The television adaptation ofPachinkoby Min Jin Leereturns with a second seasonof the family saga on August 23 onApple TV+.

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 which led to a 35-year occupation of the country.

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He notices her right away.

They get to know each other as Hansu explains he grew up in Japan before coming to Korea.

They have sex at the end of episode 2.

Minha Kim as Sunja in ‘Pachinko’ Season 2

Minha Kim as teenage Sunja and Lee Minho as Koh Hansu in ‘Pachinko.’Apple

He already has a wife and three daughters in Osaka, Japan.

Hansu continues to remain involved in Sunjas life throughout the first season of the show.

Isak falls to the floor once he arrives, and Sunja and her mother nurse him back to health.

He overhears Sunjas confession of her pregnancy to her mother.

This was in 1931.

Hanas mother Etsuko (Kaho Minami) dates Solomons father Mozasu.

Hana has called Solomon before, but he tries to trace where she could be calling from.

A popular singer switches from classical opera to a low-belting Korean song after she meets Sunja before she boards.

The deal is off, and work is about to get tough for Solomon.

Kyunghee died in episode 3 of cancer.

Kyunghee worries about what Yoseb will think, but Sunjas determination accomplishes the task.

Yosebs ego takes a hit when he realizes what Sunja has done.

Sunja Gives Birth

Right as Yoseb storms out in frustration, Sunjas water breaks.

Isak goes to find Yoseb and brings him back just after Sunja bears the baby boy.

She asks Yoseb, as the head of the household, to name their son.

He chooses Noa, based on the Biblical figure who saw a new world and hailed new possibility.

Solomon Finds Hana

Hana called Solomon claiming she didnt want to die alone, and he found her.

Mozasu took out a loan to open another parlor with the enhanced slot machines.

Solomon originally tried to pitch Shiffleys approaching Yoshi, who seemed to want to also develop the land.

The penultimate episode follows a younger Hansu growing up with his father and tutoring an American boy.

Hansu confirmed their deaths when he found the wifes dead body and took thewatch that he later gave Sunja.

The quake struck the Kanto region in 1923, and over 100,000 lives were lost.

to determine their future, Isak was arrested for a political crime.

Young Noa chased after him before the Japanese officials took him away.

Noas birthday celebration involved his selection of the red thread, meaning he would live a long life.

Noa joked that Mozasu should choose coins because he has a beggar in his belly.

Yoseb lost his job at the factory due to affiliation with the political crime of Isak.

Sunja met with a couple who influenced his leanings, and Noa had to translate between them.