Scripted series · SBS
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo
I'll be waiting for you, even if it's for a thousand years.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
IU
Go Hajin / Lady Hae Soo
20 eps
Lee Joon-gi
Wang So (4th Prince)
20 eps
Kang Ha-neul
Wang Wook (8th Prince)
20 eps
Hong Jong-hyun
Wang Yo (3rd Prince)
20 eps
Baekhyun
Wang Eun (10th Prince)
20 eps
Nam Joo-hyuk
Wang Baeka (13th Prince)
20 eps
Kim Ji-soo
Wang Jeong (14th Prince)
20 eps
Yoon Sun-woo
Wang Won (9th Prince)
20 eps
Kim San-ho
Wang Mu (Crown Prince / 1st Prince)
20 eps
Seohyun
Princess Woohee
20 eps
Kang Han-na
Princess Hwangbo Yeonhwa / Queen Daemok
20 eps
Jin Ki-joo
Chaeryeong
20 eps
Ji Hye-ran
Park Soondeok
20 eps
Sung Dong-il
General Park Soogyeong
20 eps
Kim Sung-kyun
Choi Jimong / Homeless Man
20 eps
Jo Min-ki
King Taejo
20 eps
Kim Kang-il
Shincheon Kang
20 eps
Park Ji-young
Queen Yoo / Queen Shinmyeong
20 eps
Park Jeong-hak
Wang Shikryeom
20 eps
Woo Hee-jin
Court Lady Oh Sooyeon
20 eps
Park Si-eun
Lady Hae Myeong
20 eps
Jung Kyung-soon
Queen Hwangbo / Queen Shinjeong
20 eps
Choi Byung-mo
Park Younggyu
20 eps
Lee Ho-jung
Aera
20 eps
Byeon Woo-seok
Ha-jin's Boyfriend
1 eps
Jang Hae-min
Soo's friend
1 eps
Lee Chae-mi
Wang Mu's daughter
1 eps
Seo Eun-sol
So & Soo's daughter
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Scarlet Heart: Ryeo actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Scarlet Heart: Ryeo reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A story of a 25-year-old Go Hajin who is transported back in time to the Goryeo Dynasty. She then wakes up in the body of Lady Hae Soo and finds herself amongst the ruling princes of the Wang Family.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 20 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
201620 episodes
8.7IMDbDuring a solar eclipse, Go Hajin is magically transported from the present day to the Goryeo Dynasty in 10th century Korea. Further complicating matters, she finds herself stuck in the body of a young woman named Haesoo.
Best episode · S01E01 Traveling Back to Goryeo
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.
Direction
- Kim Kyu-taeDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
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