Pachinko: Episode 7 (Drama Hangout)

Even if it wasn’t in the novel, a show like this would almost HAVE to put in the earthquake and subsequent massacre. Just too big to ignore, and they shed light on the whole Korean experience at the time and what Sun-ja faced later.

FWIW, the yakuza were sort-of good guys then. Per the Wikipedia article on the massacre “The police continued to assist the killings or responded to reports of murder passively. In contrast, the Yakuza, who accepted Koreans among their membership, protected Koreans from the lynch mobs.”

I thought this ep did a good job of showing what happened and fitting it into the story.

Pachinko: Episode 7 (Drama Hangout)
Source: Buzz Pinay Daily