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‘Pachinko’ Season 1 Recap: What To Remember For Season 2

Season 1 of 'Pachinko' introduced viewers to the generational saga of Sunja and her family.

Intercut with scenes of Sunja’s birth, the show flashes forward to New York City in 1989, where a grown-up Solomon (Jin Ha) works at American bank Shiffley’s, where he anticipates a promotion to Vice President. Back in 1915, Sunja grows up close to her father, and she is not afraid to haggle at a fish market or confront a fisherman when he puts her parents and their Yeongdo boarding house in danger with anti-Japanese sentiment. Without reason to go to America, Hansu stayed and started working for his father’s old yakuza — or Japanese Organized Crime — boss, contributing to the rumors surrounding his reputation when he comes to the fish market at the beginning of the series.

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