Pachinko
Korean super star Lee Min-ho has a different look this week filming Apple TV+’s four-generation-Korean saga Pachinko in Vancouver.
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Quite different from the suits and matching fedoras he wore as wealthy fishbroker, Koh Hansu in Steveston, dressed as the fishing village of Yeongdo, a ferry ride from Busan.
Yeongdo is where Hansu pursues the young Sunja (Kim Min-ha) who becomes pregnant. It is only then that Hansu reveals he is already married and only wants Sunja as his mistress.
JennaPitt (@JennaPitttt) image of the set in Steveston’s Britannia Shipyard.
Mary Rose M. Vista (@18rhozevista) image.
You can hear them calling his name.
A well spent day off #leeminho #Pachinko #hansu #LeeMinho
Didn’t put name on video but please credit me if you share the video. Thanks 😊 pic.twitter.com/DFaehIbqMK— Mary Rose M. Vista (@18rhozevista) March 17, 2021
Lee Min-ho was first sighted at Steveston’s Britannia Shipyards in a blue suit.
Mary Tenorio/@mctenorio_1996 image.
He doesn’t age!! He’s so perfect!😍🥰still speechless after seeing him😭@ActorLeeMinHo @WhatsFilming @yvrshoots #pachinko pic.twitter.com/uNhpjqeCWH
— Mary Tenorio (@mctenorio_1996) March 16, 2021
Norman Dionisio/@oman_143 image.
We knew Lee Min-ho was still in Vancouver from his Instagram.
Recognize those towers?
Korean star Lee Min Ho is still in Vancouver filming Apple TV+’s 4-generation-Korean saga #Pachinko.#LeeMinHo @ActorLeeMinHo pic.twitter.com/4ffPMERNeE
— Hollywood North Buzz – YVRShoots (@yvrshoots) March 25, 2021
Pachinko is the story of four generations of an immigrant Korean family.
Working title: Eleos.
Vancouver filming dates: February 6th – April 9th, 2021.
In the early 1900s, teenaged Sunja (Kim Min-ha), the adored daughter of a crippled fisherman, falls for a wealthy stranger Koh Hansu (Lee Min-ho) at the seashore near her home in Korea. He promises her the world, but when she discovers she is pregnant–and that her lover is married–she refuses to be bought. Instead, she accepts an offer of marriage from a gentle, sickly minister passing through on his way to Japan. But her decision to abandon her home, and to reject her son’s powerful father, sets off a dramatic saga that will echo down through the generations.
Richly told and profoundly moving, Pachinko is a story of love, sacrifice, ambition, and loyalty. From bustling street markets to the halls of Japan’s finest universities to the pachinko parlors of the criminal underworld, Lee’s complex and passionate characters–strong, stubborn women, devoted sisters and sons, fathers shaken by moral crisis–survive and thrive against the indifferent arc of history.
Pachinko will stream in Korean, Japanese and English.
Cast: Lee Min-ho, Kim Min-ha, Jin Ha, Anna Sawai, Soji Arai, Kaho Minami.
Characters:
Lee Min-ho is Koh Hansu, an enigmatic outsider and merchant with ties to organized crime who embarks on an illicit romance with far-reaching consequences.
Kim Min-ha is teenage Sunja, a heroic young woman on the cusp who forges her own path in a hardened country that is not her own.
Jin Ha is Solomon, an ambitious, charming young man who will be forced to reckon with his family’s past.
Anna Sawai is Naomi, a savvy career woman in the male-dominated world of high finance.
Soji Arai is Mosazu, a dedicated father and successful businessman, concerned for his son’s future.
Kaho Minami is Etsuko, a vibrant, independent woman who longs to be reunited with her estranged daughter.
Kerry Knuppe is Mrs. Holmes.
Adapted from Min Jin Lee’s award-winning novel.
Showrunner: Soo Hugh.
Directors: Kogonada, Justin Chon.
Producers. Michael Ellenberg, Min Jin Lee.
Pachinko was shooting in Busan, Korea, and Japan last Fall.
Filming Pachinko in Busan, Korea:
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Lee Min-ho in Vancouver.
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