Isak and Sunja Praying - Pachinko
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Isak and Koh Hansu have a tense meeting in a tailor's shop.

Koh Hansu insults his clothing options and wants to buy Isak a suit.

Isak declines, and the tensions rise.

Isak, Sunja, and her mother confront a pastor and ask for permission to marry.

The pastor interrogates Sunja about her sin.

He makes her swear to be a Christian and to become a believer, even though she is from a family of non-believers.

After she swears, the pastor marries them immediately.

After the union, Sunja's mom heads to the market to buy some white rice.

The shopkeeper gives her a hard time selling the rice to a Korean woman, claiming that it's only for Japanese customers.

She convinces him to sell her the rice after revealing the wedding news.

She cooks the white rice, which stirs up great emotion for her.

Sunja and Isak are surprised by the white rice but don't say anything.

Isak prays, leaving Sunja quite emotional.

They eat the white rice in silence.

Sunja's mother packs Sunja's things to prepare for her trip with Isak.

Grandma Sunja packs her bag in modern times, preparing for her trip home.

Solomon finds Naomi ready to close the deal and confronts her about her coldness towards him.

Naomi tells Solomon about traditions and family.

She tells him about why she chose their firm instead of other top banks in Japan.

Sunja receives a parting gift from a shopkeeper at the market.

She wanders through the market, reminiscing on her life.

A police officer stops Sunja and brings her to Koh Hansu.

Koh Hansu insults her for marrying Isak and claims that he could've offered her so much more.

She knows he's wrong, and that all that waited for her was shame if she didn't marry Isak.

He doesn't want her to go, and threatens her.

Sunja prepares to leave, causing great emotion in her mother and her sisters.

Sunja gives one last look to her home before setting off with Isak.

Grandmother Sunja stares off at the airport, ready to leave.

The woman selling her property arrives at the board room where Solomon and Tom wait.

She wants to skip the formalities and jump into the deal-making.

Isak leaves Sunja and her mother at the station to get their travel papers approved.

Sunja runs into a famous singer and helps return her scarf, and she wishes Sunja well.

Tom starts the meeting.

The woman takes out her glasses and plans to read the entire contract before she sings.

Sunja's mother gives her a lecture about not failing while she's over in Japan.

Sunja sends her final goodbye to her mother, and it sends Sunja into an emotional tizzy.

Sunja barfs on the boat.

The woman still takes her time reading the contract and signs it.

Sunja does not feel well on the boat, and Isak takes care of her.

The famous singer prepares to sing.

Isak, panicked, looks for water for Sunja.

The singer sings her heart out.

The woman talks smack to the businessmen/women, as she feels she needs to defend herself.

The singer pauses during her music, going from an operatic classical piece to something traditional.

The formal gentlemen are angry, while the people in the lower parts of the ship hear her singing and join in.

Grandma lectures Solomon about their past and everything his ancestors had to go through.

The singer stabs herself.

Solomon tells the woman that if she were his grandmother, he would tell her not to sign.

The woman decided not to sign the contract.

The singer lies dead on the stage.

Sunja and Isak struggle to get through the boat journey.

Sunja's mother waits on the docks watching the boat completely disappear into the horizon, and cries for her daughter.

Tom yells at Solomon for ruining the deal, and everyone says that he was a traitor to the company.

Solomon levels the building in a rush, sprinting out, throwing his tie, and discarding his suit in the rain.

Grandma Sunja arrives home.

Solomon enjoys his freedom.

Grandma Sunja has strong emotions on the water after fleeing the cab.

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Pachinko
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Pachinko Season 1 Episode 4 Quotes

Shopkeeper: Three bowls.
Sunja's Mom: Thank you.
Shopkeeper: Perhaps the taste of it will swallow some of your sorrow as well.

Isak: Pastor, is this necessary?
Pastor: It gives me no comfort to say such things, but we live in difficult, callous times. Eve good people find themselves preying upon the weakness of others.