Jirisan: Season 1
Jirisan is a 2021 South Korean television series set against the backdrop of Mount Jiri. The story follows a team of expert mountain rangers and other employees who put their lives on the line to climb through the mysterious and unexplored regions of the park. They work to save stranded trekkers, solve haunting mysteries, and protect Jirisan National Park. Seo Yigang is the best ranger at Jirisan National Park, knowi
Season 1 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Seo Yigang is established as the best ranger at Jirisan National Park with extensive knowledge of the area and its climbing routes.
- Kang Hyeonjo joins the park as a rookie ranger after serving as an army captain and graduating from the military academy.
- Kang Hyeonjo harbors a secret that he cannot tell anyone about as he begins his work as a ranger.
- A team of expert mountain rangers operates within Jirisan National Park to protect the area and save stranded trekkers.
Season overview
Jirisan is a 2021 South Korean television series set against the backdrop of Mount Jiri. The story follows a team of expert mountain rangers and other employees who put their lives on the line to climb through the mysterious and unexplored regions of the park. They work to save stranded trekkers, solve haunting mysteries, and protect Jirisan National Park. Seo Yigang is the best ranger at Jirisan National Park, knowing virtually everything about the area, including where to climb the mountain. She is partnered with Kang Hyeonjo, a rookie ranger who graduated from the military academy, was once an army captain, and carries a secret that he cannot tell anyone about. Together, these two partners work to save people around the park.
Episode Guide
Season 1 Progress Shield
Episode 1
Oct 23, 2021 · 72 min
Newly recruited park ranger Kang Hyeonjo is sent to search for a teen who has gone missing in Jirisan National Park but is impeded by a typhoon.
Episode 2
Oct 24, 2021 · 83 min
While pursuing a vision on the mountain, Hyeonjo meets a man who's searching for his father’s ashes. The two continue their risky ascent together.
Episode 3
Oct 30, 2021 · 64 min
The rangers stop a shamanic ceremony, and a girl passes a mysterious message to Hyeonjo. The team gets a report that an elderly woman has disappeared.
Episode 4
Oct 31, 2021 · 59 min
Seo Yigang beholds a spooky scene in a video recording. Back in 2018, the team is unfairly blamed for the death of a villager.
Episode 5
Nov 6, 2021 · 62 min
Yigang tells Hyeonjo that she saw someone with scratch marks on their hand. He suspects it may be the bomber. The rangers look for Lee Yangseon.
Episode 6
Nov 7, 2021 · 70 min
Snow closes the park. Yigang learns that someone with the same name as her first love is coming to collect an item. A suspicious car approaches.
Episode 7
Nov 13, 2021 · 60 min
Yigang realizes that Hyeonjo’s soul is wandering the mountain. In 2019, Hyeonjo sees a vision of a fire. The two are in danger in different places.
Episode 8
Nov 14, 2021 · 61 min
Following a rescue attempt, Hyeonjo finds out that someone has been trying to kill him and realizes that the recent murders weren't a coincidence.
Episode 9
Nov 20, 2021 · 60 min
Lee Dawon is missing. The rangers go in search and find Dawon’s phone, which contains a suspicious voice recording with an unexpected person.
Episode 10
Nov 21, 2021 · 59 min
The police find a man lying in shock in the road. Yigang and Hyeonjo get lost on their way to a village and see ominous lights in the darkness.
Episode 11
Nov 27, 2021 · 64 min
Cho Daejin is arrested as a suspect in Dawon’s death. Yigang develops a strong hunch that one of the rangers is actually the killer.
Episode 12
Nov 28, 2021 · 59 min
The rangers search for groups of climbers trapped in the park by heavy rainfall. Yigang meets a survivor of the 1995 flood that killed her parents.
Episode 13
Dec 4, 2021 · 59 min
The rainfall causes fatalities. Hyeonjo discovers that the accident on the bridge was intentional and looks into the connections between the victims.
Episode 14
Dec 5, 2021 · 59 min
At Geomeundarigol Village, Hyeonjo catches a suspicious man in black gloves. After hearing his testimony, Hyeonjo starts to suspect someone new.
Episode 15
Dec 11, 2021 · 59 min
Hyeonjo’s family decides to switch off his life support. The rangers start looking into people connected to the village, and Yigang has a revelation.
Episode 16
Dec 12, 2021 · 71 min
After the truth is finally revealed, Yigang grills the perpetrator. The culprit goes to conceal some evidence, but there meets Hyeonjo’s soul.