Tale of the nine tailed: Kdrama Review

Review of “Tale of the nine tailed”:

“Tale of the nine tailed” (Korean: 구미호뎐) is a 2020 South Korean TV series featuring Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, and Kim Bum. Airing on tvN from October 7 to December 3, 2020, it tells the story of Lee Yeon, an ancient Gumiho (nine-tailed fox) now living in the city and working to protect humans from supernatural threats.

One day, Yeon encounters Nam Ji-ah, a determined TV producer who unknowingly holds a connection to his past. As their paths intertwine, secrets unravel, including Ji-ah’s true identity as Yeon’s lost love reincarnated.

Tale of the nine tailed series also explores the strained relationship between Yeon and his half-brother Lee Rang, as well as the resurgence of an ancient evil seeking to claim both Yeon and Ji-ah.

With elements of romance, fantasy, and suspense, “Tale of the nine tailed” promises an enchanting journey filled with love, betrayal, and otherworldly battles. This drama is full of suspense and it is one of the best korean drama of 2020. Tale of the nine tailed is a rightpick

Main Casting:

• Lee Dong-wook as Lee Yeon

The titular gumiho (nine-tailed fox). Former mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan, lover of Ah-eum / Ji-ah and half-brother of Lee Rang. He carries out missions from the Afterlife Immigration Office while searching for the reincarnation of Ah-eum. He encountered several look-alike of Ah-eum but none bore the fox bead. He saved Ji-ah when she was young, but she does not have the fox bead, making Yeon believe that she is not the reincarnation of Ah-eum. Later in the series, it is revealed that Ji-ah is indeed reincarnation of Ah-eum. Her fox bead appeared when Lee Yeon saved her from falling from a building. His weakness is evening primrose that grows above tombs.

• Jo Bo-ah as Nam Ji-ah / Yi Ah-eum
  • Park Da-yeon as young Ji-ah / Ah-eum

Nam Ji-ah is a 30-year producer at TVC Station. She is the reincarnation of Lee Yeon’s past lover, Yi Ah-eum, the 7th daughter of the King of Joseon whom he exiled. To save her father, who was possessed by the Imoogi, she allowed the Imoogi to take her instead, promising to take him to Yeon. She then asked Lee Yeon to kill her so that she could protect him from sacrificing himself. After reincarnating as Nam Ji-ah, she is often seen to have double personalities, who is later revealed to be the part of the Imoogi that survived inside of her. Imoogi used her to threaten Lee Yeon, in order to have his body. When she tried to sacrifice herself again to protect Yeon from Imoogi, she was stopped by him and allowed Imoogi to take over his body instead.

• Kim Bum as Lee Rang
  • Lee Joo-won as young Lee Rang

A half-blood gumiho and Lee Yeon’s younger brother, who seeks revenge on his brother by creating mischief. He intentionally causes harm to humans, which causes trouble to Yeon in turn. He hides his caring nature while harboring a deep grudge for his brother. As a child, he was abandoned by his human mother in the Forest of the Hungry Ghosts. There, he was attacked by hungry ghosts but was saved by Yeon. He followed his brother to the mountain to start anew and lived happily. But when Ah-eum died, Yeon left Baekdudaegan and abdicated his status as the mountain spirit, leaving Rang alone on the mountain, thus causing the growing hatred for Lee Yeon.

Genre of Tale of the nine tailed:

• Fantasy
• Action
• Romance
• Drama
• Suspense
• Horror

Special Appearance in Tale of the nine tailed Episodes:

• Lee Taek-geun as the groom of the disguised gumiho bride (Ep. 1).
• Son Dong-hwa as the groom next door (Ep. 1).
• Chu Ye-jin as Jung Soo-young, a 17-year-old student who was the only survivor of a deadly bus accident at Yeou Gogae, later morphed into Lee Rang as her true form. The real Soo-young was killed (eaten) by Rang (Ep. 1).
• Jang Won-hyung as Baek Si-woo, the detective who investigated the bus accident at Yeou Gogae that killed 5 people (Ep. 1).
• Jang Eui-don as a bus passenger who died in the accident, husband (Ep. 1).
• Yoon Tae-hee as a bus passenger who died in the accident, wife (Ep. 1).
• Kim Hwan-young as son of the bus passengers. He met Lee Rang at a wishing fountain at Moze Department Store before (Ep. 1).
• Yu Jun-won a family member of one of the deceased bus passengers (Ep. 1).
• Choi Sung-woong as funeral hall security (Ep. 1).
• Choi Seung-il as father of the real Ki Yu-ri (Ep. 4).
• Oh Jung-won as mother of the real Ki Yu-ri (Ep. 4).
• Lee Ye-bit as Min-seo, a child ghost (Ep. 4–5).
• Jung Ah-young as Yeon-seo, a child ghost (Ep. 4–5).
• Park No-shik as Min-seo & Yeon-seo’s father. He was away at work as a truck driver when his daughters died allegedly by his “negligence” (Ep. 5).
• Kim Nak-gyoon as Min-seo & Yeon-seo’s uncle. It was revealed that he sexually molested his nieces while drunk, and while escaping accidentally fell off the veranda to their deaths (Ep. 5).
• Jang Young-hyeon as watch salesman at Brennetano (Ep. 5).
• Jo Hyun-im as Imoogi’s first babysitter (Ep. 5).
• Seo Jin-won as Seo Hwan-ho, a baseball player who maltreated a puppy (Ep. 5).
• No Seong-eun as No Hae-sung, a baseball player who maltreated a puppy (Ep. 5).
• Han Chang-hun as Han Tae-soo, a baseball player who maltreated a puppy (Ep. 5).
• Shin Ji-Yeon as Imoogi’s final babysitter, his last meal before becoming an adult (Ep. 7).
• Park Su-yeon as Lee Rang’s mother who abandoned him. She resented having a child with a gumiho (Ep. 7–8).
• Sunwoo Jae-duk as the King of Joseon, Ah-eum’s father, the first host body of the Imoogi. He made a deal with the Imoogi to possess him in exchange for Ah-eum escaping her fate as the Imoogi’s sacrifice (Ep. 8).
• Kim Young-sun as Psychiatrist Choi, a friend of Nam Ji-ah’s mom. She facilitated Ji-ah’s hypnotherapy session when she was 9 years old, which revealed that a part of the Imoogi survived despite Ah-eum’s death and reincarnation as Ji-ah (Ep. 8).
• Kim Hyo-myung as Kim Soo-oh’s stepfather. Lee Rang led him to be turned into a cherry bladder for Kwon Hae-ryong’s consumption (Ep. 11).