Scripted series · SBS
Vagabond
Wheels turn on their axis…
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Seung-gi
Cha Dal-gun
16 eps
Suzy
Go Hae-ri / Elsa
16 eps
Shin Sung-rok
Gi Tae-woong
16 eps
Moon Jeong-hee
Jessica Lee
16 eps
Baek Yoon-sik
Jung Gook-pyo
16 eps
Moon Sung-keun
Hong Sun-jo
16 eps
Lee Kyung-young
Edward Park
16 eps
Lee Ki-young
Kang Joo-chul
16 eps
Kim Min-jong
Park Man-young
16 eps
Jeong Man-sik
Min Jae-shik
16 eps
Hwang Bo-ra
Gong Hwa-sook
16 eps
Choi Gwang-il
Park Man-young
16 eps
Lee Si-yu
Seo Young-ji
16 eps
Kim Jong-soo
An Gi-dong
16 eps
Shin Seung-hwan
Kim Se-hun
16 eps
Ryu Won
Miki
16 eps
Kim Jeong-hyeon
Hong Seung-bum
16 eps
Park Ah-in
Lily
16 eps
Ko Kyu-pil
Park Gwang-duk
16 eps
Teo Yoo
Jerome / Park Su-chan
16 eps
António Pedro Cerdeira
Michael Almeida [Vice President of John & Mark Asia]
1 eps
Matthew Douma
Hitman
1 eps
Ahn Su-bin
Airport police phone operator
1 eps
Kim Mi-hye
News Anchor
1 eps
Seo Sang-won
Choi Jung Yun [Pilot]
1 eps
Jang Seong-beom
Lee Pil Yong [plane crash victim]
1 eps
Jung Hyeon-jun
Cha Hoon [Dal Gun's nephew / "6 Years Old"]
2 eps
Moon Woo-jin
Cha Hoon [Dal Gun's nephew / "11 Years Old"]
3 eps
Yoo Hyung-gwan
Oh Jae Gwan [Korean Ambassador, Morocco]
1 eps
Yoon Na-moo
Kim Ho Shik [Staff member, Korean Embassy, Morocco]
3 eps
Lee Hwang-eui
Kevin Kim [Doctor]
2 eps
Hong Seo-jun
Lim Pil Gyu [Lieutenant General]
3 eps
Lee Yun-sang
Jang Dong Gyu [President, Institute for Defense Analysis]
3 eps
Bae Ki-beom
Choi Sang Bae [Policy Advisor, Ministry of Defense]
3 eps
Park Jin-young
Mr. Oh [Assemblyman]
3 eps
Kim Tae-hoon
Reporter
1 eps
Shim Jae-hyun
Hits Hae Ri with luggage cart
1 eps
Kim Oh-bok
Lily’s ‘Plan B’ fake Pilot
1 eps
Son Kyoung-won
Chief Park [NIS]
3 eps
Ryu Sung-hyun
Chief Choi [NIS]
2 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Vagabond actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Vagabond reads strongest on Bingeability, Character Depth and Emotional Weight.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
Stuntman Cha Dal-geon gets involved in a tragic airplane crash and ends up discovering a national corruption scandal in the process. Go Hae-ri, the oldest daughter of a deceased marine, decides to work for the National Intelligence Service as a secret ops agent in order to support her mom and younger siblings, although all she wanted to do is to become a civil servant.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E08
Episode 8
Dal-geon runs into trouble while trying to carry out his own search. Tae-ung is displeased that the operation in Morocco doesn’t go as planned.
S01E06
Episode 6
The NIS takes Dal-geon to a safe house. Tae-ung questions O Sang-mi about her husband’s involvement in the plane crash but is ordered to release her.
S01E05
Episode 5
Dal-geon attempts to alert the press about what he knows -- but someone interferes. Hae-ri contacts Gi Tae-ung to get answers about the flash drive.
S01E04
Episode 4
Dal-geon gets a call from someone out of the blue and is approached by a journalist, who claims to be pursuing a story about the plane crash.
S01E07
Episode 7
Dal-geon sees someone who’s supposed to be dead. Hae-ri and Tae-ung head to Morocco to capture their suspect. The NIS takes Jessica Lee into custody.
S01E09
Episode 9
Dal-geon and the agents try to keep Kim Woo-gi alive, and request NIS backup. Jessica moves to pin the plane crash on someone else.
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
- Jung Gyeong-sunWriter
- Jang Young-cheolWriter
Direction
- Yoo In-sikDirector
Cinematography
- Lee Gil-bokDirector of Photography
Music
- Nam Hye-seungOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- NetflixStreaming
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