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Sisyphus: The Myth

★ 7.0 6K votes 2021–2021 1 season · 16 episodes Ended JTBC
Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 9/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 8/10Puzzle plotNonlinear timelines, twists and structural games that reward attention.This show: 7/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Cho Seung-wooPark Shin-hyeSung Dong-ilLee Hyun JunAndrew LeeDawn Anderson
Starring
Cho Seung-wooPark Shin-hyeSung Dong-ilLee Hyun JunAndrew LeeDawn Anderson
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"A slick thriller that overreaches into time-bending chaos"

A brilliant engineer builds a company on the edge of a breakthrough invention, only to be pulled into a mystery involving a mysterious woman who seems to know things about his future before they happen. What starts as a corporate thriller spirals into a genre-bending mix of time travel, conspiracy, and disaster spectacle. The tone swings between glossy melodrama and frantic sci-fi urgency, carried mostly by its leads' chemistry and the sheer scale of its set pieces, even as the plot logic gets increasingly tangled.

Watch it for

the charismatic lead performances and increasingly wild high-concept sci-fi swings.

Maybe skip if

you need airtight plot logic, since the time-travel mechanics grow messy and confusing.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12021
7.34K1619h 2m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Episode #1.17.3
37370 min
▶2Episode #1.27.3
33070 min
▶3Episode #1.37.1
30970 min
▶4Episode #1.47.3
29770 min
▶5Episode #1.57.2
25573 min
▶6Episode #1.67.6
25566 min
▶7Episode #1.77.6
21870 min
▶8Episode #1.87.4
21374 min
▶9Episode #1.97.3
17670 min
▶10Episode #1.107.4
17168 min
▶11Episode #1.117.0
16074 min
▶12Episode #1.127.1
15073 min
▶13Episode #1.137.1
14979 min
▶14Episode #1.147.1
14470 min
▶15Episode #1.157.4
14370 min
▶16Episode #1.167.3
16775 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Cho Seung-woo Han Tae Sul
Park Shin-hye Kang Seo-hae
Sung Dong-il President Park, Park Hyeong-do
Lee Hyun Jun Member of Control Bureau
Andrew Lee Additional voices
Dawn Anderson Flight Attendant, various
Tae In-ho Eddie Kim
Jeong Hye-in Kim Seo-jin
Kim Jong-tae Kang Dong-gi
Halley Kim Kim Seo Jin

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