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 |
Genre | Romance, Action, Fantasy |
Season | 2 |
Episodes | 12 |
Release date | May 6, 2023 – June 11, 2023 |
Aired on | Saturday, Sunday |
Running time | 70 min |
Age rating | 16+ |
Starring | Lee Dong-wook Kim So-yeon Kim Bum Ryu Kyung-soo |
Created by | Studio Dragon |
Directed by | Kang Shin-hyo Jo Nam-hyung |
Written by | Han Woo-ri |
Produced by | Na Ji-hyun Ham Geun-ho |
Executive producer | Lee Hye-young |
Music by | Hong Dae-sung So Sue-jeong Park Seo-hee Hwang Mi-rae |
Production Companies | Korean 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.
Episodes | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nationwide) | Average audience share (Seoul) |
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1 | May 6, 2023 | 6.463% (1st) | 7.409% (1st) |
2 | May 7, 2023 | 7.129% (1st) | 8.303% (1st) |
3 | May 13, 2023 | 5.233% (1st) | 5.808% (1st) |
4 | May 14, 2023 | 6.682% (1st) | 7.606% (1st) |
5 | May 20, 2023 | 5.533% (1st) | 6.656% (1st) |
6 | May 21, 2023 | 6.860% (1st) | 8.116% (1st) |
7 | May 27, 2023 | 5.324% (1st) | 6.249% (1st) |
8 | May 28, 2023 | 6.736% (1st) | 7.983% (1st) |
9 | June 3, 2023 | 4.988% (1st) | 6.155% (1st) |
10 | June 4, 2023 | 6.625% (1st) | 8.196% (1st) |
11 | June 10, 2023 | 4.728% (1st) | 5.475% (1st) |
12 | June 11, 2023 | 8.024% (1st) | 9.102% (1st) |
Average | 6.194% | 7.255% |