• Director(s)

    KOGONADA

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Lee Min-Ho, Soji Arai, Jin Ha

TV Show

Pachinko

PACHINKO is a period drama series; in this episode, a girl is born in Japanese-occupied Korea.…

PACHINKO is a period drama series; in this episode, a girl is born in Japanese-occupied Korea.

  • Director(s)

    KOGONADA

  • Production Year

    2022

  • Genre(s)

    Drama

  • Cast

    Lee Min-Ho, Soji Arai, Jin Ha

strong language, brief bloody images
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
There is use of strong language (‘f**k’), in addition to milder terms (e.g. ‘shit’).
injury detail
A person takes their own life as an act of political protest. Though the act of suicide occurs off screen, there is a brief aftermath image of the body lying in a pool of blood.
additional issues
A man grabs his former lover by her throat in a threatening manner. In another scene, a woman instructs her newlywed daughter to ‘see to’ her husband’s ‘physical needs’ even though ‘it may be unpleasant’. There are moderate scenes of, and references to, historical discrimination by Japanese people towards Korean immigrants, as well as a scene of historical sexism in which a pastor shames a woman for becoming pregnant out of wedlock; however, discrimination is not condoned by the episode as a whole. There are mild upsetting scenes. A person is shown vomiting.
infrequent strong language, moderate violence, bloody images
Classified Date:
23/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
violence
A man is beaten in public when a guard repeatedly punches him; however there is no strong detail. There are also verbal references to domestic abuse.
language
The episode features infrequent strong language ('f**k').
injury detail
A dying man briefly coughs blood against a wall.
additional issues
There are undetailed references to Koreans being discriminated against in Japanese-occupied Korea. There are also upsetting scenes in which a child witnesses the death of her father.
strong language, sexual threat, racism
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Occasional strong language occurs ('f**k'), as well as milder terms such as 'ass' and 'shit'.
discrimination
A pair of unsympathetic characters aggressively direct racist insults at a woman of Korean heritage. There are verbal references to racism targeted towards Korean immigrants by Japanese people. Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
sexual violence and sexual threat
There is a scene of sexual threat in which a woman is dragged into a storage room and pinned onto the floor by a pair of men. Another character intervenes and stops the attack.
additional issues
Televised footage shows people grieving at an Emperor's state funeral. There is sight of blood on a person's sleeve in the aftermath of violence. There is a scene of moderate sex including brief thrusting detail and heavy breathing, however, no nudity is shown.
infrequent strong language, discrimination
Classified Date:
24/05/2023
Use:
VOD/Streaming
language
Infrequent strong language occurs ('f**k').
discrimination
There is infrequent and aggressive use of discriminatory language ('cripple'). Discrimination is not condoned by the work as a whole.
additional issues
Occasional references to death, cancer and illness occur throughout. Characters tend to an unwell man who is suffering from tuberculosis. Small spots of blood are shown on his shirt. An undetailed reference is made to girls entering sex work due to a dire economic crisis. This occurs within a historical context.
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
moderate sex
Classified Date:
10/06/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
sex
A man and woman have sex, which is depicted discreetly and without nudity.
additional issues
Characters grieve and come to terms with past traumas, sometimes resulting in scenes of emotional upset. Two women are threatened by loan sharks. Korean characters describe the racist and discriminatory attitudes they face in Japan, which reflects the time period in which the series is set. Bad language is mild ('shit' and 'piss'). There are also scenes in which characters consume alcohol and smoke cigarettes.
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Classified Date:
22/08/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
29/08/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
05/09/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
12/09/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
19/09/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
26/09/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
03/10/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
Classified Date:
10/10/2024
Use:
VOD/Streaming
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  • Classified date

    23/05/2023

  • Distributor

    Apple

  • Language

    Korean