Tale of the Nine Tailed (2020) [+]
Feb 04 2026
Tale of the Nine Tailed is a South Korean urban fantasy drama/romance set in modern times.
Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook, male lead in Touch Your Heart, 2019) is a nine-tailed fox and a former mountain spirit (there are four powerful mountain spirits each responsible for a fairly large area I assume). He's been around since the Joseon era (Korean kingdom era) and since that time he's been searching for the reincarnation of his lost love.
Lee Yeon is tracked down by reality show producer Nam Ji-ah (Jo Bo-ah, female lead in Military Prosecutor Doberman, 2022, and Destined With You, 2023) who turns out to look exactly like Lee Yeon's lost Yi Ah-eum. Except she's not because Ah-eum has a Fox Marble that he gave her and Ji-ah does not. He did save Ji-ah as a kid and turns out she's been looking for him ever since.
Ji-ah enlists Yeon to find her parents who disappeared 21 years ago. To do that he reveals the hidden fantasy world that co-exists with the human world. And in time Yeon discovers that Ji-ah is Ah-eum but that she also has an evil snake spirit inside her. The snake spirit was banished by Yeon when Ah-eum died but now it's back and wants Yeon's body or lacking it wants to burn the world down...
This is a fairly high end production with good special effects as there is a lot of magic stuff happening. For the most part an interesting story with a couple of subplots -- Lee Yeon's brother Lee Rang (Kim Bum) who kind of wants to kill him for past wrongs; and Lee Yeon's assistant Goo Shin-joo (Hwang Hee) falling in love with Lee Rang's assistant Ki Yu-ri (Kim Yong-ji). I didn't love the ending because it's a bit too deux ex machina.
Overall though, sort of a typical good Korean drama with a lot of romance.
Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook, male lead in Touch Your Heart, 2019) is a nine-tailed fox and a former mountain spirit (there are four powerful mountain spirits each responsible for a fairly large area I assume). He's been around since the Joseon era (Korean kingdom era) and since that time he's been searching for the reincarnation of his lost love.
Lee Yeon is tracked down by reality show producer Nam Ji-ah (Jo Bo-ah, female lead in Military Prosecutor Doberman, 2022, and Destined With You, 2023) who turns out to look exactly like Lee Yeon's lost Yi Ah-eum. Except she's not because Ah-eum has a Fox Marble that he gave her and Ji-ah does not. He did save Ji-ah as a kid and turns out she's been looking for him ever since.
Ji-ah enlists Yeon to find her parents who disappeared 21 years ago. To do that he reveals the hidden fantasy world that co-exists with the human world. And in time Yeon discovers that Ji-ah is Ah-eum but that she also has an evil snake spirit inside her. The snake spirit was banished by Yeon when Ah-eum died but now it's back and wants Yeon's body or lacking it wants to burn the world down...
This is a fairly high end production with good special effects as there is a lot of magic stuff happening. For the most part an interesting story with a couple of subplots -- Lee Yeon's brother Lee Rang (Kim Bum) who kind of wants to kill him for past wrongs; and Lee Yeon's assistant Goo Shin-joo (Hwang Hee) falling in love with Lee Rang's assistant Ki Yu-ri (Kim Yong-ji). I didn't love the ending because it's a bit too deux ex machina.
Overall though, sort of a typical good Korean drama with a lot of romance.