Pachinko Episodes 4 Recap & Ending Explained!!

Following the trend of the epic drama Pachinko, viewers have recently expressed an interest in learning more about what transpired in the drama. As a result, we’ve written this post on Pachinko Episode 4 recap and ending. Well, The Korean landowner Han Geumja and her children arrived to sign the contract with Shiffley Bank in Tokyo in 1989 in episode 4 of ‘Pachinko,’ an epic historical drama spanning multiple generations of a Korean Japanese family, but things didn’t go as planned. Sunja (Youn Yuh-jung as an adult, Yu-na Jeon as a child, Minha Kim as a teen, and Yu-na Jeon as a child) travels to South Korea with her son Mozasu (Soji Arai). Teen Sunja marries Isak (Steve Sanghyun Noh) in Busan in 1931 and departs for Osaka, not to return for another 50 years. Everything that the fans need to know about the fourth episode of ‘Pachinko’ is discussed here.

Pachinko Episodes 4 Recap

The episode opens in a tailor’s shop in 1931, with Isak and Koh Hansu (Lee Min-Ho) meeting for the first time. The latter clearly recognizes the former and repeatedly makes fun of him, commenting on his hand-me-down suit as well as his illness. Isak maintains his cool and tells the tailor that he will need a new suit for his forthcoming wedding and that he would like his brother’s suit rehemmed so that his son can wear it later. Isak, it appears, is also aware of Koh Hansu’s existence.

Mozasu isn’t the son he’s talking about. He hasn’t been born yet. He’s referring to the child that Sunja is expecting. He has no way of knowing it’ll be a boy, but this is Korea in the 1930s. Isak’s progressiveness has its limits, even if he is a giving and compassionate man. Sunja has a boy in the book, and they name him Noa, who will most likely appear in future episodes. Sunja says her goodbyes to her mother, friends, and nation after their wedding and boards a passenger ship destined for Osaka.

Han Geumja attended the gathering in 1989 with her children. She seemed to be hesitant to proceed with the deal right from the start. As the discussion progresses, the hesitancy turns into justifiable fury at decades of discrimination, mistreatment, and bigotry. Meanwhile, Sunja lands in Korea in the midst of a torrential downpour. She arrives at the seashore of her childhood and begins to cry.

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Pachinko Episodes 4 Ending: Does Han Geumja Sign the Contract with Shiffley Bank?

No, Han Geumja does not sign the Shiffley Bank contract. It was evident that her children wanted her to do it. A billion Japanese yen is a substantial sum of money. Despite the fact that they must have grown up witnessing the same bigotry and mistreatment as their mother, it is likely that they learned to disregard it. Han Geumja, on the other hand, did not put a blindfold over her eyes. Therefore she is still able to see everything.

In a room full of Japanese people, she speaks in Korean. Only Solomon and her children are being spoken to by Han Geumja. She goes into great depth about what their forefathers have gone through since arriving in Japan. Han Geumja’s father arrived first, most likely on a ship identical to Sunja’s, and the rest of the family arrived later. They persevered together in a country that was mainly hostile to them.

Han Geumja’s time of defiance has arrived. Solomon is moved by her remarks, especially after she mentions his grandmother, and he tells her not to sign. That’s exactly what she does, and she walks away. After that, Solomon dashes out into the street, comes upon a crew of street performers and starts dancing wildly in the rain to their melody, just as his grandma pours her tears into the sea, feeling free.

Is the Korean Soprano Dead?

Just before boarding the ship, Sunja meets a Korean soprano who appears to be highly famous among the Japanese. Sunja picks up the soprano’s scarf after she drops it by accident. Sunja’s mother is present when the two ladies speak, and the singer seems to understand Sunja’s situation and why she is coming across the sea when she is due in two months. Sunja is told by the singer that she will perform for their people.

Sunja stops midway through her performance that evening, when violently seasick, and begins singing a Korean song. Below deck, her people respond to her singing with shouts, claps, and thumps against the ship’s walls and floor. The action of the story alternates between the ship and the meeting room. Han Geumja pulls out a knife and kills herself just as Solomon tells her not to sign the papers, marking her moment of defiance.

Yun Sim-deok, a Korean soprano, committed suicide while aboard a passenger ship. But that was in 1926, and the circumstances were different. While going to Busan from Simonoseki, Japan, she and her lover, writer Kim U-jin, leaped from the ship and drowned.

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