Tale Of The Nine Tailed 1938

''Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938'' () is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Lee Dong-wook, Kim So-yeon, Kim Bum, and Ryu Kyung-soo. The series serves as the second season to the 2020 series ''Tale of the Nine Tailed'' with storyline that prequel the former. It aired from May 6 to June 11, 2023 on tvN's Saturdays and Sundays at 21:20 ( KST) time slot. It is also available for streaming on TVING in South Korea and Amazon Prime Video in selected regions.

Synopsis

''Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938'' tells the story where Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook) was dragged back in time to the year 1938, during the Japanese Occupation of Korea unexpectedly due to certain events that happened after ''Tale of the Nine Tailed'' where he met Lee Rang (Kim Bum) and Ryu Hong-joo (Kim So-yeon) of that era.

Cast

Main

* Lee Dong-wook as Lee Yeon
: The titular gumiho (nine-tailed fox), who is a former mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan. He had a happy ending with his eternal first love Nam Ji-ah, but was recalled to 1938 as he got caught up in an unexpected incident.
* Kim So-yeon as Ryu Hong-joo
: Former western mountain god who is currently the owner of Myoyeongak, a top-notch restaurant in Gyeongseong. She gets entangled with Lee Yeon, who she confessed to a long time ago but was rejected.
* Kim Bum as Lee Rang
: A half-blood gumiho and Lee Yeon's younger brother, who had feelings of love and hatred for his older brother.
* Ryu Kyung-soo as Cheon Moo-young
: Former northern mountain god who saves even the dead. He is a longtime friend of Lee Yeon and Hong-joo. He stole the 'Samdocheon Guardian Stone' and fled to the past.

Supporting

People around Lee Yeon

* Hwang Hee as Koo Shin-joo{{Cite web , last=Park , first=Jeong-sun , date=April 3, 2023 , title='구미호뎐1938' 이동욱·김소연·김범 카리스마 담긴 K-판타지 , trans-title='The Tale of a Nine Tailed Fox 1938' K-fantasy filled with charisma Lee Dong-wook, Kim So-yeon, and Kim Beom , url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000337809 , access-date=April 3, 2023 , publisher=JTBC , language=ko , via=Naver , archive-date=April 3, 2023 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403002947/https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=437&aid=0000337809 , url-status=live
: A native fox who goes on a tough monster hunt with Lee Yeon.
* Kim Yong-ji as Sunwoo Eun-ho
: A reporter under Sunwoo Ilbo.
* Kim Soo-jin as Snail Bride / Bok Hye-ja{{Cite web , title=인물소개 , trans-title=Introduction , url=https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Tale-of-the-Nine-Tailed-1938/character/ , access-date=April 10, 2023 , website=tvN , language=ko , archive-date=April 10, 2023 , archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230410071109/https://tvn.cjenm.com/ko/Tale-of-the-Nine-Tailed-1938/character/ , url-status=live
: Owner of the "Obok Goods Store" located in the middle of Gyeongseong.

People around Ryu Hong-joo

* Han Gun-yoo as Yoo Jae-yoo
: Hong-joo's bodyguard.
* Kim Joo-young as Mae Hwa
: A parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak. She was collected by Hong-joo while begging on the street when she was young.
* Kim Na-hyun as Nancho
: A parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak.
* Kang Na-eon as Guk Hee
: A parasitic entertainer at Myoyeongak.
* Joo Ye-rim as Juk Hyang
: A youngest parasitic entertainer in Myoyeongak who was abandoned by her father.

People around Lee Rang

* Woo Hyun-jin as Jang Yeo-hee
: A half-blooded mermaid who works two jobs as a clothing store employee during the day and an unknown singer at Club Paradise at night.
* Jo Dal-hwan as Boo Doo-mok
: Lee Rang's right-hand man, who is the leader of a bandit in 1938.

World Immigration Office

* Kim Jung-nan as Taluipa
: Younger sister of King Yeomra (supreme ruler of the underworld), and wife of Hyunuiong. She works at the Afterlife Immigration Office managing the list of dead souls and gives missions to Lee Yeon.
* Ahn Gil-kang as Hyunuiong
: The gatekeeper of Samdo River, the husband of Taluipa and father of Bok Gil. He also works at the Afterlife Immigration Office and briefs dead souls before entering the underworld.

Japanese Government-General of Korea

* Ha Do-kwon as Ryuhei Kato
: Governor-General's Bureau of Police. He is one of the most powerful people in the Government-General of Korea.
* Lim Ji-ho as Akira Saito
: The chief of Government-General's Police Department Security Section Officer.

Others

* Kim Seung-hwa as Yuki
* Jung Su-gyo as Jung Dae-seung
: A Korean detective at the Jongno Police Station.
* Jang Ha-kyung as Yang Young-ae
: Miss Joseon who came up from Busan to become the most beautiful woman in Joseon.
* Seo Young-joo as Satori
: the final villain threatening Lee Yeon and Lee rang.

Special appearances

* Younghoon as Dongbangsak
* Jo Bo-ah as Nam Ji-ah{{Cite web , last=Lee, first=Min-ji, date=June 9, 2023 , title='구미호뎐' 조보아 특별출연, 연인 이동욱과 재회할까 , trans-title=Jo Bo-ah's special appearance in 'Tale of a Nine Tailed Fox', will she reunite with her lover Lee Dong-wook? , url=https://entertain.naver.com/now/read?oid=609&aid=0000734293 , access-date=June 9, 2023 , publisher=Newsen , language=ko , via=Naver

Original soundtrack

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Viewership

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, 1.659
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, 1.443
, 1.805
, 1.457
, 1.664
, 1.514
, 1.803
, 1.283
, 1.685
, 1.287
, 2.216
, 1.638

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, May 6, 2023
, 6.463% {{small, (1st)
, 7.409% {{small, (1st)
, -
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, May 7, 2023
, 7.129% {{small, (1st)
, 8.303% {{small, (1st)
, -
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, May 13, 2023
, 5.233% {{small, (1st)
, 5.808% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 4
, May 14, 2023
, 6.682% {{small, (1st)
, 7.606% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 5
, May 20, 2023
, 5.533% {{small, (1st)
, 6.656% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 6
, May 21, 2023
, 6.860% {{small, (1st)
, 8.116% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 7
, May 27, 2023
, 5.324% {{small, (1st)
, 6.249% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 8
, May 28, 2023
, 6.736% {{small, (1st)
, 7.983% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 9
, June 3, 2023
, 4.988% {{small, (1st)
, 6.155% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 10
, June 4, 2023
, 6.625% {{small, (1st)
, 8.196% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 11
, June 10, 2023
, {{color, blue, 4.728% {{small, (1st)
, {{color, blue, 5.475% {{small, (1st)
, -
! scope="row" , 12
, June 11, 2023
, {{color, red, 8.024% {{small, (1st)
, {{color, red, 9.102% {{small, (1st)
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! {{color, green, 6.194%
! {{color, green, 7.255%
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* In the table above, the {{color, blue, blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the {{color, red, red numbers represent the highest ratings.
* This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters ( KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).

References

{{Reflist

External links

* {{Official website {{in lang, ko
* {{Production website, url=http://www.studiodragon.net/front/en/works/portfolio_view?class1=&cpage=1&idx=584, at=Studio Dragon, link=yes

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