I saw Pachinko book at Barnes and Noble bookstore and read the 1st chapter in their coffee shop section. I've seen all Season 1 first btw. Well.....I ended up purchasing it, the series is AMAZING but the book is much better, everything came to life through words in the best way possible.
80 minutes is too long for a 36 epsiodes drama it should be 35 minutes.
this is actually SHORT, for a weekend drama (Saturday/Sunday) for ex: "The Young Lady and Gentleman" "The Real Has Come!" "I Have a Lover" are 50 episodes weekend dramas OVER 60 minutes
My own opinion but This show went through a Production company, Producers, Writers, Directors, etc. the Actors/actresses consented or they could have declined to take on such a risque role. They also risked the backlash of viewers but yet the scenes were kept, it was released and they have rated it 18+ ......which means..... "Scenes of murder, gore, and excessive violence are realistically or specifically depicted. Exposure of a part of the body, direct or implied sexual contact, or specific or explicit depiction of provocative expressions such as sexual acts" There are a ton of Korean dramas produced every year of the same genre that don't have such scenes that the objectors can watch. It's as simple as not watching this 1 drama out of the many other historical ones to choose from. Or waiting till your fav actor in this drama is casted in less explicit role.
Also just because Hollywood entertainment chooses to depict Americans in raunchy/no morals light does not mean that is how the General Public of Americans are. I started watching K-Dramas because of less explicit content but I do not live in delulu land and believe South Koreans are as pure/innocent as their entertainment depicts them as in K-Dramas.
as someone who likes watching True Crime shows and listening to True Crime podcasts here in united States I hope they someday bring English Subtitles to a streaming platform
This show was...amazing to me and very realistic. It's not a new concept but the hosts, the couples, the stories, reasons for breaking up and reasons for reuniting or Not reuniting were presented in a nice way. I also felt the host weren't super judgmental even if the couples reasons for breaking up seemed immature and childish they accepted each couple for who they once were. They were also not only supportive/respectful of the Recall person but also the EX being Recalled decision.
I thought I wouldn't like it because I'm used to watching love shows were they have 1-3 weeks in a house to decide but 1 day was actually enough to resolve the hearts of both the Recall person and the EX. I felt relieved that the some of the Recalled people could finally move on from the lingering feelings by participating in this show. I definitely teared up on a few episodes due to some of the sad breakup stories but also because sometimes you reunite and realize the two of you are different people now and you have to keep that EX you once loved so deeply as just a memory. I hope this show comes back for another season. I did read somewhere that the host GREE is in military now.
This was totally different from the Korean original. This version was too rushed for me, with weird, disjointed…
one of the reasons i'm procrastinating on watching again because the # of episodes is so short as well as the runtime of 30-45 min per episode being short. As a viewer I'd like to marinate in these love stories Lol. I saved it to my Amazon Prime list to Watch Later though.
Pls dont panic. Season 1 is rated 8.4 here on MDL. Currently the number of voters are very lesser. You wont see…
EXACTLY, thank you for bringing up the other dramas that are here that falll into that ambiguous category. It should stay, from my experience MyDramaList isn't lenient on approving a lot of things so it's here and so are the others you mentioned for a good reason.
One comment here asked why this drama is in MDL when it is American-made. I also think this should be removed…
--Shogun an American TV show is also here it includes Japanese actors and filming location includes Japan --Past Lives movie is Korean-Canadian also here, probably more to name but I watched these 2 for sure and loved them. --Pachinko is American TV show from what i read it includes majority Korean and Japanese actors and filmimg location include South Korea and Japan. Not only that but its based on a novel about South Korean American author and about family immigrating from Korea to Japan.
HIGHLY DOUBT they will remove it nor should they. Especially with Lee Min Ho, the older Sunja and the teen actor Noa being some of the lead actors in it. --There are plenty of low rating, 7.0-7.9 dramas that are on here that are great. --It would make more sense to remove IF ONLY 1 or 2 asian appeared in this drama and had the littlest or no relevance whatsoever to South East Asian entertainment
Umm only 1 episode per week noooo, the 1st episode was pretty good in my opinion. It picked up where it left off on season 1.
Ko Han Su was like “You really care about him” well yeah that’s her husband sir….and based on what you did to her in season 1 what type of reunion did he expect 💀 I hope to see much more of his character and their interactions because that reunion was too brief but the body language was kinda intense.👀
Well.....I ended up purchasing it, the series is AMAZING but the book is much better, everything came to life through words in the best way possible.
"The Young Lady and Gentleman"
"The Real Has Come!"
"I Have a Lover" are 50 episodes weekend dramas OVER 60 minutes
"Scenes of murder, gore, and excessive violence are realistically or specifically depicted. Exposure of a part of the body, direct or implied sexual contact, or specific or explicit depiction of provocative expressions such as sexual acts"
There are a ton of Korean dramas produced every year of the same genre that don't have such scenes that the objectors can watch.
It's as simple as not watching this 1 drama out of the many other historical ones to choose from. Or waiting till your fav actor in this drama is casted in less explicit role.
Also just because Hollywood entertainment chooses to depict Americans in raunchy/no morals light does not mean that is how the General Public of Americans are.
I started watching K-Dramas because of less explicit content but I do not live in delulu land and believe South Koreans are as pure/innocent as their entertainment depicts them as in K-Dramas.
but it makes sense for people with disabilities or etc.
I thought I wouldn't like it because I'm used to watching love shows were they have 1-3 weeks in a house to decide but 1 day was actually enough to resolve the hearts of both the Recall person and the EX. I felt relieved that the some of the Recalled people could finally move on from the lingering feelings by participating in this show.
I definitely teared up on a few episodes due to some of the sad breakup stories but also because sometimes you reunite and realize the two of you are different people now and you have to keep that EX you once loved so deeply as just a memory. I hope this show comes back for another season. I did read somewhere that the host GREE is in military now.
I saved it to my Amazon Prime list to Watch Later though.
--Past Lives movie is Korean-Canadian also here, probably more to name but I watched these 2 for sure and loved them.
--Pachinko is American TV show from what i read it includes majority Korean and Japanese actors and filmimg location include South Korea and Japan. Not only that but its based on a novel about South Korean American author and about family immigrating from Korea to Japan.
HIGHLY DOUBT they will remove it nor should they. Especially with Lee Min Ho, the older Sunja and the teen actor Noa being some of the lead actors in it.
--There are plenty of low rating, 7.0-7.9 dramas that are on here that are great.
--It would make more sense to remove IF ONLY 1 or 2 asian appeared in this drama and had the littlest or no relevance whatsoever to South East Asian entertainment
Ko Han Su was like “You really care about him” well yeah that’s her husband sir….and based on what you did to her in season 1 what type of reunion did he expect 💀
I hope to see much more of his character and their interactions because that reunion was too brief but the body language was kinda intense.đź‘€