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cptrs · 1 year

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#pachinko #pachinko: 108 #tvedit #pachinkoedit #kim min-ha #noh sang-hyun #steve sanghyun noh #soji arai #yamamoto mari #youn yuh-jung

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passionforfic · 2 years

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Pachinko Book vs Korean Drama

I knew about the Korean Drama adaptation of this novel months before it aired on Apple TV. I was interested in seeing the series and when it aired, I watched it. The 8 episode long drama had documentary elements laced to the story that went back and forth from the past to the "present." The story begins in 1989 with Solomon working at a successful bank in the United States and going to Japan to work at a branch to increase his reputation to go back to New York to get the promotion he was being denied. He arrives to Japan and stays with his family and this is when we see his grandmother. Once she is in the picture, we start looking into her flashbacks. This story telling style chops a lot of the story and leaves the audience that haven't read the book hanging in the air - with too many unanswered questions. This is the main reason why I decided to read the book sooner rather than later.

In order to do justice to the novel, the series should have been longer. And I think it would have worked better if it had gone in chronological order because in order to tie the story of the grandmother to that of the grandson, they changed a lot of things. Kyunghee dies in the series but she didn't die in the novel. In the series they had never gone to Korea after the occupation was over, in the book Sunja did visit Korea a couple of times and so had Mosazu and Solomon. Her mother did move to Japan and in the series Sunja never saw her mother after moving with Isak to Japan. In the series they give a backstory to Hansu that we didn't have in the novel. We knew about the Hansu in his 30s, 40s, up to his 70s since he was an always present force in Sunja's life whether she liked it or not. . . Even Solomon's story was changed too.

The story is named Pachinko because that was the one job Koreans could have and prosper in Japan. Pachinko was also linked to the Korean mafia, so Koreans that ran Pachinko businesses were not seen as respectable. In the novel we can see how this business becomes part of the family life. How Noa tries to avoid it and how Mosazu embraces it in a way that he can maintain himself clean from the mafia. In the series we don't see this. In fact, in the series we hardly see Noa's and Mosazu's stories, their lives were important and directly connected to the title of the novel. The many questions I had were related to these two characters, Isak and Hansu. The novel answered my questions and gave me so much more.

Min Jin Lee's novel tells a compelling story while the series just hints at it in a poorly way. Even as a stand-alone series - even if it hadn't been based on a novel - the series had too many holes in the story, it left us with too many questions. The novel has an open ending, but that's life - it is ongoing - and even so, it felt like we had reached a full circle, we could guess what would happen next.

The series had great performances, but the adaptation could have been better.

I liked the series but the book is so much better.

#pachinko #historical fiction #realistic fiction #korean drama #min jin lee #lee min jin #lee min ho #kim min ha #Youn Yuh-Jung #Jin Ha #Soji Arai #Felice Choi #Jeong In-Ji #Lee Dae-Ho #Noh Sang-Hyun #Han Joon-Woo

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dramastream · 5 months

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Noh Sang Hyun as Ji Su ho in SOUNDTRACK #2 (2023) dir. Choi Jung Gyu, Kim Hee Won

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ahsung · 4 months

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NOH SANG HYUN & GEUM SAE ROK for ELLE Korea, January 2024

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deokmis · 5 months

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pathetic loser men losing their minds because of their partners (insp.)

↪ Ji Suho - Soundtrack 2

#soundtrack 2 #soundtrack no.2 #kdramanetwork #kdramaedit #userdramas #*nedrgifs #noh sang hyun #useryd #haeyeongs #lextag #tuserkat #userhannah #roserayne #samblr #tuseralexa #syaring #usergooseras #plmen

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padmes · 3 months

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━━━━ steve noh ִ ۫ 𒀭 𓂃 .

in the source link you can find (#280+ gifs) of noh sanghyun / steve noh as ji suho in episode 1 & 2 of ‘soundtrack #2’ all made from scratch by me. he’s american and of south korean descent, so name & cast him as such. use them however you please for personal uses only. do not repost, redistribute, add them to gif hunts or claim as your own. ★

#steve noh gif pack #steve noh gif hunt #noh sang hyun gif pack #noh sang hyun gif hunt #noh sanghyun gif pack #noh sanghyun gif hunt #gif pack #gif hunt #userloma #usermina #userfyp #gifsociety #rpc #rph #underused fc #korean fc

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pitterpatterpursuit · 4 months

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You shouldn't smile like that

Soundtrack #2 ep. 5 (2023)

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He has a beautiful smile

#Soundtrack No 2 #Soundtrack 2 #Geum Sae Rok #Steven Noh #Noh Sang Hyun #Cute Pitter Patter #makeout pitter patter #suck face pitter patter #i made this

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estelle-sim · 1 year

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I realized what my problem was. I was afraid that my life would falter if I loved someone with all my heart. I want to do well at both work and love, but it's difficult. So please show me how, Sang-uk.

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dead-end-street · 2 days

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@USERDRAMAS: EVENT 16 - FOOLS ⇢ a pathetic loser (affectionate) ↳ Noh Sang-hyun as Ji Su-ho in SOUNDTRACK #2 (2023) dir. Kim Hee-won

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archiveofmystuff · 11 days

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Love in the Big City (Movie) / Upcoming (2024)

Megabox Plus M has released a promotional video featuring clips from their upcoming lineup of 2024 projects, including these clips from the movie version of Love in the Big City.

The movie stars Kim Go-Eun and Noh Sang-Hyun (aka Steve Noh) and is directed by E.oni (aka Lee Eon-Hee)

Plus M’s website has a descriptive blurb about the movie which states:

Characterized by her sharp tongue and daring attitude, Jae-hee is always at the center of gossip and hateful rumors. Meanwhile, Heung-soo is set on keeping his gay identity a secret for life. One day, in the back alley of a hotel, Jae-hee discovers Heung-soo’s secret by chance. Contrary to Heung-soo’s worries, Jae-hee keeps his secret and even helps him in a critical moment. As the two misfits begin to rely on each other, they secretly move in together and attempt to find love in the prejudiced world they live in.

This is a completely separate project from the drama series that is also set to be released this year. The movie is evidently only covering the first story in the book (the “Jaehee” chapter). The author also appears to have little no to involvement in the movie (this isn’t a judgment on the quality or anything, simply an observation).

It is hard to know how much the movie will change the story, the clips show iconic imagery such as the frozen blueberries and cigarettes, but the description from Plus M’s website doesn’t seem to totally match the book (Our book MC doesn’t exactly hide that he’s gay in many instances).

The movie description mentioning Jaehee first as well as some of the other promotional blurbs I’ve read about the movie, plus the fact that Kim Go-Eun is much more famous than her costar has also made me inclined to believe Jaehee may actually be the main character of the movie. But we will have to wait and see.

No info on a specific release date yet.

#love in the big city #litbc book club #kim go eun #noh sang hyun #korean movie #korean bl

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psalm40speakstome · 3 months

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Why does this have the same energy