023, including Korean dramas Moving and The Worst Of Evil and the latest project in its collaboration with Hybe, BTS Monuments: Beyond The Star.

The packed slate of originals also includes Japanese anime Tokyo Revengers: Teknik Arc, part of Disney’s collaboration with publishing house Kodansha, and hybrid live-action and anime series Dragons Of Wonderhatch.

Set to premiere on August 9, Korean drama Moving is based on Kangfull’s webtoon about a group of superpowered individuals on the run from government forces and a mysterious assassin. Ryu Seungryong, Han Hyojoo and Zo Insung head the cast.

Ji Changwook, Squid Game actor Wi Hajun and Lim Semi star in crime drama The Worst Of Evil, set in 1990s Seoul, where a rural police officer is recruited to help bring down a trafficking gang pushing a potent new drug.

Docu-series BTS...

Disney+ is preparing to launch its largest slate of new originals to date for the growth markets of the Asia-Pacific region, the Walt Disney Co. said Monday.

The lineup, which includes more than 20 new series and films, will roll out across the second half of 2023, with the bulk of the programming coming from Korea and Japan. Highlights include a new documentary about Korean supergroup BTS, several Korean crime thrillers and much-anticipated Japanese anime titles like Tokyo Revengers: Tenjiku Arc and Phoenix: Eden17.

Coming at a time of “rationalized” content spending across the industry, Disney’s continued commitment to localized originals for Asia-Pacific underscores the growing popularity of Korean drama and Japanese anime throughout the world, as well as the continued importance of the region as a long-term driver of revenue growth.

Disney tends not to release much data on the viewership of its international originals. But it provided some indicators...

The Film Independent Spirit Awards selected A24’s Everything Everywhere All at Once as its Best Feature on Saturday to culminate its 38th edition, one of seven wins for the metaverse-set pic that solidifies its frontrunner status in one of the last major awards stops ahead of March 12’s Academy Awards.

Everything, which had a leading eight nominations coming into daytime ceremony on the beach at the Santa Monica Pier, also scored wins for Michelle Yeoh, Ke Huy Quan and Stephanie Hsu in the awards’ inaugural gender-neutral performance categories across film and TV. The film also won for The Daniels’ directing and screenplay, and for Paul Rogers’ editing.

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The movie honorees received their flowers last month and this morning, Film Independent revealed the highly anticipated television nominees for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards. Four programs took three nominations each: “Abbott Elementary,” “The Bear,” “Severance” and “Station Eleven.” In the Best Scripted Series category, the latter three were joined by “The Porter” and “Pachinko” as “Abbott” did not make the cut.

Read More: “Everything Everywhere All At Once” tops 2023 Spirit Awards Film Nominations

“Pachinko” was also rewarded with the Best Ensemble Cast in a New Scripted Series award for stars Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, and Yuh-jung Youn.

Continue reading ‘Abbott Elementary,’ ‘The Bear,’ ‘Severance’ Top 2023 Spirit Award TV Nominations at The Playlist.

The 2023 Independent Spirit Awards television nominations were announced Tuesday, December 13, three weeks after the corresponding film contenders were revealed. This is the third year that Film Independent will be honoring small screen programs and performers alongside movie creatives. Scroll down to see the full list of nominees for the 2023 TV Indie Spirits.

This year, the Best New Series (Scripted and Non-Scripted) and Best TV Ensemble Cast Spirit Awards categories remain intact, but the two individual TV acting ones have been overhauled. During today’s announcement, Film Independent President Josh Welsh said the organization hopes “to better reflect the diversity of incredible work being created” by establishing its gender-neutral Best Lead and Supporting TV Performance categories. 10 nominees are vying for each of these two awards, whereas only five apiece competed annually in the now-retired male and female categories.

The cast of Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” have already been named the 2023 Independent...

Film Independent has revealed the television nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards, which this year have gone gender-neutral, just like its film colleagues. As revealed online Tuesday morning by Asia Kate Dillon (“Billions“), the annoncement included a winner: Apple TV+’s “Pachinko” won for best new ensemble cast, including Soji Arai, Jin Ha, Inji Jeong, Minha Kim, Kaho Minami, Lee Minho, Steve Sanghyun Noh, Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson and Yuh-jung Youn.

Overall, leading the nominees were ABC’s “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s “The Bear,” Apple TV+’s “Severance” and HBO Max’s “Severance,” all tied with three nods each.

“As the television landscape continues to evolve, and independent artists expand the idea of how stories can be told, we’re proud to be changing with them,” said Josh Welsh, president of Film Independent. “With our new categories and gender-neutral acting awards, we hope to better reflect the diversity of...

Film Independent announced the TV nominations for the 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards on Tuesday morning, with four shows in particular leading the pack. ABC’s beloved comedy “Abbott Elementary,” FX’s critical darling “The Bear,” the HBO Max limited series “Station Eleven” and the acclaimed Apple TV+ drama “Severance” scored the most nominations of any show with three each.

The Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” won the Best Ensemble award.

New this year, as with the film nominees, is a switch to gender neutral acting awards with the Best Actor and Best Actress categories replaced by a 10-nominee Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series award. In addition to this change, a Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series award has been added to honor performances outside of the leading roles.

The 38th Film Independent Spirit Awards will be held on March 4, 2023, in Santa Monica. Check out the film nominees here.

The Film Independent Spirit Awards are unveiling their 2023 nominees for television Tuesday morning. The reveal marks a previously announced expansion of the TV categories, as well as a move to gender-neutral acting races this year in both television and film, the latter of which were revealed last month during the Spirits’ film nominations.

The organization has combined both actor and actress in TV’s Best Lead Performance in a New Scripted Series, and in the new category of Best Supporting Performance in a New Scripted Series.

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The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Awards officially unveiled the TV nominations list.

“Billions” star Asia Kate Dillon read off the nominations, led by “The Bear,” “Pachinko,” “The Porter,” “Severance,” and “Station Eleven” in the Best New Scripted Series category. On the new non-scripted or documentary series side, “Children of the Underground,” “Mind Over Murder,” “Pepsi, Where’s My Jet?,” “The Rehearsal,” and “We Need to Talk About Cosby” earned top noms.

This is the first Independent Spirit Awards ceremony with gender-neutral acting categories. TV star Dillon, who identifies as non-binary, has advocated for gender-neutral award shows. They have been nominated for two Critics Choice awards for their turn in the Showtime drama series.

The 2023 Film Independent Spirit Award nominations for the film portion are dominated by “Everything Everywhere All at Once” with eight nominations, followed by “TÁR” with nods in seven categories. Other category updates include new awards for Best Breakthrough Performance...

“I read it overnight and I couldn’t put it down,” admits Minha Kim, who had just won the role of a lifetime in a new series based on “Pachinko,” the iconic novel by Min Jin Lee. For our recent webchat, she reveals that she devoured the 490-page novel in one marathon sitting. “When I was reading it, I was thinking, ‘this is crazy,’ and I was thinking, ‘I have to do this!’ You know, these very strong unexplainable feelings, a connection with this character.” Watch our exclusive video interview above.

See ‘Pachinko’ earns universal praise from critics

“Pachinko” was created by Soo Hugh, based on Lee’s 2017 bestselling novel and directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon. Kim stars as Sunja, a wide-eyed young woman living a modest life in Japanese-occupied Korea in the early twentieth century, who falls pregnant after a brief love affair with married businessman Hansu (Lee Min-ho). After Hansu rejects her,...

Sunja’s epic story will continue to be told, now that Apple TV+ has renewed its acclaimed adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko novel for Season 2.[pmc_inline_gallery]

Adapted by Soo Hugh and directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon, the eight-episode freshman run premiered on March 25 (with the first three episodes) and released its finale this Friday morning.

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Sunja’s epic story will continue to be told, now that Apple TV+ has renewed its acclaimed adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s Pachinko novel for Season 2.

Adapted by Soo Hugh and directed by Kogonada and Justin Chon, the eight-episode freshman run premiered on March 25 (with the first three episodes) and released its finale this Friday morning.

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Spoiler Alert: This post contains details about the season one finale of Pachinko, titled “Chapter Eight.”

The Pachinko season ender offers optimism and growth from heartbreaking losses for nearly all generations of the Baek family.

The episode begins in 1938, years after Noa’s birth. Now seven years old, Noa prepares for baby brother Mozasu’s doljabi ceremony. Just before audiences can see what fate-determining item Mozasu picks, a remixed, pop version of the opening sequence livens things up.

From Mozasu’s dol to Hana’s (Mari Yamamoto) final moments, the finale spans the cycle of life. In the present, Hana’s surrounded by her loved ones, including Sunja (Yuh-jung Youn) and Etsuko (Kaho Minami), who have no choice but to accept her eventual death. Tragedy also strikes in the past, with Noa and Sunja (Minha Kim) learning that Isak (Steve Sang-Hyun Noh) has been arrested for suspected treason against the emperor.

The ambitious Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” took 20 historical consultants from the United States, Korea and Japan, numerous translators, seven executive producers, two directors, two directors of photography, and 637 cast members to put together – 95 of whom are Asian. Directors Kogonada and Justin Chon split the first season in half, each directing four episodes, and it’s a testament to their collaborative vision that the show has drawn raves for its painterly aesthetic.

Lee’s novel tells the story of four generations, with one woman — Sunja — at the core. The show captures Sunja at three distinct points in her life: young childhood (Yu-na Jeon), teenage and young adulthood (Minha Kim), and older Sunja as a grandmother (Youn Yuh-jung).

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Korean-American filmmaker Kogonada, who helmed the acclaimed films “Columbus” and “After Yang” and directed episodes one, two, three and seven of “Pachinko,” related to the diasporic element of the story due to his family history.

Depicting an ancestral journey was key for main title designers Angus Wall and Nadia Tzuo in developing the title sequence for Apple TV Plus’ series, “Pachinko,” a show that traces the fate of a Korean family and spans multiple countries, decades and generations.

At the heart of the journey is Solomon Baek, played by Jin Ha, a young employee at an international firm. He returns to his roots, reconnecting with his father Mozasu (Soji Arai), owner of a pachinko game parlor, and grandmother Sunja (Youn Yuh-jung), with a lens on the younger Sunja (Minha Kim and Jeon Yuna), who leaves everything behind for a new life in Japan, a country that wants no part of her.

Based on Min Jin Lee’s rich novel, the show, which premieres March 25 on Apple TV Plus, has been adapted by series creator Soo Hugh, who scripted the title sequence into her drafts. The...

Apple+’s adaptation of Min Jin Lee’s historical-fiction epic Pachinko bounces back and forth between several phases of its heroine Sunja’s life: growing up in Korea under the yoke of Japanese rule, where she’s played as a girl in the 1920s by Yu-na Jeon, and as a young woman in the 1920s played by Minha Kim; then her late-Eighties retirement in Japan (where she’s played by Youn Yuh-jung), reflecting back on her life’s many triumphs, tragedies, and compromises. In one scene in 1989, Sunja and her...