Lee Jun Ki makes his post-army comeback in the MBC fantasy period drama
Arang and the Magistrate based on the famous Korean folk tale. The popular actor stars as a young magistrate who can see ghosts, while Shin Min Ah trades in her gumiho tails to play the eponymous maiden spirit Arang. An earthshaking love story filled with Eastern mysticism and folklore,
Arang and the Magistrate creates a complete fantastical world that spans the human realm, the underworld and the heavens, presided over by Yoo Seung Ho as the Jade Emperor! Yun Woo Jin (
Ojakgyo Brothers), Han Jung Su (
Poseidon), Kwon Oh Joong (
The Duo) and Hwang Bo Ra (
Love Rain) also co-star in the drama.
Since dying under mysterious circumstances, Arang (Shin Min Ah) has wandered the mortal realm as a free-spirited ghost with no recollection of her past. While running away from the grim reapers, she comes across Eun Oh (Lee Jun Ki), a young man with the ability to see spirits. She pesters him to help her recover her memories and identity, but he wants nothing to do with the grievances of the dead – and he has his own mystery to solve regarding his missing mother. Eun Oh tells Arang that he'll help her if he becomes the magistrate, and unexpectedly she finds a way to make it happen! And thus begins their journey to the truth behind their pasts and the love that binds them together.
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