The Haunted Palace (TV series)

The Haunted Palace (Korean: 귀궁) is an upcoming South Korean television series starring Yook Sung-jae, Kim Ji-yeon, and Kim Ji-hoon. It is scheduled to premiere on SBS TV in April 2025.^[3][4]

The Haunted Palace
Hangul	귀궁
Revised Romanization	Gwigung
McCune–Reischauer	Kwigung
Genre	Romantic comedy Fantasy Period drama
Written by	Yoon Soo-jung
Directed by	Yoon Seong-sik
Starring	Yook Sung-jae Kim Ji-yeon Kim Ji-hoon
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
Production
Running time	70 minutes[1]
Production companies	iWill Media[2] Studio S[2]
Original release
Network	SBS TV

Cast and characters

Main

• Kim Ji-yeon as Yeo-ri^[3]
• Yook Sung-jae as Yoon-gap^[5]
• Kim Ji-hoon as King Lee Seong^[3]

Supporting

• Shin Seul-ki as Choi In-sun^[6]

The only daughter of Choi Won-woo, a prominent family in Joseon.

• Kim Sang-ho as Pung-san^[7]
• Son Byong-ho as Kim Bong-in^[8]
• Gil Hae-yeon as Neup-deok^[9]
• Han So-eun as Queen Park^[10]
• Han Soo-yeon as da-bi^[11]

• Kim In-kwon as Kim Eung-soon^[12]
• Cha Chung-hwa as Yeong-geum^[13]
• Lee Won-joong as Monk Gassob^[11]
• Jo Han-gyul as Bibi^[11]

Special appearance

• Kim Young-kwang^[14]

Production

Development

The rom-com fantasy drama would be directed by Yoon Seong-sik, who worked on Bridal Mask (2012), You Are the Best! (2013), and Mr. Queen (2020), and the screenplay would be written by Yoon Soo-jung, who wrote The King's Face (2014) and Cheer Up! (2015).^[15]

Casting

On July 19, 2024, SBS announced Yook Sung-jae, Kim Ji-yeon, and Kim Ji-hoon as the lead actors for the series.^[3][16] In August 2024, it was reported that Shin Seul-ki,^[6] Kim Sang-ho,^[7] Son Byong-ho,^[8] and Gil Hae-yeon^[9] were confirmed to appear in the series.