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Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo

★ 8.6 16K votes 2016–2016 1 season · 21 episodes Ended SBS
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 9/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 9/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 9/10Love storyA love story as the engine of the show, not a side plot.This show: 9/10Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10MelancholicA wistful sadness woven through the story, even in its lighter moments.This show: 8/10
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Starring
Lee Joon-giIUKang Ha-neulNam Joo-hyukJi SooYoon Sun-woo
Written by
Hua Tong
Starring
Lee Joon-giIUKang Ha-neulNam Joo-hyukJi SooYoon Sun-woo
Written by
Hua Tong
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About

"A doomed royal romance that lingers long after"

A modern woman drowns and wakes up centuries earlier, inhabiting the body of a young noblewoman in Korea's Goryeo dynasty. Thrown into the middle of royal court intrigue, she becomes entangled with a group of princes locked in a brutal succession struggle, and slowly falls for one of the most dangerous among them. The show moves from playful fish-out-of-water comedy into something much heavier: political betrayal, doomed love, and creeping tragedy. It's lush, melancholic, and emotionally punishing by the end, carried by strong lead performances and a genuinely aching central romance.

Watch it for

the slow-burn romance between the leads and its devastating emotional payoff.

Maybe skip if

you dislike a leisurely pace or want a happy, tidy ending.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Season 12016
8.55K2121h 1m
During a solar eclipse, Go Hajin is magically transported from the present day to the Goryeo Dynasty in 10th century Korea. Further complicating matters, she finds herself stuck in the body of a young woman named Haesoo.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Traveling Back to Goryeo8.1
29960 min
▶2So's Real Face8.5
25362 min
▶3The One Behind8.3
23260 min
▶4Staying in Songak8.6
22660 min
▶5The First Time I Met You8.3
22460 min
▶6Hae Soo Cut Her Wrist8.5
21660 min
▶7A Court Lady in Damiwon8.5
21360 min
▶8The Ritual Ceremony8.8
21960 min
▶9He is King Gwangjong8.5
21260 min
▶10The Proposal8.8
23660 min
▶11Begging for Forgiveness9.0
27660 min
▶12Assassinate the King8.5
20760 min
▶13The Rebellion8.6
19160 min
▶14Opening Up8.7
20160 min
▶15Looking for Eun and His Wife8.4
20160 min
▶16A Test8.6
19760 min
▶17Goryeo's 3rd King8.1
18860 min
▶18The Empress8.4
19360 min
▶19Leaving the Palace8.2
19860 min
▶20The Letters8.8
23059 min
▶21Special II8.2
14360 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Lee Joon-gi 4th Prince Wang So
IU Hae Soo
Kang Ha-neul 8th Prince Wang Wook
Nam Joo-hyuk 13th Prince Baek Ah
Ji Soo 14th Prince Wang Jung
Yoon Sun-woo 9th Prince Wang Won
Kang Han-na Hwang-bo Yeon-hwa
Kim Sung Kyun Choi Ji-mong
Park Ji-young Queen Yoon
Hong Jong-hyun 3rd Prince Wang Yo

Crew

Hua Tong

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