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Tunnel

★ 8.2 4K votes 2017–2017 1 season · 16 episodes Ended OCN
Time travelTime manipulation as a core mechanic.This show: 9/10Detective mysteryCrime-solving from the investigator's side of the table.This show: 9/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 8/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 8/10Mystery boxCentral riddles sustained across whole seasons.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Choi Jin-hyukHan Yeo-woolKang Suk-wonYoon Hyun-minJo Hie-bongKim Min-sang
Starring
Choi Jin-hyukHan Yeo-woolKang Suk-wonYoon Hyun-minJo Hie-bongKim Min-sang
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
0306090120

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About

"A cold case that outlives its own decade"

A detective chasing a serial killer in 1986 stumbles through a mysterious tunnel and emerges in 2017, decades removed from everyone he knew. Forced to partner with a modern profiler, he must solve his own unsolved case using instincts sharpened by a different era of policing. The show blends noir-tinged crime procedural with a wistful fish-out-of-water drama, mining real pathos from generational gaps and unfinished grief. It moves briskly, stays grounded despite its fantasy hook, and lets its leads' chemistry and moral seriousness carry what could have been a gimmicky premise into something genuinely affecting.

Watch it for

the way a decades-old murder investigation reframes itself through one detective's displaced eyes.

Maybe skip if

you need airtight time-travel logic rather than atmosphere and character to carry the mystery.

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

All Seasons

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Season 12017
8.31K1617h 14m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1I'll Come Save You7.6
11561 min
▶2Where Am I?8.0
9961 min
▶3I'm Really Coming8.2
9266 min
▶4Like Attracts Like8.0
8965 min
▶5Killer Among Us8.1
9265 min
▶6Me? Jealous?8.2
8364 min
▶7The Real Kwang-Ho9.0
10160 min
▶8The Truth8.6
8364 min
▶9Another Murder8.3
7964 min
▶10Jung Ho-Young's Bait8.6
8660 min
▶11Who Is The Real Murderer?8.4
8070 min
▶12The Last Talk8.8
8464 min
▶13The Return8.4
8266 min
▶14The Father and Daughter8.3
7868 min
▶15The Fountain Pen8.4
7966 min
▶16The Return8.8
8770 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Choi Jin-hyuk Park Kwang-ho
Han Yeo-wool Hwang Choon-hee
Kang Suk-won Hwayang Police Station Detective (1986)
Yoon Hyun-min Kim Seon-jae
Jo Hie-bong Jeon Seong-sik
Kim Min-sang Mok Jin-woo
Kang Ki-young Song Min-ha
Lee Yoo-young Shin Jae-yi
Lee Shi-Ah Shin Yeon-sook
Suk Mun Hong Hye-won

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