Scripted series · Netflix
Genie, Make a Wish
Come now, to corruption!
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Woo-bin
Genie / Iblis
13 eps
Suzy
Ki Ga-young
13 eps
Ahn Eun-jin
Lee Mi-joo
13 eps
Steve Sanghyun Noh
Ryu Su-hyeon / Ejlael
13 eps
Ko Kyu-pil
Sade / Sayyid
13 eps
Lee Zoo-young
Choi Min-ji
13 eps
Kim Mi-kyeong
Oh Pan-geum
13 eps
Song A-kyung
Ka Young's Aunt
1 eps
Woo Mi-hwa
Ka Young's Mother
1 eps
Park In-chun
Tourist Mother
1 eps
Choi Kyo-sik
Hiker
1 eps
Kim Jin-ok
Hiker
1 eps
Kim Ye-gyeom
Jung Hoon / Khalid / Hunbish
2 eps
Kang Chae-young
Gu Bo Gyeong
4 eps
Kim Seong-yong
Watch Salesman
1 eps
Ha Jin
Water Purifier Lady
1 eps
Lee Kwang-ik
Motel Employee
1 eps
Goo Jae-yeon
Grandmother
1 eps
Yoon Ju-man
Detective
1 eps
Jeong Han-bin
Detective
1 eps
Kim Ah-young
Cult Member
2 eps
Daniel Henney
Kim Gae
5 eps
Kim Ji-hoon
Chauffeur Kim
5 eps
Shin An-jin
Bank Manager
2 eps
Song Hye-kyo
Jinniya (Genie)
3 eps
Park Bo-kyung
Kang Im Seon
5 eps
Bae Geu-rin
Hoon's Mother / Wahid
2 eps
Kim Jae-seon
Jung Joon Woo
2 eps
Roh Ju-Eu
Tourist Daughter
1 eps
Lee Jeong-Min
Bank Teller
2 eps
Lee Woong-jae
Delinquent
1 eps
Park Woo-young
Delinquent
1 eps
Jeong Jong Hun
Farmland Owner
1 eps
Kim Moo-joon
Ko Yeong-Hyeon
3 eps
Kim Hak-Soo
Firefighter
1 eps
Park Myung-shin
Grandma Sa Ok-Nam
3 eps
Shin Shin-ae
Grandma Park Heung-Rye
3 eps
Kim Deok-ju
Grandma An Bok-Ja
3 eps
Kim Min-ju
Park Heung-Rye's Daughter-In-Law
2 eps
Go Dong-eop
Mr. Kim
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Genie, Make a Wish actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Genie, Make a Wish reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
The story
What it's about
After a thousand years, a quirky genie returns to grant wishes to a woman born without feelings. Can his magic bring love and wonder to her world?
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E10 · Signature episode
Episode 10
With Khalid's next move imminent, Iblis and Ka-young dig into their blurry past. Meanwhile, Pan-geum prepares for her fate, stoking suspicion around her.
S01E04 · Signature episode
Episode 4
After sharing her first kiss with Iblis, Ka-young searches for any excuse to kiss him again. Ejllael struggles to sway Ka-young to his long-held plan.
S01E01 · Signature episode
Episode 1
After a lifetime of abandonment, Ki Ka-young confronts her mother in Dubai. During her trip, she releases Iblis, indifferent to any wish he might grant.
- Written by Kim Eun-sook
S01E03 · Signature episode
Episode 3
Iblis agrees to grant Ka-young's first wish — to corrupt others — although she remains an enigma. Meanwhile, Ejllael plots his revenge against Iblis.
S01E02 · Signature episode
Episode 2
Back at Ka-young's home, Iblis learns about her past from the locals — and navigates modern Korean society while trying to threaten a wish from her.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
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.
Writing
- Kim Eun-sookWriter
Direction
- An Gil-hoDirector
- Lee Byeong-heonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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