Scripted series · JTBC
Welcome to Samdal-ri
The moment when we start to catch our breath.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ji Chang-wook
Jo Yong-pil
16 eps
Shin Hae-sun
Jo Sam-dal
16 eps
Yu Oh-seong
Jo Sang-tae
16 eps
Kim Mi-kyeong
Go Mi-ja
16 eps
Lee Jae-won
Wang Gyeong-tae
16 eps
Seo Hyun-chul
Jo Pan-shik
16 eps
Shin Dong-mi
Jo Jin-dal
16 eps
Kang Mi-na
Jo Hae-dal
16 eps
Han Eun-seong
Cheon Choong-gi
16 eps
Yang Kyung-won
Jeon Dae-young
16 eps
Kim Do-eun
Cha Ha-yool
16 eps
Kim Min-chul
Gong Ji-chan
16 eps
Kim Ja-young
Yang Geum-ok
16 eps
Yoo Soon-woong
Bu Dae-choon
16 eps
Kang Young-suk
Bu Sang-do
16 eps
Bae Myeong-jin
Cha Eun-woo
16 eps
Kang Gil-woo
Go Cheol-jong
16 eps
Baek Hyun-joo
Oh Geum-sool
16 eps
Kim Mi-hwa
Yang Bu-ja
16 eps
Yoon Jin-seong
Jeon Hye-ja
16 eps
Sazal Mahamud
Kim Man-soo
16 eps
Lee Tae-hyeong
Han Seok-gyu
16 eps
Kim Hyeon-mok
Kang Baek-ho
16 eps
Jo Yoon-seo
Park Eun-joo
16 eps
Kim Ah-young
Go Eun-bi
16 eps
Lee Do-hye
Yang Ji-eun
16 eps
Choi Seung-hoon
Teenage Jo Yong-pil
16 eps
Song Min-jae
Young Jo Yong-pil
16 eps
Lee Ju-yeon
Child Jo Sam-dal
16 eps
Lee Seol-ah
Young Jo Sam-dal
16 eps
Chung Ye-jin
Young Go Mi-ja
16 eps
Lee Suk-hyeong
Young Jo Pan-shik
16 eps
Kim Ah-hyeon
Teenage Jo Jin-dal
16 eps
Park Seol-ha
Young Jo Hae-dal
16 eps
Yoo Hee-je
Young Jo Sang-tae
16 eps
Jung Yoo-mi
Bu Mi-ja
16 eps
Oh Woo-ri
Young Bu Mi-ja
16 eps
Kim Soo-hyun
Young Bu Sang-do
16 eps
Shin Jae-won
Child Bu Sang-do
16 eps
Lee Joo-young
Young Wang Gyeong-tae
16 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Welcome to Samdal-ri actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Welcome to Samdal-ri reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
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.
The story
What it's about
After suffering a fall from grace, a photographer returns to her hometown and bumps into her childhood friend — rekindling an unfinished romance.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E15
It Takes a Village to Raise a Dragon
- Directed by Cha Yeong-hun
- Written by Kwon Hye-ju
S01E11
What Doesn't Kill You Makes You Stronger
- Directed by Cha Yeong-hun
- Written by Kwon Hye-ju
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
- Kwon Hye-juWriter
Direction
- Cha Yeong-hunDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
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