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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 2025.[2]
| Haunted Palace | |
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| Hangul | 귀궁 |
| Revised Romanization | Gwigung |
| McCune–Reischauer | Kwigung |
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| Written by | Yoon Soo-jung |
| Directed by | Yoon Seong-sik |
| Starring | |
| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
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| Original release | |
| Network | SBS TV |
Haunted Palace tells the story of Yeo-ri, a shaman who rejects her fate as a psychic, and Kang Cheol-i, an imoogi trapped in the body of Yeo-ri's first love, Yoon-gap, who face the eight-faced ghost who holds a grudge against the royal family, and their bodies and souls become tightly entangled.
Main
- Kim Ji-yeon as Yeo-ri[2]
- A shaman with outstanding magical powers.
- Yook Sung-jae as Yoon-gap[3]
- A police inspector who tries to protect the palace that has fallen into chaos due to the schemes of Palcheok-gwi and the first love of the shaman Yeo-ri.
- Kim Ji-hoon as King Lee Seong[2]
- A reformist monarch who dreams of a strong Joseon and fights against ghosts that hold a grudge against the royal family.
Supporting
- Shin Seul-ki as Choi In-sun[4]
- The only daughter of Choi Won-woo, a prominent family in Joseon. She is the daughter of a noble family and is pure and honest by nature.
- Kim Sang-ho as Pung-san[5]
- A blind man who is good at reading scriptures and fortune telling and is active in Maengcheong.
- Son Byong-ho as Kim Bong-in[6]
- The king's maternal grandfather and prime minister. He is a strong political supporter of King Lee Seong, who dreams of reforming Joseon after the death of the previous king.
- Gil Hae-yeon as Neup-deok[7]
- A shaman who was looked down on, but who worked hard her entire life to fulfill her duties as a shaman. She is also the one and only grandmother in the world to Yeo-ri.
- Han So-eun as Queen Park[8]
- Kim In-kwon as Kim Eung-soon[9]
- A eunuch from the merchant fleet who has served the previous king faithfully since the time of the father of the current king, Lee Seong.
- Cha Chung-hwa as Yeong-geum[10]
- Yoon-gap's mother. She was born into a very poor farming family and became a concubine to a noble family, but after being kicked out of her family home at a young age following the death of her husband, she becomes a tough character who does all kinds of difficult jobs to survive with her son.
Special appearance
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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).[12]
Casting
On July 19, 2024, SBS announced Yook Sung-jae, Kim Ji-yeon, and Kim Ji-hoon as the lead actors for the series.[2][13] In August 2024, it was reported that Shin Seul-ki,[4] Kim Sang-ho,[5] Son Byong-ho,[6] and Gil Hae-yeon[7] were confirmed to appear in the series.
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