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The Moon Embracing the Sun

★ 7.9 4K votes 2012–2012 1 season · 20 episodes Ended MBC
K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 10/10Romantic yearningThe will-they-won't-they ache as the main draw.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: 9/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 8/10Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 8/10SentimentalOpenly emotional storytelling that reaches straight for the heartstrings.This show: 7/10TearjerkerEngineered to make you cry, and it works.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Han Ga-inKim Soo-hyunJung Il-wooKim Min-seoSong Jae-heeSong Jae-rim
Starring
Han Ga-inKim Soo-hyunJung Il-wooKim Min-seoSong Jae-heeSong Jae-rim
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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"A fated royal romance wrapped in mysticism and grief"

Set in a fictionalized Joseon dynasty, this Korean historical drama follows a young king separated from his first love through court intrigue and forced amnesia, only for her to return years later as a shaman unaware of her own past. It blends palace politics, mysticism, and doomed romance with a slow-burn, melancholic tone. The pacing favors lingering glances and repressed longing over action, carried by strong lead performances and lush period visuals. It rewards patience with an emotionally satisfying payoff rather than quick thrills, appealing most to fans of sweeping, fated-love historical romances.

Watch it for

the aching slow-burn romance between a king and the woman he was forced to forget.

Maybe skip if

you find deliberate, melancholic pacing and heavy court politics tedious.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12012
8.29042021h 27m
After enemies order her killed, future queen Yeon Woo is rescued and raised by a shaman. She returns to court years later with no memory of her past.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1Two Suns and a Moon8.3
4972 min
▶2Two Moons and a Sun8.2
3868 min
▶3Like Petals, Like Fireworks8.2
3666 min
▶4One Sun, One Moon8.3
3766 min
▶5Fallen Moon8.3
4266 min
▶6Hidden Moon8.1
3765 min
▶7Shaman Wol - Moon8.2
3863 min
▶8Shaman Who Absorbs Adversity8.2
3763 min
▶9Moon That Is Hidden Beside the Sun8.0
3763 min
▶10Correspondence of the Dead8.1
3862 min
▶11Secret Love8.3
3563 min
▶12Road of Tears8.2
3663 min
▶13Witch Hunts8.2
3363 min
▶14Why Am I Dead?8.3
3564 min
▶15Once Again, Two Suns and Two Moons8.3
3464 min
▶16True Identity of the Moon8.6
3763 min
▶17The Sun Embracing the Moon8.4
8962 min
▶18Bloody Precursor8.5
3763 min
▶19Rebellion8.0
3664 min
▶20The Moon That Embraces the Sun8.1
14364 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Han Ga-in Heo Yeon-woo
Kim Soo-hyun Lee Hwon
Jung Il-woo Yang-myeong
Kim Min-seo Yoon Bo-gyeong
Song Jae-hee Heo Yeom
Song Jae-rim Kim Jae-woon
Yoon Seung-ah Seol
Nam Bo-ra Min-hwa
Kim Young Ae Great Queen Yoon
Kim Eung-soo Yoon Dae-hyeong

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