K-drama 2.0

For a riveting multi-cultural experience, watch Pachinko, now streaming on Apple+ (2 seasons). It’s a multi-generational saga of a Korean family migrating from their peasant roots, into second class persecuted citizens in Japan and eventually striving for overachievement in the US. They switch between three languages, so Korean subtitles are in yellow, Japanese in blue, none for English. The depictions of everyday life are very authentic, with high realism, and first class productions, but the story is still a Korean drama. — KK