Scripted series · SBS
Pinocchio
How far can you get by lying?
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Park Shin-hye
Choe In-ha
20 eps
Lee Jong-suk
Gi Ha-myeong / Choe Dal-po
20 eps
Kim Young-kwang
Seo Beom-jo
20 eps
Lee Yu-bi
Yun Yu-rae
20 eps
Jin Kyung
Song Cha-ok
20 eps
Lee Pil-mo
Hwang Gyo-dong
20 eps
Min Sung-wook
Jang Hyeon-gyu
20 eps
Yoon Kyun-sang
Gi Jae-myeong
20 eps
Choo Soo-hyun
Im Jae-hwan
20 eps
Byun Hee-bong
Choe Gong-pil
20 eps
Shin Jung-keun
Choe Dal-pyeong
20 eps
Lee Ju-seung
An Chan-su
20 eps
Jung In-gi
Gi Ho-sang
20 eps
Nam Da-reum
Young Gi Ha-myeong
20 eps
Shin Jae-ha
Young Gi Jae-myeong
20 eps
Kim Yeong-hun
Lee Il-ju
20 eps
Kang Shin-il
Lee Yeong-tak
20 eps
Kim Kwang-kyu
Kim Gong-ju
20 eps
Kim Hae-sook
Park Ro-sa
20 eps
Roh Jeong-eui
Young Choe In-ha
20 eps
Jang Young-nam
Ha-myeong's Mother
20 eps
Tae Hang-ho
Cha U-cheol
20 eps
Yoon Seo-hyun
Lee Ju-ho
20 eps
Jo Deok-hyeon
Jo Won-gu
20 eps
Yum Dong-hun
Task Leader Mun Deok-su
1 eps
Jang Kwang
Headmaster
1 eps
Choi Jong-hoon
Factory worker
1 eps
Woo Hyeon
Homeroom teacher
3 eps
Chang Hang-jun
Director
2 eps
Ahn Sun-young
Broadcasting writer
2 eps
Kim Young-jun
Neighbor with Pinocchio syndrome
2 eps
Jung Woong-in
Min Jun-guk
1 eps
Lee Bo-young
Hye-seong (Voice navigation)
1 eps
Kim Min-young
Song Yeong-ju
1 eps
Ri Min
Drunk driver
1 eps
Yoon Sang-hyun
Lawyer Cha Kwan-u
1 eps
Park Gil-su
Bus Company Owner Jo Jang-u
1 eps
No Tae-yeob
Attacker
1 eps
Lee Joon
FAMA
1 eps
Kangnam
University student in a blue jacket
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Pinocchio actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Pinocchio reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Cliffhanger Intensity.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
In-ha and Ha-myeong become reporters for different reasons: one aspires to follow in her mother's footsteps and the other seeks to do honest news.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 20 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201420 episodes
The idealistic Choe In-ha has her work cut out for her when she becomes a broadcast reporter, especially when she suffers from a condition known as “Pinocchio syndrome", which makes her break out into hiccups whenever she tells a lie. Her rookie colleagues include Gi Ha-myeong, whose shabby appearance masks his true eloquence and sharp memory; Seo Beom-jo, a wealthy heir who has had everything handed to him in life; and Yun Yu-rae, whose fangirl knowledge comes in handy in covering the news. The 20-something newbie reporters pursue justice as they try to discover themselves in the process.
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.
Direction
- Jo Soo-wonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- OnDemandKoreaStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
- Kocowa Amazon ChannelStreaming
- KocowaStreaming
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