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නැරඹීමට පහත ඇති මෙම පින්තූරය ටච් කරන්න.
Tale of the Nine Tailed
Synopsis[edit]
Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook) -an over 1000-years-old Gumiho and once the guardian mountain spirit of Baekdudaegan -is now a city dweller. He works with Taluipa(Kim Jung-nan)-an agent in the Afterlife Immigration Office and the protector of the Samdo river- to eradicate supernatural beings that threaten the mortal world. He lives in the city where he is assisted by his loyal subject, veterinarian, and fellow Gumiho, Goo Shin-Joo.
On a mission to capture a fox that has killed and eaten the livers of many humans and is now marrying a man in the guise of a human woman, he is spotted by Nam Ji-ah (Jo Bo-ah) -a smart, ferocious, and dauntless producer at TVC Station.
Ji-ah recognizes Yeon when he is leaving the venue and later spots him on camera through his red, distinctly marked umbrella. She finds where Yeon lives, suspects him of being supernatural, and ultimately tests her theory by jumping off of his flat with a memory chip that contains a video of Yeon fighting another fox (Lee Rang- his half-brother) with their powers, forcing Yeon to follow and save her.
It is then revealed that as a child, on her ninth birthday, Nam Ji-ah was involved in a road accident in which her parents were supposed to be dead. However, Ji-ah is the only one who remembers that two other people, not human, posed as her parents. They were foxes trying to eat Ji-ah but she was saved by Lee Yeon. Even though he compelled her to forget him, the magic did not work on her. Later, she found herself at the accident site but her parents’ bodies were never discovered.
It motivated her to believe that her parents were alive and so she decided to look into supernatural beings and look for any way to find and rescue her parents.
Later in the series, it is revealed that Nam Ji-Ah is the reincarnation of Ah-Eum, a human who was the first love of Yeon.
She died at the hands of Yeon while trying to save him from Imoogi- an evil earth dragon who wanted to inhabit the body of the guardian mountain spirit. By abusing his powers, a heartbroken Yeon stopped the boat carrying Ah-Eum across the Samdo River, kissed her, and gave her a fox bead while asking her to promise to be reincarnated. In return, he promised Ah-Eum that whenever she came back, he would find her through the bead.
Throughout centuries, Yeon encountered several lookalikes of Ah-Eum but none bore the fox bead.
The story progresses as Lee Yeon tries to fight his growing attraction to Nam Ji-ah despite the absence of fox bead, his investigation as to why Ji-ah not only looks like Ah-Eum but also resembles her habits, and his reaction upon discovering that she indeed is his first love.
Meanwhile, Yeon has to deal with Lee Rang(Kim-Bum), his half-brother who felt abandoned when Yeon abdicated his post as guardian mountain spirit to work with Taluipa in exchange for Ah-Eum's reincarnation. Rang develops a deep grudge against his brother for choosing Ah-Eum over him and being the mountain's protector. With the assistance of Ki Yoo-ri(Kim Yong-ji), he continuously harms human beings as a way of antagonizing his brother.
In this mix is added the also reincarnated earth dragon. Imoogi is back and this time, he wants not only Yeon's body but also Ji-ah's heart.
With so many humans, demons, and supernatural beings standing between their reunion, just how the nine-tailed Mountain Spirit and fierce Production Director will protect their love, pacify the broken hearts around them, and beat the hellish being that craves their bodies, hearts, and lives makes up the rest of the story.
Cast[edit]
Main[edit]
- Lee Dong-wook as Lee Yeon[6]
- The titular gumiho (nine-tailed fox). Former mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan, lover of Ah-eum/ Ji-ah and half-brother of Lee Rang. He carries out missions from the Afterlife Immigration Office while searching for the reincarnation of Ah-eum. He encountered several look-alike of Ah-eum but none bore the fox bead. He saved Ji-ah when she was young, but she does not have the fox bead, making Yeon believe that she is not the reincarnation of Ah-eum. Later in the series, it is revealed that Ji-ah is indeed reincarnation of Ah-eum. Her fox bead appeared when Lee Yeon saved her from falling from a building.
- Jo Bo-ah as Nam Ji-ah / Ah-eum
- Park Da-yeon as young Ji-ah / Ah-eum
- Nam Ji-ah is a 30-year producer at TVC Station. She is the reincarnation of Ah-eum who was Lee Yeon's past lover, the exiled princess, and the seventh daughter of the King. To save her father, who was possessed by the Imoogi, she allowed the Imoogi to reside in her body instead, promising to take him to Yeon. She asked Lee Yeon to kill her so that she could protect him from sacrificing himself. After reincarnating, she is often seen to have double personalities, who is later revealed to be Imoogi inside her. Imoogi used her to threaten Lee Yeon, in order to have his body. When she tried to sacrifice herself again to protect Yeon from Imoogi, she was stopped by him and allowed Imoogi to take over his body instead.
- A half-blood gumiho and Lee Yeon's younger half-brother, who seeks revenge on his brother by creating mischief. He intentionally causes harm to humans, which causes trouble to Yeon in turn. He hides his caring nature while harboring a deep grudge for his brother. As a child, he was abandoned by his human mother in the Forest of the Starved. There, he was attacked by the spirits of the villagers but was saved by Yeon. He followed his brother to the mountain to start anew and lived happily. But when Ah-eum died, Yeon left Baekdudaegan and abdicated his status as the mountain spirit, leaving Rang alone on the mountain, thus causing the growing hatred for Lee Yeon.
Supporting[edit]
Mythical Beings around Lee Yeon[edit]
- Kim Jung-nan as Taluipa
- Younger sister of King Yeomra (supreme ruler of the underworld), and wife of Hyunuiong. She works at the Afterlife Immigration Office managing the list of dead souls and gives missions to Lee Yeon. She appears to be cold-hearted but has a strict motherly affection for Yeon who calls her "Granny" in return. She had a son named Bok Gil who died but cannot be reincarnated again because he killed himself by jumping into the Samdo River.
- Ahn Gil-kang as Hyunuiong
- The gatekeeper of Samdo River, the husband of Taluipa and father of Bok Gil. He also works at the Afterlife Immigration Office and briefs dead souls before entering the underworld. He appears to be both obedient and scared of his wife.
- Hwang Hee as Koo Shin-joo
- Lee Yeon's loyal subject and friend, also a gumiho. After having bewitched innocent humans to lose their minds in revenge for his sisters who were killed by human traps, he fled from the former mountain spirit he served to save his life and ended up at Lee Yeon's forest. He was saved by Lee Yeon, who refused to return him to the mountain spirit and since then decided to dedicate his life for him. In present day, he is a veterinarian who can speak to animals using his magic necklace. He liked Ki Yoo-ri from the first time he met her.
- Kim Soo-jin as Snail Bride / Bok Hye-ja
- Owner of the restaurant where Lee Yeon and Nam Ji-ah's team at TVC Station usually dines in. She knows all the supernatural beings in the world. She's a widow living for hundreds of years already. Her husband was devoured by a tiger through the Spirit of Darkness' trick on someone's greatest fear.
Mythical Beings around Lee Rang[edit]
- Kim Yong-ji as Ki Yoo-ri[8]
- Lee Rang's loyal accomplice, a young gumiho from Russia. She was saved by Rang from a zoo where she was being maltreated. As her way of payment for saving her life, she eagerly carries out Rang's orders in causing trouble to his enemies. She assumed the identity of the 24-year old director of Moze Department Store who died while trekking in Nepal.
- Lee Tae-ri as adult Imoogi / Lee Ryong / Terry
- Kim Tae-yul as young Imoogi
- A serpent beast in human form, the nemesis of Lee Yeon, who has the power to read others' minds. Centuries ago, he was born in a cave where people were dying of the plague. He took the body of the King, Ah-eum's father, as host. To save her father, Ah-eum allowed the Imoogi to transfer to her body for him to meet Yeon. He was killed by Yeon while inside of Ah-eum. In the present day, he is reborn at Eohwa Island with the help of Kwon Hae-ryong and Lee Rang. As a child, the Imoogi sucks the life out of his babysitters as his meal, turning them into mummified corpses, to be fully grown in a short period of time. In his adult form, he has the same face as Bok-gil, the deceased son of Taluipa and Hyunuiong. He was originally a dragon that would become the mountain spirit, but was disqualified after a human spotted him in his dragon form. Hence, he wants to take the body of Lee Yeon, Baekdudaegan's former mountain spirit and marry Nam Ji-ah, the reincarnation of Princess Ah-eum who was supposed to be a sacrifice for him. With the help of his servant, the CEO at TVC Station, he disguised himself as Terry, an intern in Ji-ah's team at TVC Station. It is eventually revealed that Imoogi was responsible for infecting Bok Gil's wife leading to their deaths.
- Jung Si-yul as Kim Soo-oh
- A young boy who is adopted by Lee Rang. In his previous life, he was the puppy dog Geomdung raised by Lee Rang which was given to him by his brother Lee Yeon, and he died due to a fire set by humans in the mountains 600 years ago. Soo-oh first appeared as a kid at the park met by Lee Yeon. Later on, Soo-oh immediately recognized Lee Rang at the sidewalk, though Lee Rang initially does not reciprocate. Soo-oh found the Eyebrows of the Tiger in the form of glasses which can make its wearer see the past life of another. Rang retrieved it from him and upon wearing, discovered Soo-oh is indeed the reincarnation of his beloved Geomdung. Later on, he was saved by Rang from his abusive step-father.