Pachinko

Minha Kim in 'Pachinko'. (Screen grab/Apple TV+ trailer) How does one share the visceral experience that is this show called Pachinko ? I suddenly find myself struggling with words to explain how a story that begins with a father’s love for his daughter becomes this epic room inside your heart where Kim Sunja and her whole family resides, flaws and all. This is a story that crosses four generations and three countries, but there’s not a tear you want to miss nor do you stop counting the moments of sigh-inducing love. Before the Japanese became a video game mad people, there was Pachinko. It’s a vertical pinball game, played for prizes (and although gambling is illegal in Japan, you can make a deal to exchange the winnings for cash outside the Pachinko Parlour premises). And as all games go, the machines are rigged so that the house always wins. According to Baek Mozasu, the owner of a thriving Pachinko parlour, it's the Pachinko philosophy. ‘It’s just a question of … [Read more...] about K-drama review: ‘Pachinko’ is an epic saga of love, loss, longing and resilience

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Miami-based 26 Capital Acquisition Corp. —the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) controlled by investor Jason Ader—remains committed to complete its merger with Okada Manila and list one of the Philippines’ biggest casino resorts on Nasdaq despite the ongoing fracas over the management of the property. “I’m fully committed to this deal,” Ader, chairman and founder of the SPAC, told Forbes Asia via video conferencing from his headquarters in Miami on June 9 . Under the deal announced in October, Tokyo-listed Universal Entertainment Corp. will inject Okada Manila into 26 Capital in exchange for an 88% stake in the combined entity dubbed Universal Entertainment Resorts Inc. (UERI) that will be listed on Nasdaq, in a deal valuing the Philippine gaming company at $2.6 billion. A meeting of 26 Capital shareholders to vote on the transaction originally scheduled on June 28 has been postponed to a later date … [Read more...] about U.S. SPAC To Proceed With Okada Manila Deal Despite Management Fracas At Philippine Casino Resort