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Queen Mantis
2025 South Korean television series From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Queen Mantis (Korean: 사마귀: 살인자의 외출) is a 2025 South Korean mystery-thriller-police procedural television series written by Lee Young-jong and directed by Byun Young-joo based on the 2017 TF1 series La Mante. Go Hyun-jung and Jang Dong-yoon portray the lead roles. It aired on SBS TV from September 5, to September 27, 2025, every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST).
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Synopsis
A woman was imprisoned as a serial killer a long time ago. The story unfolds as someone begins committing a series of murders imitating her.
Cast
Main
- Go Hyun-jung as Jung Yi-shin[3][6]
- A woman who was imprisoned for being a serial killer.
- Jang Dong-yoon as Cha Soo-yeol / Kim Jeong-ho[6]
- A detective. Jung Yi-shin's estranged son.
- Jo Sung-ha as Choi Jung-ho[7][8]
- A police officer who advised Cha Soo-yeol to become a detective.
- A detective who should be in charge of the investigation but is replaced by Cha Soo-Yeol without knowing his connection to his birth mother.
Supporting
- President of a pottery studio. Cha Soo-yeol's wife.
- Lee Hwang-ui as Jeong Hyeon-nam[10]
- Suyeol's maternal grandfather and Jeong Yi-shin's father. He cared for Suyeol, who grew up without parents
- Kim Min-ho as Bae Seong-gyu[10]
- A member of the serial murder investigation team. He has a deep respect and camaraderie for Kim Na-hee
- Kim Tae-jung as Choi Hyuk[11]
- The youngest detective in the Violent Crimes Investigation Unit.
- Park Wan-hyung as Son Ji-an[10]
- Cyber Investigator in the Investigation Team
- Han Dong-hee as Seo Ara / Kang Yeon-Joong[10]
- A close friend and colleague who runs the same workshop as Jeongyeon.
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Development
The eight-episode series is written by Lee Young-jong and directed by Byun Young-joo. It is developed by Studio S, which also co-produced the series with Mega Monster, Merry Christmas, and Docu-Factory Vista for SBS TV.[7]
Queen Mantis is Lee's debut as a television series writer. He previously wrote the screenplay for the films Flu (2013), The Witness (2018) and 12.12: The Day (2023).[12]
In an interview with OSEN, Lee said that the initial plan was to adapt La Mante into a film; however, Mega Monster recommended a series adaptation instead, which later prevailed.[12]
Casting
On November 14, 2023, the production companies announced that the lead role for the series was offered to Go Hyun-jung.[3] On July 23, 2024, Go and Jang Dong-yoon were confirmed to portray the lead roles.[6]
Ji Chang-wook was offered the role of Cha Soo-yeol but declined due to scheduling conflict.[13][unreliable source?]
Kim Bo-ra previously portrayed the role of Ha Seol in the 2024 MBC TV Friday-Saturday drama Black Out, which was the debut television work of director Byun Young-joo.[7][9]
Filming
Principal photography began in August 2024. Filming was done from October 2024 to February 2025.[7]
Promotion
A teaser for the series was aired on December 21, 2024 during the 2024 SBS Drama Awards.[8][14]
Release
It premiered on SBS TV on September 5, 2025, and airs every Friday and Saturday at 21:50 (KST).[15]
Queen Mantis is available for streaming on Wavve, Netflix[16] (South Korea and selected regions), Kocowa (North America), U-NEXT[17] (Japan), friDay Video, Hami Video and CHT MOD (Taiwan), TrueVisions Now[18] (Thailand) and Rakuten Viki[19] (selected regions).
Viewership
Queen Mantis : South Korea viewers per episode (thousands)
Source: Audience measurement performed nationwide by Nielsen Media Research.[20]
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