Tale of the Nine-Tailed

구미호뎐 ‧ Drama ‧ 2020
Completed
Tessa
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Nov 26, 2024
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 10
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my review.

i love the drama but it's sad that the season 2 was before her not with/after her, but that's my opinion..
but overal i love season 1 cause the plot was amazing! i just wished everyone stayed alive and the rother din't had to sacrifce himself.
and i wished there was little bit more enermies to lovers plot cause they fell for each kinda fast.

but i would watch it if i where you!! i can tell you it's an happy ending.
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Completed
lyssa
0 people found this review helpful
May 27, 2021
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.5
Acting/Cast 10
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 8.5
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This Drama got me back into Kdrama! So this drama will probably always hold a special place in my heart.
I really loved The nine-tailed premise of the story. The gumiho tale is one of my favorite Korean folktales and legends, so that got me really excited to watch this drama more.

Characters/ Relationshp
I think my most favorite thing in this drama is was Lee's Gumiho siblings/Bromance. I really enjoyed both Rang's and Lee Yeon's bickering bromance. I remember when watching this drama all I wanted was for both of them to get along at the end and become the brothers they once were and clear up the misunderstanding.
Lee Yeon and Ji-ah's relationship was so heartbreaking to watch it came with a lot of sacrifices. All I wanted for them was to have a happy ending and be together. This romance showed you too realized you need to celebrate love once you find it.

Acting:
Lee Dong Wook is considered one of my favorite actors recently, after watching goblin and tail of the nine-tailed I really enjoy his acting. He played Lee Yeon's character so well that it really made me enjoy his character through the whole show.
Jo Bo-ah I think she played her character very well in this drama. She didn't really amaze me with her acting but I would consider watching one of the other dramas she has been in.
Lee Dong Wook and Jo Bo-ah's chemistry were amazing I think they played off a couple really well.
Kim Bum his acting was amazing!! I'm gonna have to watch some of his dramas when I have the chance.

OST:
I really enjoyed this OST!
My favorite was: Sung Si Kyung - Leaning On You

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Completed
warren
0 people found this review helpful
Mar 26, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.5
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 4.5
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love cheesy stuff like this

of course the show is kinda corny at points but i feel like its self aware 😭 also if you cant enjoy cheesy fantasy romance You just hate fun..

ok random assorted thoughts ;
-yeon and ji-a.. im kind of ill.. yeon waiting 600 years for her reincarnation?? diabolical and tragic as hell..
-THE EMPHASIS OF MUNDANITY... one of my favorite things in the show.. how yeon simply wishes to become human (and does so in the end).. how he wants ji-a to live a normal, average life.. how yeon longs to grow old with ji-a, eat meals every day with her, etc.. just normal things.... SIGH WHATEVER
-lee rang... lee rang my wife... oh god. im so ill over him its insane. his character is so important to me i dont care.. his fear of abandonment and being alone.. how he is always abandoned but as soon as he gets a family, his life is taken from him.. and how he DIES ALONE is actually so fucking tragic and devastating dude what the hell. but he is reincarnated into a loving and present family (IM SO EMOTIONAL)
-also lee rang and his dog and how. the dog was reincarnated into a human that basically became his son.. how rang acts cold and rude to avoid attachment but has this soft spot for his dog/kid.. whatever IDC
-I JUST LOVE THE LEE BROTHERS SO MUCH.... their dynamic is so tragic and they are maybe my favorite part.. they make me SICKKKKKKKKKK. how rang was willing to sacrifice himself for yeons happiness even though he felt inferior to him his whole life... god.. rang you are so important...
-i really loved all the characters!!! ALL OF THEEEMMMM. loved all the side plots and never really fell out of the story.. i was always hooked...
-one of my only complaints (beside awful cgi) is that it feels like everything was Kind of low stakes.. like, with the really prevalent theme of reincarnation its clear that anyone who dies (that isnt a villain) will come back eventually. obviously i didnt want yeon or rang or anyone to NOT come back, its just like. all this for nothing...
-on that note. it is not all for nothing obviously. they literally saved the world but the fact that there isnt much of a huge sacrifice made is kinda meh.
-THE ENDING is so bittersweet... so beautiful... i hope yeon and ji-a live the longest happiest life and grow old and die together..
-also ldw is just beautiful like Hello!!!!!

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Completed
alice
0 people found this review helpful
May 4, 2026
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 7.0
Story 7.5
Acting/Cast 9.0
Music 8.0
Rewatch Value 6.5

Uma premissa boa que se perde no caminho

Esse foi uma decepção.
Um conto de fadas moderno que começa absurdamente bom, mas que desanda e não consegue acompanhar os próprios acontecimentos depois. Lembro de ter ficado muito pilhada quando lançou, com a expectativa lá no alto. O pior é que durante um certo momento ela foi atendida, mas depois senti como se a narrativa tivesse sofrido um solavanco e as coisas tivessem se desconectado mesmo. Uma pena.
Mas destaco aqui a atuação do Kim Bum.
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Ongoing 8/16
Is It
3 people found this review helpful
Nov 3, 2020
8 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10

I love this drama I love thi cast I love the story I love every thing about this drama

.......TALE OF THE NINE TAILED.......




Watch this drama i know you won't be disapointted its one of my the best drama i have ever watch althrought i give a 10 star review rarely the actor is a nine taled fox who is 1600 year old and is waiting for his first love and after 600 years of waiting the first love was reborn and she is a producer who lost her father and mother at an acdent in 9 years but the parents dead body was not found so she belive that her parents are still alive and is looking for them and the fox also help her due to some reason and they slowly fell for each other and because of sone things girl is in danger and the fox tell her that he will protect him and so on some days fox brother (he is also a fox and he is very hot KIM BUM)gives the girl a glass through which they can see there previous life then girl knows that in her previous life she was killed by the same nine taled fox (main cast) the she ask him why did you kill me (this kind of situtation only ) then a moment comes for the fox that he can save his brother ( how many times we qural with each otherthey are still siblings)or his first love (he also not that in touch with her)so he choose his brother 😭 then how will the girl survie if the girl dies how will the story end .... I DON'T KNOW WHY BUT when ever every epesode ends i'm about to die with curosity ...ahh cant wait wait for ep9 i hope that this drama has a happy ending ....

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Completed
Ami_LDW
1 people found this review helpful
Jun 7, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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Lee Yeon!!!! ♥️♥️

I really loved this series. As always, Lee Dong Wook is just perfect and I just love how awkward he is at times. This story was very sad at times and I may have gotten dehydrated from crying, lol. I loved the back stories and his banter with Rang. I knew granny had a soft spot for him! I mean, who wouldn't when he is so beautiful, charming, funny... Ahhhh, I just love this man so much. ♥️♥️♥️. And his weird faces just crack me up every time. And his bluntness is just the best, 😂.
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Completed
Sari
1 people found this review helpful
Jul 23, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 9.5
Story 9.0
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 9.5

5/5

I DUNNO WHY A LOT OF PEOPLE DON’T LIKE THE FEMALE LEAD or even the story/drama. She’s good and chemistry is chemistrying, storyline was perfect and no boring episodes. This is one of my fave after scarlet heart ryeo and alchemy of souls (on top, don’t mean to compare). Dong wook so pogi!!! 😭🤍 It’s been so long as well since I last saw Kim Bum in a drama, he was my fave during the Boys Over Flowers seazons.

Haven’t watch the 2nd part of the series because the main lead is not there or probably just a cameo but might try it. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!

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Completed
Nyy010
1 people found this review helpful
May 15, 2025
16 of 16 episodes seen
Completed 0
Overall 10
Story 10
Acting/Cast 10
Music 10
Rewatch Value 10
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Lee Dong Wook at his finest

It's really difficult to put into words how brilliant this drama was. The acting, writing, directing & the all out chemistry on screen was just the best in every way. This is definitely my favorite work of Dong Wook. He showed such magic on screen with Bo Ah & Kim Bum. It's the only series I watched twice in its entirety, it's just that good.
Every cast member has a great moment in a certain episode where they shine.
As you get deeper and deeper into this series, you can feel the pain or happiness of each character in the episodes. Episode 15 & 16 are without a doubt the most powerful acted scenes by any actor. The farewells of Yeon to Rang and then the reverse, Rang back to Yeon are just incredible. If you don't become a complete mess watching these two scenes, there is definitely something wrong with you. At the time of completion, you really didn't know if there would be a season two, so you kind of feel like you lost part of your family at the ending of this drama.
As Yeon states at the very end, "Living as a human means life is full of things that are first & last ...... first snow, first step, first picnic, first root canal & first love"
... and also first season of Tale of the Nine Tailed. Amazingly, season two (1938) turned out to be even better, if that's possible. Way to go Wookie!!!

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Ongoing 6/16
Sarah
6 people found this review helpful
Oct 26, 2020
6 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.5
Story 10
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 9.0
Rewatch Value 10

So far so good

I've watched all the episodes currently released! And i'd say so far so good (really good) i really enjoy watching the show, it does really keep you on edge sometimes (exciting!) I personallythink that there's a lack of supernatural shows in the drama world (especially in kdrama) and if it keeps going like this this will probably be my new favorite drama! The cast does really work together well, the endings do are very annoying because they'll always end with a cliffhanger! It's also a very good way to learn more about Korean culture, watching this show made me intrigued to search and research more about the nine-tailed fox and stuff!! I love it!!

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Dropped 11/16
TIP
0 people found this review helpful
Jul 28, 2021
11 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 0
Overall 6.0
Story 8.0
Acting/Cast 7.0
Music 7.0
Rewatch Value 1.0
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It wasn't for me.

Major spoilers, especially about the ending. If you like this drama and want to start or continue watching it, don't read any further.









Three seasons why I dropped this drama.

1. It was boring from the very beginning: Nothing about it appealed to me. Then I continued watching only for Lee Rang. I read the ending. It's beautiful. Sacrificing himself for his brother (ToT)(ToT)(ToT)

2. I only watched for Lee Rang: Lee Dong Wook and Kim Bum had a great on-screen relationship. Lee Rang was my favourite character. But the romance was so boring. And the FL's story never tugged at my heart strings like it should have.

3. The OST was not memorable: Although the songs are good, Kim Jong Wan and Shownu were my faves, they were wasted in this drama (◕‸ ◕)

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Ongoing 8/16
Itsmintrrb
2 people found this review helpful
Nov 1, 2020
8 of 16 episodes seen
Ongoing 0
Overall 9.0
Story 8.5
Acting/Cast 9.5
Music 7.5
Rewatch Value 9.5

Loving it!

For someone who grew up listening to supernatural stories, I find myself drawn to such themes. As an Asian we all have our little superstitions and supernatural characters that we grew up listening about. I loved how this drama does not focus on the romance and has a lot of different elements. There are obviously cliched plotlines and the whole Korean-unbelievable-conincidence-of-fate and stuff but it works at the end. I dont expect a kdrama to change my life but I just want to enjoy it - especially during this period of lockdown where I am running out of things to watch. It is cliched to me because I've watched a plethora of Kdramas but I've enjoyed this one. I love the supernatural-thriller bits and hope they continue it. The brother story is so cute!

P.S Plus point of having everyone goodlooking in this kdrama. Kim Bum looks extra spicy lol (along with LDW)

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Dropped 8/16
Truth hurts
5 people found this review helpful
Nov 24, 2020
8 of 16 episodes seen
Dropped 14
Overall 1.0
Story 1.0
Acting/Cast 1.0
Music 1.0
Rewatch Value 1.0

Garbage

This drama is full of famous untalented actors who are trying to shove a cliché themed drama down our throats.
The main couple has no chemistry whatsoever , their acting skills aren't helping neither . Side couple should've been the main.
The story is so overdone to the point of regurgitating what other authors had invented .
This was such a waste of time , I dragged myself to watching one episode after the other yet no improvement .
This shit show belongs to the trash can with its main leads !
Never recommending to anybody and never watching the actors involved in anything again . What a waste ! Give me back my time ! I want compensation for all the brain cells lost while watching this crap !
Ughhh if I can rate it minus infinite I would . Too bad this option doesn't exist !
Don't make the same mistake and go watch another worthy drama .

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