Gu Shin Joo (Veterinarian) – Hwang Hee
A Korean fox who has acted as Lee Yeon’s retainer since his Baekdudaegan days. He nags his master, Lee Yeon, quite a lot. When they first descended [from their mountain] to the human world, he had existential concerns as a fox, but after he tried fried chicken and strolled through a supermarket he had an epiphany; his life’s motto changed.
But! Though he’s called the miracle-worker of the veterinary world and his sole aim is to one day own a building, in the midst of his straight-track life an unexpected mishap has developed...and that’s a thorny love with an enemy!
Gi Yoo Ri (Moze Department Store Director) – Kim Yong Ji
She’s provocative. She’s cute. And she’s crazy. Though she wears the form of a successful career woman, she’s uninhibited when it comes to torturing and killing people.
Smuggled in from Russia and raised in a shabby regional zoo, she’s living proof of animal abuse. The one who killed her zookeeper and granted her freedom was Lee Rang.
There’s nothing she wouldn’t do if Lee Rang told her to. Her instincts as a wild animal are alive and kicking. Currently, she’s acting as the deceased daughter of Moze Department Store’s President.
But she begins to waver after receiving a tacky confession from a Korean fox (Shin Joo).
Taluipa (Gatekeeper of the River of Three Crossings) – Kim Jeong Nan
The sister of King Yeomra, as well as the Samdocheon’s longest-tenured and most distinguished civil servant. In keeping with the Afterlife’s recent modernization, she’s replaced the ‘Samdocheon’ sign with ‘Afterlife Immigration Office’. Thanks to this [modernization], she’s wracking her brains learning to use Excel to record sinners’ identities. She’s so conservative, she’d risk her life and then some in order to protect the laws and regulations of the Afterlife. She has a particular connection – or perhaps a trying one* – to Lee Yeon, and occasionally acts as his sounding board.
[*n.b. agyeon (悪縁).]
Hyeonuiong (Gatekeeper of the River of Three Crossings) – An Gil Kang
Taluipa’s husband. Despite this, he’s a docile old man who looks like he’d be better suited to the local senior center than the Samdocheon. Watching dramas is his sole source of enjoyment. He’s also a henpecked husband who has spent his life meekly waiting upon his wife, who is more frightening than King Yeomra. And yet, recently, he’s been dreaming of leaving?! Over and over again he picks up and sets aside the divorce papers he can’t bring himself to serve her.
Bok Hye Ja (Owner of The Snail Bride) – Kim Soo Jin
The owner of the Korean food restaurant ‘The Snail Bride,’ as well as the folktale’s actual protagonist. Her married life with her farmer [husband] that ultimately ended in tragedy remains a source of pain. She has the face of a warm-hearted restaurant ajumma* but, in addition to food, she sells high-level intel that passes between her non-human clientele.
*n.b. a middle-aged woman
Choi Tae Seok (Team Leader) – Joo Seok Tae
Once, he was on top of the world, working as the production director for an investigative journalism program – according to hearsay, that is. Now he’s become someone who mainly naps at the office, but in critical moments he trusts Ji Ah and backs her up.
Kim Sae Rom (Writer) – Jeong Yi Seo
On top of being insatiably curious, she’s pertinacious. She has the perfect temperament for being a TV-show writer, but spelling is her critical weakness. While fighting with Ji Ah, who edits her scripts every chance she gets, the two have developed a love-hate relationship.
Pyo Jae Hwan (Assistant Director) – Kim Kang Min
As a fifth-generation only son in the Pyo household, he grew up being coddled. Thanks to this, he’s easily frightened and gives up easily. In happening to work on a show about urban legends of all things, and happening to work under Ji Ah of all people, his exquisitely fragile mental state is in the process of being shredded day in and day out.
Baek Shi Woo (Detective) – Jang Won Hyeong
While working on the Seoul Metropolitan Government Investigation Team, he helps in large and small ways with Ji Ah’s investigating. He’s a die-hard skeptic who has never watched and never plans to watch shows like the one Ji Ah produces. However he, too, will one day realize the truth: that the culprits behind some of his unsolved cases...just might not be human.
Kwon Hae Ryong (Broadcast Station President) – Eom Hyo Seob
The President of the broadcast station Ji Ah works for. In reality, as Imoogi’s follower, he’s extended his lifespan to live a great many years. He’s also owed a favor for having saved Lee Rang’s life long ago when he was cut down by Lee Yeon.
Imoogi (Intern) – Lee Tae Ri
An evil god born long ago in a cave where plague victims were disposed of.
He instinctively despises all that lives. In the past, he entered the body of the king who was Ah Eum’s father and brought devastation to both the land and the people.
Targeting Lee Yeon, he entered Ah Eum’s body and met with death, but he’s resurrected on Eohwa Island and appears in the modern-day.
Other Credited:
Ah Eum (Ji Ah’s past incarnation) – Jo Bo Ah
Lee Young Seon (Ji Ah’s Mother) – Kim Hee Jeong
Nam Jong Su (Ji Ah’s Father) – Song Young Gyoo
Young Ji Ah/Ah Eum – Park Da Yeon
Young Rang – Lee Joo Won
Kim Soo Oh (Geomdoongae) – Jeong Shi Yool
Yeou Nui (Fox Bride) – Lee Jeong Min
Jeong Soo Young (Female Student) – Chu Ye Jin
Jangseung Halabeom (Wooden Totem) – Woo Hyeon
Jeong Hyeon Woo (Bulgasari) – Son Woo Hyeon
Tree Spirit – Kim Seon Yool
The Fortune Teller (King Ohdojeollyun) – Im Gi Hong
The Magistrate (Former Mountain God) – Lee Gyoo Hyeong
Eodukshini (Green Juice Ajumma) – Shim So Young
Rang’s Mother – Park Soo Yeon
The King (Ah Eum’s Father) – Seonwoo Jaedeok
Mangtae Halabeoji (Spin-off 1) – Kim Eung Soo
You can find the original Korean on tvN’s official website here.
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