Limited series · Netflix
The Silent Sea
A deserted Moon base. A deadly mission.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Bae Doona
Song Ji-an
8 eps
Gong Yoo
Han Yun-jae
8 eps
Lee Joon
Ryu Tae-suk
8 eps
Kim Sun-young
Hong Ga-young
8 eps
Lee Mu-saeng
Gong Soo-hyuk
8 eps
Lee Sung-wook
Kim Hee-sun
8 eps
Jung Soon-won
Gong Soo-chan
8 eps
Choi Young-woo
Lee Ki-soo
8 eps
Cha Rae-hyung
E1
8 eps
Yoo Hee-je
E2
8 eps
You Seong-joo
Mr. Hwang
8 eps
Kang Mal-geum
Song Won-kyung
8 eps
Kil Hae-yeon
Director Choi
8 eps
Heo Sung-tae
Kim Jae-sun
8 eps
Kim Si-a
Luna
8 eps
Choi Hee-jin
NMC Doctor
8 eps
Do Yeong-seo
Han Ha-jin
8 eps
Kang Ji-woo
Young Song Ji-an
8 eps
Gong Jin-seo
Young Song Won-kyung
8 eps
Jung Woo-sung
Man in tower
1 eps
Yoon Hye-ree
Eun Ji-young
1 eps
Lee Dong-kyu
Anchorman
1 eps
Daniel C. Kennedy
Anchorman
1 eps
Ahn Dong-gu
Space & Aeronautics Admin, rookie
1 eps
Ahn Se-bin
Girl in the crowd
1 eps
Ahn Seong-bong
Soldier
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Silent Sea actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Silent Sea reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Serialized.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
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.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
During a perilous 24-hour mission on the moon, space explorers try to retrieve samples from an abandoned research facility steeped in classified secrets.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
The Silent Sea
Racing against time as the research station falls under destruction, the surviving crew members decide on the fate of the mission — and their own.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E04
The Truth Comes Out
Han Yun-jae updates the director and gets access to a restricted area. The crew learns of the sample's powers and the true motive behind their mission.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E06
Key to Salvation
E2, Ryu Tae-suk and the samples go missing. Seeing a familiar name on the intruder, Ji-an follows her down the vents for answers.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E07
Luna
Ji-an opens a hard drive that chronicles Song Won-kyung's life and work on the station. Meanwhile, others uncover the remains of the experiment.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E05
Secret Storage
Recalling her sister's encrypted message, Ji-an searches the database for Luna. A young intruder and a double-crosser emerge from the shadows.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E02
Three Storages
The crew's initial findings are at odds with their knowledge of the research station. Split into threes, the members set out to look for the sample.
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E01
Balhae Lunar Research Station
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E02
Three Storages
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E03
Cause of Death
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E04
The Truth Comes Out
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E05
Secret Storage
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
S01E06
Key to Salvation
- Directed by Choi Hang-yong
- Written by Park Eun-kyo
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
- Jung Woo-sungExecutive Producer
- Jo Young-wookProducer
Writing
- Park Eun-kyoWriter
Direction
- Choi Hang-yongDirector
Cinematography
- Baek Yoon-seukDirector of Photography
Music
- Lee Ji-sooOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
- Netflix Standard with AdsStreaming
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