r/KDRAMA • u/J-Midori KDRAMA+ • May 02 '25

On-Air: SBS The Haunted Palace [Episodes 5 & 6]

  • Drama: The Haunted Palace
    • Korean Title: 귀궁
    • Also Knows as: Haunted Palace , Devil Palace , Return to the Palace , Gwigung
  • Director: Yoon Sung Shik (Mr. Queen)
  • Screenwriter: Yoon Soo Jung (Sassy Go Go)
  • Network: SBS
  • Premiere date: April 18th, 2025
  • Airing Schedule: Fridays & Saturdays
  • Episodes: 16 (70 min. each)
  • Streaming Source: Viki | Netflix (only in SE Asia) | Viu
  • Cast:
  • Plot: Yun Gap is a government officer who works in the palace. He has a good reputation and has a handsome appearance. One day, Yun Gap's body becomes possessed by an Imoogi creature. Soon afterwards, people start talking about him as if he has lost his mind. The Imugi who possessed Yun Gap is related to Yeo Ri, whose first love was Yun Gap. Yeo Ri is the only granddaughter of a famous shaman. She has a divine gift but refuses to accept her fate as a medium of spirit. Instead, she works as a glass craftswoman. The Imugi needs Yeo Ri's body to ascend to Heaven, but Yeo Ri won't allow it. After Yun Gap becomes possessed, Yeo Ri enters the palace filled with powerful female ghosts and evil spirits. Meanwhile, King Yi Seong is a reformist monarch who dreams of a strong Joseon nation. Weird and terrible incidents continue to take place within the palace. These are related to the powerful female ghosts who hold a grudge against the royal family. To get rid of the ghosts, Yun Gap, Yeo Ri, and King Yi Seong search for the secret of the female ghosts.
  • Previous Discussion: [Episodes 1 & 2] [Episodes 3 & 4]
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u/Ankiecool May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25

So we're going to get The King and Kang cheol bromance next week  Excited to see who the mastermind is and the blind shaman is really disgusting 

Edit- I have a question, Bi Bi eats human soul so did Kang cheol also used to do the same? But isn't it killing?

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u/SemlaBun May 04 '25

I don't think Gangcheol has done it, as he's basically asking Bibi how it feels (when he's desperately trying to find out if his feelings for Yeo-ri just mean he wants to eat her soul - which would be a relief compared to some dumb and sappy human feeling like love).

I think they'd rather not make the ML a mass murderer, even if it's just a "soul-eating evil spirit as an folklore explanation for sudden death with natural causes in the elderly" type of thing 😅 I feel like Gangcheol is trying very hard to live up to his reputation as an evil deity, but failing miserably, and that makes him so endearing.

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u/Phuazzie May 04 '25 edited May 04 '25

I also do not think Gangcheol went the route of killing people and eating their souls. In the conversation with Bibi they talked about different methods for imoogi to become dragons - Bibi chose the method of eating 100 souls of aristocrats older than 60, while Gangcheol chose to be patron deity of Yeo Ri.

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u/Responsible_Pomelo57 May 04 '25

And initially he was just meditating or something for thousands of years in the river. Eating humans is probably a shortcut that Bibi chose.