Scripted series · JTBC
Sisyphus
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Cho Seung-woo
Han Tae-sul
16 eps
Park Shin-hye
Gang Seo-hae
16 eps
Chae Jong-hyeop
Choi Jae-sun
16 eps
Sung Dong-il
Park Hyeong-do
16 eps
Tae In-ho
Eddie Kim
16 eps
Tae Won-seok
Yeo Bong-sun
16 eps
Jeon Kuk-hwan
Kim Han-yong
16 eps
Heo Joon-seok
Han Tae-san
16 eps
Jung Hye-in
Kim Seo-jin
16 eps
Choi Jung-woo
Hwang Hyun-seung
16 eps
Go Yoon
Jung Hyeon-gi
16 eps
Kim Byong-chul
Seo Won-ju
16 eps
Lee Yeon-su
Lee Eun-hee
16 eps
Lee Si-woo
Bingbing
16 eps
Lim Ji-sub
Ma Yong-Suk
16 eps
Kim Jong-tae
Gang Dong-ki
16 eps
Ha Yul-Ri
Choi Go-eun
16 eps
Park Young Bin
Kwon Yeok Beom [Member of the DEA]
16 eps
Choe Min
Detective
16 eps
Lee Myeong-ro
Uhm Seon-Jae
16 eps
Lee Hyun-jun
Cho Jae-woong
16 eps
Ma Jeong-pil
Executive (Eps 9)
1 eps
Lee Jae-won
Kim Dong-Hyeon (Eps 1,8)
2 eps
Lee So-yoon
Kim Dong-Hyeon's wife (Eps 8)
1 eps
Kim Beong-choun
Chinese restaurant owner (Eps 1,2)
2 eps
Roh Hae-ju
Flight Attendant Park Mi-Jung (Eps 1)
1 eps
Kim Mi-ra
Flight purser (Eps 1)
1 eps
Hwang Dong-joo
Co-Pilot (Eps 1,2)
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Sisyphus actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Sisyphus reads strongest on Bingeability, Spectacle and Character Depth.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
An unfathomable incident introduces a genius engineer to dangerous secrets of the world — and to a woman from the future who's come looking for him.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E15
Episode 15
As Tae-sul tries to locate him, Sigma reveals more details about himself. Sun frees Seo-hae from the bunker.
S01E06
Episode 6
Seo-hae infiltrates Eddy Kim's party with a mission. After a series of distressing events, Tae-sul realizes he cannot trust everyone around him.
S01E02
Episode 2
The contents of a mysterious suitcase give Tae-sul more questions than answers. In exchange for lottery numbers, Sun agrees to help Seo-hae.
S01E14
Episode 14
With the war looming on the horizon, everyone must make their choices. When Seo-hae heads to the only place she knows, Tae-sul finds her.
S01E01
Episode 1
Aboard a falling plane as the clock ticks toward doom, Han Tae-sul puts his famous mind to work for a solution. Gang Seo-hae arrives in the year 2020.
S01E05
Episode 5
Caught by Kim Seo-jin trespassing in her clinic, Tae-sul tries to explain what's going on. Seo-hae reveals disturbing details about the future.
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
- Lee Je-inWriter
- Jeon Chan-hoWriter
Direction
- Jin HyukDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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