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Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938

16+
May 6, 2023
70 min
Season: 2
Episodes: 12
Status: released

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Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 TV Series Details:

Hangul 구미호뎐 1938
Hanja 九尾狐傳 1938
Revised Romanization Gumihodyeon 1938
McCune–Reischauer Kumihodyŏn 1938
Country South Korea
Language Korean
GenreRomance, Action, Fantasy
Season2
Episodes12
Release dateMay 6, 2023 – June 11, 2023
Aired onSaturday, Sunday
Running time70 min
Age rating16+
StarringLee Dong-wook
Kim So-yeon
Kim Bum
Ryu Kyung-soo
Created byStudio Dragon
Directed by Kang Shin-hyo
Jo Nam-hyung
Written byHan Woo-ri
Produced byNa Ji-hyun
Ham Geun-ho
Executive producerLee Hye-young
Music byHong Dae-sung
So Sue-jeong
Park Seo-hee
Hwang Mi-rae
Production CompaniesKorean
No. of episodes
Distributor tvN

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 TV Series Cast & Character:

  • Main
    • Lee Dong-wook as Lee Yeon: The titular gumiho (nine-tailed fox), a former mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan.
    • Kim So-yeon as Ryu Hong-joo: Former western mountain god, now owner of Myoyeongak, a top-notch restaurant in Gyeongseong.
    • Kim Bum as Lee Rang: A half-blood gumiho and Lee Yeon’s younger brother, torn between love and hatred for his older brother.
    • Ryu Kyung-soo as Cheon Moo-young: Former northern mountain god, a savior of the dead and a longtime friend of Lee Yeon and Hong-joo.
  • Supporting
    • Hwang Hee as Koo Shin-joo: A native fox who partners with Lee Yeon in monster hunts.
    • Kim Yong-ji as Sunwoo Eun-ho: A reporter working at Sunwoo Ilbo.
    • Kim Soo-jin as Snail Bride / Bok Hye-ja: Owner of Obok Goods Store, centrally located in Gyeongseong.
    • Han Gun-yoo as Yoo Jae-yoo: A Jindo dog and Ryu Hong-joo’s loyal bodyguard.
    • Kim Joo-young as Mae Hwa: A parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak, picked up by Hong-joo from the streets in her youth.
    • Kim Na-hyun as Nancho: Another parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak.
    • Kang Na-eon as Guk Hee: A parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak.
    • Joo Ye-rim as Juk Hyang: A young parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak, abandoned by her father.
    • Woo Hyun-jin as Jang Yeo-hee: A half-blood mermaid balancing two jobs — a clothing store employee by day and a singer at Club Paradise by night.
    • Jo Dal-hwan as Boo Doo-mok: Lee Rang’s right-hand man, a bandit leader in 1938.
    • Kim Jung-nan as Taluipa: Younger sister of King Yeomra, wife of Hyunuiong, managing the list of dead souls at the Afterlife Immigration Office.
    • Ahn Gil-kang as Hyunuiong: Gatekeeper of Samdo River, husband of Taluipa, and father of Bok Gil. Works at the Afterlife Immigration Office briefing dead souls before their underworld entry.
    • Ha Do-kwon as Ryuhei Kato: A high-ranking official in the Governor-General’s Bureau of Police, one of the most powerful figures in the Government-General of Korea.
    • Lim Ji-ho as Akira Saito: Chief of the Police Department Security Section under the Government-General of Korea.

Storyline:

A K-fantasy action unfolds as the Nine-tailed fox (played by Lee Dong-wook) makes a crash landing in the year 1938, an era of chaos, and he struggles to return to the present.

About Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 TV Series:

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 (Korean: 구미호뎐 1938) is a South Korean romantic action fantasy television series written by Han Woo-ri and starring Lee Dong-wook, Kim So-yeon, Kim Bum, and Ryu Kyung-soo.

The series serves as the second season to the 2020 series Tale of the Nine Tailed and a prequel to the former season’s storyline.

The series aired from May 6 to June 11, 2023, on tvN’s Saturdays and Sundays at 21:20 (KST). It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and Amazon Prime Video in selected regions.

Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 TV Series Episodes List:

Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Korea.

EpisodesOriginal broadcast dateAverage audience share
(Nationwide)
Average audience share
(Seoul)
1May 6, 20236.463% (1st)7.409% (1st)
2May 7, 20237.129% (1st)8.303% (1st)
3May 13, 20235.233% (1st)5.808% (1st)
4May 14, 20236.682% (1st)7.606% (1st)
5May 20, 20235.533% (1st)6.656% (1st)
6May 21, 20236.860% (1st)8.116% (1st)
7May 27, 20235.324% (1st)6.249% (1st)
8May 28, 20236.736% (1st)7.983% (1st)
9June 3, 20234.988% (1st)6.155% (1st)
10June 4, 20236.625% (1st)8.196% (1st)
11June 10, 20234.728% (1st)5.475% (1st)
12June 11, 20238.024% (1st)9.102% (1st)
Average6.194%7.255%

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