However, the series moves along dual timelines.
Thechange in chronology allows the Apple TV+ series to keep shifting focusbetweenmultiple generations of Sunjas family.
No remake could ever do this haunting family horror justice!
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By the end of Season 1, Sunja returns to Korea for the first time after leaving for Osaka.
Before this, Sunja never thought she could return, as she later confesses to her son Solomon.
Also,Sunja never meets her mother in the seriesafter coming to Tokyo.
Based on the New York Times bestseller, this sweeping saga chronicles the hopes and dreams of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they leave their homeland in an indomitable quest to survive and thrive.
She only comes to know later that her mother died from drowning.
Sunjas sister-in-law gets an unfortunate ending in the Apple TV+ version.
In the book,Kyunghee is still alive by the end of the story.
In the book,Koh Hansus character comes out significantly differentwhen compared to Lee Min-hos television counterpart.
Later, the sexual interaction between Hansu and Sunja does not feel fully consensual.
In the series,Hansu and Sunjas romancefeels more organic.
Also,the series provides Hansu with a backstorybefore he meets Sunja.
The inclusion of a backstory allows the audience to see him as more than just an antagonist.
Despite this inclusion,the series continues to maintain the moral graynesssurrounding the character.
Therefore Hanas decision to run away seems partially motivated by Solomons sudden exit from her life.
Hanas bitterness stemmed directly from her relationship with her mother.
The internal conflict with Hana made her resent everyone around her, including herself.
Solomon realizes that Phoebe can never get accustomed to life in Japan, and he refuses to marry her.
An independent and driven woman, Phoebe chooses to return to her home in the U.S.
In the show, we meetAnna Sawai’s Naomi instead.
She is Solomons co-worker at Shiffleys in the Tokyo office.
WithSeason 2now streaming every Friday on Apple TV+, there’s still a lot more story to tell.
Sunjas journey after Isaks death was left unexplored in Season 1.
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More familiar book characters can be expected to make an appearance in Season 2 ofPachinko.
Thankfully, Lees source material has decades worth of Sunjas family history to explore in the sophomore season.
New episodes ofPachinkoSeason 2 are available to stream every Friday on Apple TV+ in the U.S.
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