Scripted series · tvN
Tale of the Nine Tailed
I, too, waited for you
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Dong-wook
Lee Yeon
16 eps
Cho Bo-ah
Nam Ji-a
16 eps
Kim Bum
Lee Rang
16 eps
Kim Yong-ji
Ki Yu-ri
16 eps
Hwang Hee
Gu Shin-ju
16 eps
Kim Jung-nan
Taluipa
16 eps
An Kil-kang
Hyun Ui-ong
16 eps
Kim Hee-jung
Ji-a's mother
16 eps
Kim Kang-min
Pyo Jae-hwan
16 eps
Lee Tae-ri
Imugi
16 eps
Jung Yi-seo
Kim Sae-rom
16 eps
Uhm Hyo-seop
TVC President Kwon Hae-ryong
16 eps
Kim Gwi-seon
Fishing boat captain
2 eps
Lee Kyoo-hyung
Yeon's Best Friend Moon Bear
2 eps
Choo Ye-jin
Jung Su-young
1 eps
Lee Jung-min
Bride
1 eps
Lee Taek-geun
Groom
1 eps
Son Dong-hwa
Groom next door
1 eps
Jang Ui-don
Bus passenger
2 eps
Yoon Tae-hee
Bus passenger
2 eps
Lee Si-young
Bus passenger
2 eps
Jang Won-hyung
Detective Baek Si-u
5 eps
Woo Hyeon
Totem spirit
2 eps
Kim Hwan-young
Bus passengers' son
1 eps
Yoo Jun-won
Funeral family member
1 eps
Maeng Bong-hak
Seo Ki-chang
2 eps
Ji Heon-il
Fisherman Jin-sik
2 eps
Kim Young-sun
Shaman
2 eps
Jang Yong-chul
Fisherman
2 eps
Geum Dong-hyeon
Fisherman
2 eps
Joo Boo-jin
Island grandmother
2 eps
Park Seoung-tae
Island grandmother
2 eps
Kim Sun-yool
Mountain spirit girl
2 eps
Do Yeon-jin
Seo Pyung-hee
3 eps
Son Woo-hyeon
Security Staff Jung Hyeon-u
3 eps
Choi Seung-Il
Yu-ri's father
1 eps
Oh Jeong-won
Yu-ri's mother
1 eps
Park Da-yeon
Nam Ji-a (Young) / A-eum (Young)
5 eps
Choi Sung-woong
Funeral hall security
1 eps
Lee Ye-bit
Ghost Child Min-seo
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Tale of the Nine Tailed actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Tale of the Nine Tailed reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and World Building.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The story
What it's about
A TV producer discovers a secret supernatural world as she becomes entangled with a former deity who's spent centuries searching for his lost lover.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
The Incident That Occurred on Yeou Gogae
Ji-ah who lost her parents in a freakish car accident on Yeougogae when she was 9 years old, becomes a producer of the investigative program called "Finding Local Myths". One day, she receives a report on a suspicious "monster".
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E16
The Rewritten Tale of the Nine Tailed
S01E15
Without Knowing Imoogi's Plan
S01E14
Dead End
S01E13
The Other Imoogi
S01E12
Catch the Tail
S01E11
Ground Cherries
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
- Kim Young-kyuExecutive Producer
Writing
- Han Woo-riWriter
Direction
- Cho Nam-hyungDirector
- Kang Shin-hyoDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
- Amazon Prime Video with AdsStreaming
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