Scripted series · KBS2
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Seo-jun
Moo Myung / Sun Woo-Rang
20 eps
Go Ara
Ah-Ro
20 eps
Park Hyung-sik
Sam Maek-Jong / Ji Dwi-Rang
20 eps
Do Ji-han
Ban-Ryu
20 eps
Minho
Soo-Ho
20 eps
Jo Yoon-woo
Yeo-Wool
20 eps
V
Han-Sung
20 eps
Sung Dong-il
Wi Hwa Kong
20 eps
Choi Won-young
An Ji-Gong
20 eps
Kim Ji-soo
Queen Jiso
20 eps
Seo Yea-ji
Princess Sook-myung
20 eps
Kim Chang-wan
Park Young-Sil
20 eps
Kim Kwang-kyu
Pi Joo-Ki
20 eps
Ko In-beom
Kim Seub
20 eps
Lee Da-in
Soo-Yeon
20 eps
You Chea-myung
Pa-O
20 eps
Kim Won-hae
Woo Reuk
20 eps
Lee Byung-joon
Ho Kong
20 eps
Kim Jong-goo
Seok Hyun-Je
20 eps
Song Young-gyu
Kwi Kyung Kong
20 eps
Kim Hyun-joon
Dan Se
20 eps
Song Min-hyung
20 eps
Lee Kyoo-hyung
Do Go
20 eps
Lee Kwang-soo
Mak-Moon
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
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 scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
An elite group of young warriors trained in morals and martial arts finds love and friendship in Silla during Korea’s ancient Three Kingdoms period.
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
- Jung Hae-RyongExecutive Producer
Writing
- Park Eun-youngWriter
Direction
- Kim Young-joDirector
- Yun Seong-sikDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- OnDemandKoreaStreaming
- Kocowa Amazon ChannelStreaming
- KocowaStreaming
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