Scripted series · Netflix
The Glory
Let's wilt and die together.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Song Hye-kyo
Moon Dong-eun
16 eps
Lee Do-hyun
Joo Yeo-jeong
16 eps
Lim Ji-yeon
Park Yeon-jin
16 eps
Yeom Hye-ran
Kang Hyeon-nam
16 eps
Park Sung-hoon
Jeon Jae-jun
16 eps
Jung Sung-il
Ha Do-yeong
16 eps
Kim Hieora
Lee Sa-ra
16 eps
Cha Joo-young
Choi Hye-jeong
16 eps
Kim Gun-woo
Son Myeong-o
16 eps
Jung Zi-so
Moon Dong-eun (young)
10 eps
Shin Ye-eun
Park Yeon-jin (young)
7 eps
Lee So-i
Yoon So-hee
4 eps
Heo Dong-won
Teacher Chu
6 eps
Son Sook
Landlord
8 eps
Lee Hae-yeong
Shin Yeong-jun
11 eps
Song Byeong-geun
Jeon Jae-jun (young)
5 eps
Son Ji-na
Hong Yeong-ae
11 eps
Bae Gang-hee
Lee Sa-ra (young)
4 eps
Song Ji-woo
Choi Hye-jeong (young)
5 eps
Seo Woo-hyeok
Son Myeong-o (young)
6 eps
Oh Ji-yul
Ha Ye-sol
13 eps
Jeon Su-ah
Ahn Jeong-mi
7 eps
Park Yoon-hee
Kim Jong-mun
3 eps
Park Ji-a
Jeong Mi-hee
7 eps
Lee Byung-joon
Lee Gil-seong
4 eps
Lee Seo-young
Kim Gyeong-ran (young)
3 eps
Song Na-young
Koo Seong-hee
7 eps
Ahn So-yo
Kim Gyeong-ran
10 eps
Gu Da-song
Seul-gi
1 eps
Kang Gil-woo
Kim Soo-han
3 eps
Choi Soo-in
Lee Sun-a
5 eps
Ryu Sung-hyun
Lee Seok-jae
5 eps
Oh Min-ae
Ha Do-yeong's mother
3 eps
Kwon Beom-taek
Lawyer Choi
4 eps
Kim Sun-hoa
Lee Sa-ra's mother
3 eps
Park Sang-jong
Kim Shin-tae
2 eps
Kim Jung-young
Park Sang-im
8 eps
Cho Min-wook
Kim Jong-heon
2 eps
Lee Jung-ok
Tae-uk
1 eps
Hwang Kwang-hee
DJ
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Glory actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Glory 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.
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.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 16 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202216 episodes
8.1IMDbA high school student dreams of becoming an architect. However, she had to drop out of school after suffering from brutal school violence. Years later, the perpetrator gets married and has a kid. Once the kid is in elementary school, the former victim becomes her homeroom teacher and starts her thorough revenge towards the perpetrators and bystanders of her bullying days.
Best episode · S01E09 Episode 9
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E09
Episode 9
Questions arise over Myeong-o, Dong-eun gives Yeon-jin a chance to come clean about her past, and the circumstances of Yoon So-hee's death are revealed.
S01E10
Episode 10
Yeon-jin threatens Hyeon-nam after discovering her involvement with Dong-eun. Yeo-jeong devises a way to get the truth out of Yeon-jin.
S01E01
Episode 1
Tormented by her high school classmates and with nowhere to turn for help, Moon Dong-eun sinks into despair before deciding on a new mission in life.
S01E05
Episode 5
While Ha Do-yeong comes across an intriguing game opponent, Yeon-jin realizes her deepest secrets are at stake when she tries to intimidate Dong-eun.
S01E02
Episode 2
With Park Yeon-jin's wedding on the way, Dong-eun's revenge rolls out according to plan. Meanwhile, a fateful encounter at a hospital takes place.
S01E12
Episode 12
Dong-eun's end game comes into focus as she sends Jae-jun a troubling package and orchestrates a plan to take down Yeon-jin and Lee Sa-ra.
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.
Executive production
- Yoon Ha-limExecutive Producer
- Kim Young-kyuExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kim Eun-sookWriter
Direction
- An Gil-hoDirector
Cinematography
- Kwon Byung-sooDirector of Photography
- Jang Jong-kyungDirector of Photography
Music
- Kim Jun-seokOriginal Music Composer
- Jung Se-rinOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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