Scripted series · MBC
The Moon Embracing the Sun
Don't come close! But don't go far...
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Soo-hyun
King Lee Hwon
20 eps
Yeo Jin-goo
Lee Hwon (young)
20 eps
Han Ga-in
Heo Yeon-woo / shaman Wol
20 eps
Kim You-jung
Heo Yeon-woo (young)
20 eps
Jung Il-woo
Prince Yang-myung
20 eps
Lee Tae-ri
Yang-myung (young)
20 eps
Kim Min-seo
Yoon Bo-kyung
20 eps
Kim So-hyun
Yoon Bo-kyung (young)
20 eps
Sunwoo Jae-duk
Heo Young-jae
20 eps
Song Jae-hee
Heo Yeom
20 eps
Yim Si-wan
Heo Yeom (young)
20 eps
Yoon Seung-ah
Seol
20 eps
Seo Ji-hee
Seol (young)
20 eps
Ahn Nae-sang
King Sungjo
20 eps
Kim Young-ae
Queen Dowager Jung-hui
20 eps
Nam Bo-ra
Princess Min-hwa
20 eps
Jin Ji-hee
Min-hwa (young)
20 eps
Song Jae-rim
Kim Jae-woon
20 eps
Lee Won-keun
Kim Jae-woon (young)
20 eps
Kim Ye-ryeong
Lady Park
20 eps
Jeon Mi-seon
Jang Nok-young
20 eps
Yang Mi-kyung
Shin Jung-kyung / Madam Heo
20 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Moon Embracing the Sun actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Moon Embracing the Sun reads strongest on Character Depth, World Building and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
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.
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
Years after she's assumed dead by the palace, a young noblewoman, now trained as a shaman, returns to court to reclaim her rightful position as queen.
Recently aired
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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
- Lee Kyung-shikProducer
Writing
- Jin Soo-wanWriter
Direction
- Kim Do-hoonDirector
- Lee Sung JoonDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- OnDemandKoreaStreaming
- Kocowa Amazon ChannelStreaming
- KocowaStreaming
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