'Pachinko' Season 3? Showrunner Addresses Possible Series Renewal & Future Storylines

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Pachinko is one of the big hit TV shows on Apple TV+, and Season 2 just came to a dramatic conclusion on the streamer.

Creator-showrunner Soo Hugh spoke to THR about the Season 2 finale, where things stand with a potential Season 3, possible storylines and much more.

Based on the New York Times bestseller, the 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. Keep reading to find out more… On the final scene of Season 2, in which Noa finds himself in Nagano selling the gold watch Hansu gave him, and taking on a new identity as Ogawa Minato: “I think the minute he casts off his name and takes someone else’s name, he’s going to live another life.

He specifically chose a Japanese name. I feel like it’s directing the audience to believe that Noa’s going to live as a Japanese person and, what is the cost of that kind of passing?” On Solomon, Sunja’s grandson, scheming his way back into the good graces of his peers at the expense of his girlfriend, Naomi, and Abe, one of his former clients: “Solomon has destroyed Naomi’s career, and a man that he resented very much was so ruined that he committed suicide — and this is all directly at the hands of Solomon.