Korean movies and dramas
Korean Drama The Tale of a Gumiho 1938
2023. 5. 28.
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The nine-tailed fox is an animal and a ghost that appears in many stories from old times in Korea. Not only in Korea, but also in Chinese and Japanese stories. Gumiho means a nine-tailed fox with magical powers and is famous for being a charming woman who is good at bewitching men. The nine-tailed fox has a scary and negative image in Korean legends, but judging from the fact that there was a shaman who worshiped the fox god in the past, it is said that foxes were also quite important until a certain point. In some legends, it is said that whenever a fox practices for a certain period of time, its tail splits, and when it reaches nine, it becomes immortal. Foxes with multiple tails are described as having more power, but how come foxes have nine tails instead of eight or ten? hehe


The nine tails represent the number of lunar changes. The change is nine times in the same direction, then in the opposite direction every year thereafter, making a round trip once every 18 years. And according to some information, the gumiho is a woman, but other information says that it is a person. I don't know too, but is it true that it shakes people?



1. The Tale of a Gumiho 1938 Drama

Now that we've talked about gumiho, I'd like to talk a little bit about Lee Jae's Tale of a Gumiho 1938 drama. I don't know if any of you have seen it, but there was a nine-tailed fox season 1, and you can think of this drama as season 2. You have to watch season 1 to understand the content of this drama. Because there are many things related to it.


2. The Tale of a Gumiho Episode 1

In the first episode of the drama, 4 months after Lee Rang's death, he gets the power of a nine-tailed fox back on the condition that Lee Rang be reincarnated. Yiyeon steals the guardian stone made by King Yeomra and disappears over the cabinet. Jump over the cabinet to find the Guardian Stone. When Yi-yeon opens her eyes, she hears people wearing hanbok and western clothes, and a song of the 1930s coming from somewhere, and she is embarrassed.



Speaking of the main characters in the drama, there are three main characters: actor Lee Dong-wook who plays the role of Lee Yeon, actor Kim Bum who plays the role of Lee Rang, and actress Kim So-yeon who plays the role of Ryu Hong-ju.


As I said before, it would be more helpful to understand if you read The Tale of a Gumiho first and then read 1938, the year of the Gumiho. I really enjoyed The Tale of a Gumiho, and I am also enjoying 1938, The Year of a Gumiho.

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