How to Stream ‘Pachinko’ Season 2 Online: Premiere Date, Episodes
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Author Min Jee Lee’s New York Times best-selling novel is back for another season on the small screen.
Pachinko season two premieres on Aug. 23 on Apple TV+ and continues the story of a Korean immigrant family across four generations as they live through war, occupation and colonialism. The new season takes place during World War II and weaves into Tokyo in 1989.
At a Glance: How to Watch Pachinko Online
- When: Friday, Aug. 23
- No. of episodes: 8
- Stream online: Apple TV+
Taking place from 1910 to 1989 in Korea, Japan and the U.S., the Apple original series stars Oscar-winning actress Yuh-Jung Youn as Sunja (portrayed as a young girl by Yuna and as a teen and young woman by Minha Kim), who grows up in poverty in a fishing village outside of Busan. After meeting a Japanese fish broker (Lee Minho), Sunja leaves her homeland for a new life in Osaka.
Broadway actor Jin Ha plays Sunja’s grandson Solomon, a finance executive in New York who returns to Japan hoping to broker a land deal between a hotel and a stubborn Korean landowner. He reconnects with his grandmother and father, Baek Mozasu (Soji Arai), who becomes rich by gambling on pachinko, a pinball-like Japanese arcade machine game. Pachinko also stars Emmy-nominated actress Anna Sawai, Jimmi Simpson, Mari Yamamoto, Choi Joon-Young, Steve Sang-Hyun Noh and Kaho Minami.
Below, watch the trailer and keep reading for more details on streaming Pachinko season two, the episode release schedule and how to watch for free.
How to Watch Pachinko Online
Pachinko streams exclusively online at Apple TV+, and the first episode of season two will premiere on Friday, Aug. 23. The second season spans eight episodes which will be released weekly, with the finale airing on Oct. 11.
A subscription is required to watch Pachinko on Apple TV+, which costs $9.99 per month or $99 annually. Subscribers can watch Apple original content, including the Oscar-winning film CODA, Emmy-winning shows such as Ted Lasso and The Morning Show, sci-fi series such as Silo and Dark Matter, rebooted kids series Yo Gabba GabbaLand! and more.
The best deal on Apple TV+ is the annual subscription, which saves you 17 percent off per year. New subscribers of Apple TV+ can watch Pachinko for free with a seven-day trial of the streaming service.
