Pachinko Wins Best Foreign Language Series At Critics Choice 2023

JAKARTA - Pachinko won a big award at the 2023 Critics Choice Awards. Held on Sunday, January 15 Los Angeles time, this Apple TV+ production series won the Best Foreign Language Series.

Pachinko competes with Extraordinary Attorney Woo, 1899, Borgen, Garcia!, The Kingdom Exodus, Kleo, My lay Friend, and Tehran. However, this category was won by Pachinko.

In addition, from Asia, the film Decision to Leave directed by Park Chan Wook was also nominated for Best Foreign Language Film. However, this category was won by RRR from India.

For three consecutive years South Korean production won the Critics Choice Awards. In 2021, Lee Isaac Chung's Minari film, then continued with Squid Game in 2022.

The Pachinko award was received directly by his players such as Kim Min Ha, Anna Sawai, Soji Arai, and others.

Pachinko tells the story of Kim Sun Ja (Kim Min Ha) who was born in Busan, Korea in the 20th century. He falls in love with a man named Koh Han Su (Lee Min Ho). But an incident made Han Su leave Sun Ja.

In 1989 in New York, Baek Solomon (Jin Ha) tried to achieve success in a country of people. She tries to make a deal with a Korean woman who doesn't want her land to be sold in Tokyo.

This is the latest win of the Pachinko series. Previously they received the America Film Institute, Gotham Independent, and many others.