Pachinko
TV Show • 2022 • Drama
ReportFollow the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family beginning with a forbidden love and crescendos into a sweeping saga that journeys between Korea, Japan and America to tell the unforgettable story of war and peace, love and loss, triumph and reckoning.
This tv show contains 17 potentially triggering events.
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
22 supporters
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moonsugar_94
From EP 4 onwards, Hansu keeps track of Sunja and their son, using his money and influence to support them without their knowledge or consent.
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Occasional mentions of off-screen domestic violence throughout the series. Other scenes to note: ➊ EP 4, 30:00: Hansu confronts Sunja; he tries to physically intimidate Sunja starting at 32:30 by approaching her and touching her face, grabbing her there between 33:30-34:10. ➋ EP 6, 12:25-14:25: verbal altercation between married couple. ➌ EP 7, 17:40-20:00: physical violence and verbal abuse from parent to adult child.
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Is someone gaslighted?
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➊ EP 3, 14:45-18:15: discussion revealing an affair, which includes denial of marriage, accusations towards unaware partner, and ableist language towards an unborn child. ➋ EP 6, 33:05-34:45: adult daughter tries to provoke her mother into arguing; quip about suicide and allusion to past, off-screen sex. ➌ EP 7, 17:40-20:00: physical violence and verbal abuse from parent to adult child.
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Off-screen neglect and negotiation for the marriage of a young woman in exchange for money discussed in EP 1. Occasional conversations where parental dissatisfaction towards children is expressed, with implied emotional neglect and/or abuse.
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Animal
Does a horse die?
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EP 7, 29:15-32:30: post-earthquake; death occurs off-screen.
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EP 1, 15:30-15:45: eels.
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Is there a dead animal?
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ⓐ Market scenes with dead sea animals. ➊ EP 1, 14:35-15:05; 15:30-17:15: close-ups. ➋ EP 3, 8:25-8:45; 11:55-12:05: close-ups of animal anatomy. 52:45-54:05: Medium-full shots of fish. ➌ EP 4, 28:25-29:35. ➍ EP 5, 3:10-3:25; 4:55-5:50. ⓑ EP 7, 29:15-32:30: post-earthquake.
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Are there snakes?
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S2
E4
They show a moving snake multiple times through season 2 episode 4. In one occasion they are looking down at a snake and you don't know it's one until they stab it and lift it up with a stick.
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Are there bugs?
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E4
Fireflies
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Assault
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➊ EP 2, 26:30-28:45: Interrupted attempt; sexual harassment and physical assault also shown. No removal of clothes; assailants are afterwards forced to beg for forgiveness at risk to their lives. ➋ EPs 2-3: While Sunja consents to sex and potentially becoming pregnant with Hansu, she is not fully informed of Hansu’s boundaries of their relationship. ➌ EP 4, 48:55-49:20: non-consensual touching on the neck.
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Attempted rape
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Bodily Harm
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Is someone burned alive?
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➊ EP 3, 6:25-7:20: beginning of a closed-casket cremation shown from inside a furnace. ➋ EP 7, 28:30-32:50: fire post earthquake; people shown moving amongst burning buildings. Fire will be referenced both verbally and visually until end of episode. ➌ EP 7, 39:00-42:30: multiple people killed in a hate crime in the aftermath of a natural disaster; simultaneous symbolic imagery.
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Is someone tortured?
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Occasional verbal threats of torture; implied off-screen torture. EP 7, 39:10-42:30: multiple people killed in a hate crime by fire.
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Family
Does a parent die?
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➊ EP 1, 48:20-50:10; additional mentions throughout the series of off-screen parental death. ➋ EP 7, 22:05-24:50: earthquake; person non-graphically killed by falling beam (on-screen, some blood). Death discussed until 27:30.
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Does someone cheat?
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EP 3: 14:45-18:15: discussion revealing the affair, which includes denial of marriage, accusations towards unaware partner, and ableist language towards an unborn child.
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Fear
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Is there a shower scene?
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EP 6, 33:15-37:45: a clothed patient is shown receiving a sponge bath from family on her bare legs.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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Episode three is safe, Sunja looks nauseous a few times, but nothing happens.
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Does someone wet/soil themselves?
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EP 6, 14:30-14:50: a pregnant woman’s water breaks.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Medical
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Is there a hospital scene?
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➊ EP 6 ⓐ 14:45-16:35: condition of supporting character discussed in the office of a doctor; their back profile is shown while they sleep in a hospital bed. ⓑ Alternating scenes between 19:45-25:35 ⓒ 33:15-37:45 ⓓ 47:34-48:54. ➋ EP 7, 24:50-27:30: multiple injured people being cared for in an outside make-shift camp after an earthquake.
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Mental Health
Is there misophonia?
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➊ EP 1, 11:55-14:25: constant sound of pachinko machines; one or two similar scenes per episode that aren’t as intense. ➋ EP 4 ⓐ 53:30-54:15; 55:05-55:40: singing, rhythmic banging and clapping, crowd noises. ⓑ 58:35-59:25: laborious breathing from running. ➌ EP 6 ⓐ 27:40-29:10: screaming, yelling, loud conversation, table and dinnerware rattling. Loud conversational background noise until 31:10. ⓑ 37:38-39:38: screaming, yelling, cheering, singing. ➍ EP 7, ⓐ 2:30-6:30: loud crowd noises; honking; ringing of bell clock. ⓑ EP 7, 29:15-32:30: distorted sound, yelling, ear ringing.
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➊ EP 4, 55:27-55:37; 56:45-56:55. ➋ 41:45-43:15: discussion of off-screen suicide.
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Noxious
Does a baby cry?
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➊ EP 1, 8:20-9:00 ➋ EP 6, 44:30-45:00 ➌ EP 7 ⓐ 24:30-24:50 ⓑ 29:15-32:30
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Pregnancy
Is there childbirth?
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➊ EP 1, 8:10-8:20 ➋ EP 6 ⓐ14:30-14:50 ⓑ 26:58-27:58 ⓒ 37:38-38:48 ⓓ alternating scenes at 40:55-45:08; healthy mother and baby shown immediately afterwards until 47:35.
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Prejudice
Is there ableist language or behavior?
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➊ EP 3, 17:20-18:45: regarding potential inherited conditions passed to unborn children; ableist slurs used to identify someone. The father of a leading character has congenital conditions that his community ostracizes him for; this prejudice will be discussed occasionally. ➋ EP 6, 14:45-16:35: mention of public stigma surrounding AIDS; person being declined care for illness.
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Sex
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There is a relationship between step siblings who met as teenagers
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Is there sexual content?
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Occasional allusions to sex throughout the series, with the following scenes including on-screen sexual content: ➊ EP 2, 50:20-51:50. ➋ EP 3, 12:35-13:00. ➌ EP 5, 18:15-19:25.
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Violence
Is there blood/gore?
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➊ EP 1, 48:20-50:10: coughing up of blood. ➋ EP 6, 43:55-45:05: non-graphic childbirth scene with pre-cleaned baby and a brief visual of blood-stained clothes. ➌ EP 7, from 22:05 to the end of the episode, these scenes depict an earthquake and the immediate aftermath. There is on-screen, non-graphic death and injury that includes blood and topical wounds, sometimes in close-up shots. Deceased people and animals are shown. Please see section on “burned alive” if needed.
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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E5
Atomic bomb explosion about a third of the way through the episode. Its effect is importante to a lot of the rest of the series. We see one member of the family who survived the bomb and sustained severe injuries
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