Limited series · TVING
Island
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Nam-gil
Van
12 eps
Lee Da-hee
Won Mi-ho
12 eps
Cha Eun-woo
Kang Chan-hyuk / Johan
12 eps
Sung Joon
Goongtan
12 eps
Heo Jung-hee
Boo Yeom-ji
12 eps
Goh Doo-shim
Geum Baek-joo
12 eps
Oh Kwang-rok
Butler Jang
12 eps
Chung Su-bin
Lee Su-ryun
12 eps
Yu Seung-ok
Han Su-jin
12 eps
Park Keun-hyong
Jongryung
12 eps
Ha Sung-kwang
[Soo Ryeon's father]
1 eps
John D. Michaels
Adoptive Father
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Island actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Island 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 each hour depends on the one before it.
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 often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Jeju Island is taken over by evil spirits. An exorcist, priest, and chaebol heiress are fated to fight against evil spirits attempting to end the world. “They are stirring at last.”
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
- Jang Yoon-miWriter
Direction
- Bae JongDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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