'Pachinko' production team to attend Busan Contents Market

Poster of Apple TV+ series ″Pachinko″ (2022) [APPLE TV+]

The production team of hit Apple TV+ series “Pachinko” (2022) will attend this year’s Busan Contents Market (BCM), the BCM organization committee announced on Monday.

The 16th BCM this year is scheduled to start on June 8. According to the committee, the team will share stories about the production process, episodes from the filming set and more.

The series’ co-executive producers David Kim and Sebastian Lee will participate in the BCM conference, along with actors Lee Dae-ho and Joo Young-ho.

“Pachinko” premiered on March 25 and is based on a novel of the same title by Korean-American author Min Jin Lee. It follows four generations of ethnic Koreans in Japan, known as Zainichi Koreans. The series has been confirmed for a second season.

The annual BCM brings together distributors and buyers of content and is held both online and offline. This year’s BCM takes place at the Bexco exhibition center in Busan from June 8 to 10 with approximately 700 attendees from 40 nations.

BY HALEY YANG [yang.hyunjoo@joongang.co.kr]