Limited series · Kakao TV
Once Upon a Small Town
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
JOY
An Ja-yeong
12 eps
Choo Young-woo
Han Ji-yul
12 eps
Baek Sung-chul
Lee Sang-hyeon
12 eps
Baek Ji-won
Jang Se-ryeon
12 eps
Jeong Seok-yong
Hwang Man-sung
12 eps
Roh Jae-won
Yoon Geun-Mo
12 eps
Park Ye-ni
Nurse Yeong-Suk
12 eps
Na Chul
Choi Yun-Hyeong
12 eps
Park Ji-a
Cha Yeon-Hong
12 eps
Kim Young-sun
Park Mal-Geum
12 eps
Jeong Si-yul
Kim Seon-dong
12 eps
Yoo Yeon
Mo Kyung-ok
12 eps
Kang Hak-soo
Bird owner
1 eps
Lee Dong-yong
Mr. Cho
1 eps
Shin Jae-hoon
Mr. Yang
1 eps
Choi Min-geum
Burglary victim
1 eps
Jung Soo-bum
Gi Taek
1 eps
Noh Eun-jeong
Gi Taek's mother
1 eps
Jang Moon-gyu
Huidong Village resident
1 eps
Ahn Soo-ho
Huidong Village resident
1 eps
Cho Yi-an
Han Ji-yul [Young]
3 eps
Yoon Hae-bin
Ahn Ja-young [Young]
3 eps
Lee Jae-yong
Han Jeong-ho
1 eps
Ahn Hye-won
Yoon Gyeong-mi
1 eps
Kim Yong-jin
Tractor driver
1 eps
Gu Bon-jin
Singing contest PD
1 eps
Yoo Soon-chul
Bull owner
1 eps
Lee So-yoon
Hui Won
2 eps
Sung Hyun-mi
Majeong farm woman
1 eps
Oh Ji-young
Majeong farm woman
1 eps
Son Young-soon
Mal Geum's mother
1 eps
Park Se-ki
Mechanic
1 eps
Ha Yul-Ri
Choi Min
3 eps
Lee Jae-soon
Ms. Gil
1 eps
Kim Jung-han
Restaurant drunk man
1 eps
Jeong Dae-yong
Mr. Han
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Once Upon a Small Town actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Once Upon a Small Town reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Serialized.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
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.
The story
What it's about
Against his wishes a veterinarian from the big city relocates to the countryside, where he meets a policewoman, a town insider with a friendly secret.
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
- 백은경Writer
Direction
- Kwon Seok-jangDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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