Lee Min Ho and Jin Ha lead the ensemble for the drama, based on a best-selling novel.
Apple has set the cast and directors for its multilingual international drama Pachinko, based on the novel by Min Jin Lee.
The big-budget series is set to begin production next week and will film across multiple continents. The eight episodes, told in Korean, Japanese and English, chronicle the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family.
The cast for Pachinko includes:
Jin Ha (Devs, Love Life),Anna Sawai (Fast & Furious 9, Giri/Haji),Minha Kim (Call, After Spring),Soji Arai (Cobra Kai, Legacies)Kaho Minami (Angel Dust, Household X). Kogonada (Columbus) will direct four episodes, including the pilot, and serve as an executive producer of the series.
Justin Chon (Ms. Purple) will also direct four episodes, exec producing the ones he helms.
Soo Hugh (The Terror, Apple's See) is adapting the novel, which was a National Book Award finalist in 2017, and will serve as showrunner. The story begins with a forbidden love and moves into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.
Media Res (Apple's Morning Show and Brie Larson CIA drama) is producing Pachinko. Hugh will executive produce with Kogonada; Michael Ellenberg and Lindsey Springer for Media Res; and Theresa Kang-Lowe for Blue Marble Pictures. Media Res’ Dani Gorin will co-exec produce along with Richard Middleton, David Kim and Sebastian Lee.
