• Network: Apple TV+
  • Series Premiere Date: Mar 25, 2022
Season #: 2, 1
User Score
7.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 71 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 52 out of 71
  2. Negative: 9 out of 71
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  1. Sep 9, 2022
    4
    it’s well done in a bog standard way.

    as another commenter mentioned this is great for 1987.

    typical korean drama is much more multilayered, self aware, sophisticated this is vanilla and maybe a bit trite

    it feels like it was dreamed up and executed by a bunch of well meaning execs in some office in california who actually never watched any korean drama before
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87

Universal acclaim - based on 29 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 25 out of 29
  2. Negative: 0 out of 29
  1. Reviewed by: Ian Freer
    Mar 28, 2022
    100
    Life’s rich pageant is present and correct in Pachinko and it’s magnificent. A strong shout for the most satisfying TV of the year so far.
  2. Reviewed by: Matt Roush
    Mar 28, 2022
    90
    Pachinko is a sprawling, moving saga of parental sacrifice, feminine resilience and cultural identity threatened by an oppressive regime. It's also one of the few streaming series I wished was longer than eight episodes. [28 Mar - 10 Apr 2022, p.6]
  3. Reviewed by: Melanie McFarland
    Mar 28, 2022
    100
    Eight episodes is not enough. Every rich moment satisfies, and each will make you ache for more. ... "Pachinko" is a pure and flawless beauty.