Miniseries · Disney+
Light Shop
A destination where life and death meet.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ju Ji-hoon
Jung Won-young
8 eps
Park Bo-young
Kwon Young-ji
8 eps
Um Tae-goo
Kim Hyun-min
8 eps
Kim Seol-hyun
Lee Ji-young
8 eps
Lee Jung-eun
Jung Yu-hee
8 eps
Bae Sung-woo
Yang Sung-sik
8 eps
Kim Min-ha
Yoon Sun-hae
8 eps
Park Hyuk-kwon
Oh Seung-won
8 eps
Kim Dae-myung
Kim Sang-hoon
8 eps
Shin Eun-soo
Joo Hyeon-ju
8 eps
Kim Sun-hoa
Park Hye-won
8 eps
Kim Ki-hae
Heo Ji-ung
8 eps
Oh Eun-ji
Teacher
8 eps
Kim Ro-sa
Hyun-min's Mother
1 eps
Rebecca Wang
Eutteum
2 eps
Victoria Grace
Kim Eun-jeong
3 eps
Narea Kang
Lee Ji-young
3 eps
Brian Kim McCormick
Hyun-min
3 eps
Trish Le
Bobae
3 eps
Go Youn-jung
Jang Hui-soo
1 eps
Park Jeong-min
Kim Yeong-tak
1 eps
Na Mi-Hee
Seong-sik's Wife
1 eps
Kim Yong-jun
Hyun-min's Father
1 eps
Kwon Young-eun
Bobae
1 eps
Choi Jeong-in
Psychiatrist
1 eps
Park Chang-hoon
Couple in Cinema
1 eps
Shin Hye-ji
Song Bu Yeong [Nurse]
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Light Shop actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Light Shop reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
In a mysterious shop that sells lamps, the dead may return to the world of the living, while the living may not walk out alive.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Episode 8: Light
Youngji, who once was in a coma, brings hope and support to the patients.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E07
Episode 7: Afterlife
The light shop owner tells a customer the story of how he ended up in the light shop.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E05
Episode 5: Reunion
A bus driver gets anxious on a rainy night when things take an unexpected turn.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E01
Episode 1: Strangers
A man is curious about a woman sitting at a bus stop every night.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E04
Episode 4: Outsiders
An undertaker and a nurse working at the same hospital face mysterious situations.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E02
Episode 2: The Door
A woman moves into an old house and experiences strange things. Then she faces hidden secrets.
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E07
Episode 7: Afterlife
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E06
Episode 6: Three-day Funeral
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
S01E01
Episode 1: Strangers
- Directed by Kim Hie-won
- Written by Kang Full
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
- Cho Neung-yeonExecutive Producer
- Shim Se-yoonExecutive Producer
- Yu Jae-hyeokExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kang FullWriter
Direction
- Kim Hie-wonDirector
Cinematography
- Park Sung-hoonDirector of Photography
Music
- Kim Hae-wonOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Disney PlusStreaming
- HuluStreaming
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