Revenant (TV series)

Revenant (TV series)

Revenant (Korean: 악귀) is a 2023 South Korean television series written by Kim Eun-hee and starring Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, and Hong Kyung. It aired from June 23 to July 29, 2023, on SBS TV's Fridays and Saturdays at 22:00 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Disney+ in selected regions.

Synopsis

Revenant (TV series)

The series revolves around a young woman possessed by an entity and a professor of folklore who can see ghosts. Together they seek the truth behind mysterious suicides surrounding the city.

Cast

Main

A public prosecutor who has been preparing for the 9th-grade civil service exam. She gets entangled in mysterious deaths, after receiving her late father's belongings.

• Oh Jung-se as Yeom Hae-sang • Ham Sung-min as young Yeom Hae-sang

A folklore professor from a wealthy family. He has the ability to see spirits and gods.

A lieutenant in the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Violent Crime Investigation Unit.

Supporting

• Kim Hae-sook as Na Byung-hee

Yeom Hae-sang's grandmother and CEO of Joonghyun Capital.

• Park Ji-young as Yoon Gyeong-moon

• Kim Won-hae as Seo Mun-chun

Gu San-yeong's high school classmate who is preparing for the civil service exam.

Na Byung-hee's closest aide and vice president of Joonghyun Capital.

• Jin Seon-kyu as Gu Kang-mo

Gu San-yeong's father and a former folklore professor.

Others

• Ye Soo-jung as Kim Seok-ran

Special appearances

• Kim Sung-kyu as voice phishing criminal • Park Hyo-joo as Yeom Hae-sang's mother • Lee Jae-won as Yeom Jae-woo, Hae-sang's father • Oh Yeon-ah as Choi Man-wol • Pyo Ye-jin as an influencer • Moon Sook as Funeral attendee • Cho Hyun-chul as Shaman • Choi Gwi-hwa as Chun Il-man • Kang Gil-woo as Yeom Seung-ok • Park So-yi as Lee Mok-dan • Shim Dal-gi as Lee Hyang-yi, Mok-dan's older sister, a demon who possessed San-yeong. • Lee Yoo-jun as Jung Han-ki

A forensic scientist and retired member of the Seoul Cold Case Squad. Assists in reconstructing documents and briefly discusses with Seo Mun-chun about his deceased colleague Gye-chul from the Cold Case Squad (who was also played by Kim Won-hae).

Reception

Viewership

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
Nielsen Korea	TNmS
Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide
1	June 23, 2023	9.9% (3rd)	10.8% (1st)	8.0% (4th)
2	June 24, 2023	10.0% (2nd)	10.8% (2nd)	N/A
3	June 30, 2023	11.0% (2nd)	11.9% (1st)	8.7% (4th)
4	July 1, 2023	10.0% (2nd)	10.8% (2nd)	8.4% (2nd)
5	July 7, 2023	10.8% (3rd)	12.2% (1st)	8.0% (4th)
6	July 8, 2023	9.5% (2nd)	10.2% (2nd)	7.9% (2nd)
7	July 14, 2023	10.6% (3rd)	11.0% (2nd)	9.1% (4th)
8	July 15, 2023	10.4% (2nd)	11.1% (2nd)	7.9% (2nd)
9	July 21, 2023	10.3% (2nd)	11.1% (2nd)	7.4% (6th)
10	July 22, 2023	10.9% (2nd)	12.0% (2nd)	8.5% (2nd)
11	July 28, 2023	10.3% (2nd)	10.8% (1st)	7.8% (3rd)
12	July 29, 2023	11.2% (2nd)	12.0% (2nd)	8.0% (2nd)
Average	10.4%	11.2%	—

Accolades

<table><thead><tr><th>Award ceremony</th><th>Year</th><th>Category</th><th>Nominee / Work</th><th>Result</th><th>Ref.</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Baeksang Arts Awards</td><td>2024</td><td>Best Drama</td><td>Revenant</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Best Screenplay</td><td>Kim Eun-hee</td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td>Technical Award</td><td>Yang Ho-sam, Park Ji-won (Art direction)</td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td>Korea Drama Awards</td><td>2023</td><td>Top Excellence Award, Actor</td><td>Oh Jung-se</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>New York Festival TV & Film Awards</td><td>2024</td><td>Scifi/Fantasy/Horror</td><td>Revenant</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>SBS Drama Awards</td><td>2023</td><td>Grand Prize (Daesang)</td><td>Kim Tae-ri</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama</td><td>Hong Kyung</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Best Supporting Performance in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama</td><td>Kim Won-hae</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Best New Actress</td><td>Yang Hye-ji</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Best Young Actress</td><td>Park So-yi</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Best Performance</td><td>Jin Seon-kyu</td><td>Won</td></tr><tr><td>Top Excellence Award, Actor in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama</td><td>Oh Jung-se</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Top Excellence Award, Actress in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama</td><td>Kim Tae-ri</td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td>Scene Stealer Award</td><td>Shim Dal-gi</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Best Supporting Performance in a Miniseries Genre/Action Drama</td><td>Kim Hae-sook</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Park Ji-young</td><td>Nominated</td></tr><tr><td>Seoul International Drama Awards</td><td>2024</td><td>Outstanding Korean Actress</td><td>Kim Tae-ri</td><td>Nominated</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>WorldFest-Houston International Film Festival</td><td>2024</td><td>Feature Made for Television/Cable</td><td>Revenant</td><td>Won</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>