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Alchemy of Souls
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Jae-wook
Jang Uk
30 eps
Go Youn-jung
Naksu / Cho-young / Jin Bu-yeon
30 eps
Minhyun
Seo Yul
30 eps
Moon Seong-hyun
Seo Yul (teen)
30 eps
Jung So-min
Mu-deok
20 eps
Shin Seung-ho
Crown Prince Go Won
30 eps
Yu Jun-sang
Park Jin
30 eps
Oh Na-ra
Maid Kim Do-ju
30 eps
Yoo In-soo
Park Dang-gu
30 eps
ARIN
Jin Cho-yeon
30 eps
Do Sang-woo
Seo Yun-o
10 eps
Jo Jae-yun
Jin Mu
30 eps
Park Eun-hye
Jin Ho-gyeong
30 eps
Lim Cheol-soo
Master Lee Cheol
30 eps
Hong Seo-hui
Heo Yun-ok
30 eps
Lee Do-gyeong
Heo Yeom
30 eps
Kang Kyung-hun
Queen Seo Ha-seon
20 eps
Lee Ha-yul
Sang-ho
30 eps
Seo Hye-won
So-i
30 eps
Kim Yong-jin
Seo Eui-won
30 eps
Jeong Ji-an
Soon Yi
30 eps
Shim So-young
Queen Seo Ha-seon
10 eps
Cha Yong-hak
Yeom Su
30 eps
Choi Ji-ho
Gil-ju
20 eps
Choi Gwang-il
King Go Soon
30 eps
Park So-jin
Ju-wol
30 eps
Song Seung-hwan
Yong Pil
10 eps
Ju Seok-tae
Jin U-tak
20 eps
Lee Ji-hoo
Cha Beom
30 eps
Yeom Hye-ran
Middle-aged woman
1 eps
Park Byung-eun
Go Seong
4 eps
Jeon Hye-won
Ae-hyang
2 eps
Ju Sang-uk
Jang Gang
12 eps
Yoon Seo-hyun
Cho Chung
9 eps
Woo Hyeon
Monk Ho-yeon
5 eps
Kim Hyun-sook
Park Do-ju
3 eps
Kim Ki-cheon
Shaman Bong
1 eps
Bae Gang-hee
Do Hwa
1 eps
Lee Rang-seo
Ok Shim
1 eps
Jang Seon-yul
Seo Yul (child)
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Alchemy of Souls actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Alchemy of Souls reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Spectacle.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
The run
Seasons
2 seasons · 30 episodes.
Season 0 · Complete
Specials
20222 episodes
Season 1 · Complete
Part 1
202220 episodes
9.0IMDbA powerful sorceress in a blind woman's body encounters a man from a prestigious family, who wants her help to change his destiny.
Best episode · S01E01 Episode 1
Season 2 · Complete
Part 2
202210 episodes
9.6IMDbJang Uk, now a fierce but troubled hunter of the soul shifters, meets an imprisoned young woman who seeks his help to reclaim her freedom.
Best episode · S02E01 Episode 1
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
Episode 1
Naksu casts one last spell to save her soul. Jang Uk looks for the only sorcerer who would dare to help him. Mu-deok gets taken under a new master.
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S02E10
Episode 10
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
S02E09
Episode 9
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
S02E08
Episode 8
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
S02E07
Episode 7
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
S02E06
Episode 6
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
S02E05
Episode 5
- Directed by Park Joon-hwa
- Written by Hong Mi-ran, Hong Jeong-eun
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Jang Jung-doExecutive Producer
Writing
- Hong Mi-ranWriter
- Hong Jeong-eunWriter
Direction
- Park Joon-hwaDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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