After his impressive stint in the hit series The King: Eternal Monarch, Lee Min Ho has now officially signed on to his next project, which is Apple's Pachinko series.

The big-budget series will be kicking off its production next week as Apple has set the cast and directors for its multilingual international drama Pachinko, which is based on the novel by Min Jin Lee.

The Star-Studded Cast

Along with the Korean superstar, Lee Min Ho is global artists, Jin Ha (Devs, Love Life), Anna Sawai (Fast & Furious 9, Giri/Haji), Soji Arai (Cobra Kai, Legacies), Minha Kim (Call, After Spring), and Kaho Minami (Angel Dust, Household X). Meanwhile, Kogonada (Columbus) will be directing four episodes, including the pilot. He will also serve as an executive producer of the series. The director of Ms. Purple, Justin Chon, will also be directing four episodes. He will exec produce the ones he helms.

The series is said to come across multiple continents. Furthermore, the eight episodes will be told in Korean, Japanese, and English. It will be a chronicle of the hopes and dreams of four generations of a Korean immigrant family.

The 'Rich and Powerful' Lee Min Ho

Several news outlets have previously broken the news about Lee Min Ho being in talks to star in Apple's Pachinko series. What's more interesting about the show is that the saga tells about immigrant family characters unfolding across Korea, Japan, and the United States.

Reports from Korean news portals revealed Lee Min Ho's character as Hansu. Hansu is a wealthy and influential merchant with ties to organized crime. They describe the role,

"An opportunist who's true to his desires. He wants to be pure when it comes to love. However, his character is mysterious, who hides a secret and pursues a forbidden romance, and he plays an important role in the story."

Moreover, on October 26 starts the filming of the on-location in Korea. Next to their filming site in Canada.

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