INSIDE THE MAKING OF A TRILINGUAL EPIC

IN 2017, WHEN FILM AND TV AGENT Theresa Kang-Lowe read Min Jin Lee’s epic novel Pachinko, which tells the story of a poor Korean family through generations and across borders, she feared it didn’t stand a chance of receiving Hollywood’s attention. “I thought it was an impossibility,” she says. “This was pre–Crazy Rich Asians, pre-Parasite, pre–Squid Game. We had never seen something like this in series form.”

Five years later, on March 25, the first season of —for which Kang-Lowe serves as an executive producer—will arrive on Apple TV+ in a vastly different landscape. Television shows from around the world, including South Korea’s the Paris-set and the U.S.-Mexico drama have found rabid audiences on Netflix. These shows have proved that contrary