Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938: Season 1
Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 is a 2023 South Korean television series that blends drama, science‑fiction‑fantasy, and action‑adventure across twelve episodes. The narrative follows the nine‑tailed fox Yeon, who after Rang’s sacrifice becomes human and enjoys a happy conclusion with Ji‑ah. Learning that his brother Rang, deemed sinful, cannot be reborn, Yeon visits the Afterlife Immigration Office. There he enters an
Season overview
Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 is a 2023 South Korean television series that blends drama, science‑fiction‑fantasy, and action‑adventure across twelve episodes. The narrative follows the nine‑tailed fox Yeon, who after Rang’s sacrifice becomes human and enjoys a happy conclusion with Ji‑ah. Learning that his brother Rang, deemed sinful, cannot be reborn, Yeon visits the Afterlife Immigration Office. There he enters an unjust contract that obliges him to serve again in order to secure Rang’s reincarnation. As a result, Yeon returns to his fox form, crash‑landing in the year 1938. While carrying out his new mission, he encounters a youthful Rang who is alive but now an adversary, echoing the dynamics of their earlier relationship. The series stars Lee Dong‑wook, Kim So‑yeon, Kim Bum, and Ryu Kyung‑young, among others. It expands the universe established in the original Tale of the Nine Tailed, placing its mythic characters within a historical setting and exploring themes of sacrifice, redemption, and the consequences of binding agreements in the afterlife.
Episodes
Chapter 1: Brotherhood, 1938
May 6, 2023 · 75 min
Four months after Lee Rang’s death, Lee Yeon resumes to be the nine-tailed fox on the condition that Lee Rang reincarnates. Meanwhile, an uninvited guest steals the guardian stone,
Chapter 2: Beautiful "Mi"
May 7, 2023 · 74 min
After saving Lee Rang, Lee Yeon fails to return to the present, so he visits Taluipa of the 1930s, who asks him to work for her until the Gate of Time reopens. Under Taluipa's orde
Chapter 3: Saetani
May 13, 2023 · 77 min
There's a "big rice chest" covered with amulets, and Moo-yeong appears before it. He is then seen carrying a blindfolded young girl, who removes her blindfold and chimes her bell s
Chapter 4: The Foundling (1)
May 14, 2023 · 73 min
A strange basket appears in front of Myoyeongak. Inside it is a living, breathing baby with "7 red moles" on her forehead. Although both brothers secretly attempt to place the bask
Chapter 5: The Foundling (2)
May 20, 2023 · 68 min
Inside Myoyeongak, detectives, who're here for baby, are confronting Lee Yeon and Lee Rang. A scuffle breaks out, while Mi-ho innocently smiles within the bubbles. Meanwhile, Hong-
Chapter 6: The Corner Game
May 21, 2023 · 72 min
A "red pouch" is placed on Myoyeongak's roof: Moo-yeong's invitation to a dangerous guest. Meanwhile, Jook-hyang notices one new gisaeng wearing a pair of "old straw shoes." That n
Chapter 7: Jangsan Tiger
May 27, 2023 · 66 min
Lee Yeon and Moo-young get caught in an unknown act while searching for the Jangsan Tiger in the "Path of the Damned." They're tied up and had their throats slashed mercilessly, on
Chapter 8: Indigenous Gods
May 28, 2023 · 73 min
It's been days since Jangsan Tiger's uproar. Lee Rang remembers Moo-yeong's warning and heads to Myoyeongak. "Shinigami Mercenaries" arrive at Gyeongseong Station, and are ordered
Chapter 9: Bando Hotel
Jun 3, 2023 · 64 min
Gyeongseong's indigenous gods vanished and died overnight! At Myoyeongak, Lee Yeon tells Hong-joo that he will take the treasures to the Bando Hotel. After a round of fist fights a
Chapter 10: Shinigami Mercenaries
Jun 4, 2023 · 61 min
In the painting at Bando Hotel, Room 404, the three mountain gods face Ushiuchibo. At the snap of his finger, Hong-joo and Moo-yeong vomit blood. Lee Yeon searches for an antidote
Chapter 11: Trap
Jun 10, 2023 · 71 min
Lee Yeon as Nyudo appears astounded that there are five mercenaries, not four. As he unwraps a piece of caramel, he calls for Oogama and Yuki to buy some time. Nyudo as Lee Yeon lu
Chapter 12: Joseon's Last Mountain God
Jun 11, 2023 · 79 min
In a room filled with opium smoke, Lee Yeon from 1938 starts after reading a letter. Yeo-hee and Jae-yoo got kidnapped last night. Lee Yeon meets the Chief Commissioner who propose