As of July 2026, The Haunted Palace Season 1 aired in 2025 with 16 episodes — streaming now on Rakuten Viki. Full episode guide and where to watch below.
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The Haunted Palace Season 1

2025 16 Episodes Sci-Fi & Fantasy · Drama ⭐ 8/10

The Haunted Palace Season 1 has built a real following on among viewers who want their sci-fi to think as hard as it looks. A compact run that never overstays its welcome. With 35 viewer ratings on TMDB, this is not a title flying under the radar. Watch it for Yook Sung-jae — the performance elevates material that could easily tip into self-seriousness. Put it on tonight and see for yourself.

Whatever else is competing for your attention this week, The Haunted Palace Season 1 is worth clearing space for. What makes The Haunted Palace Season 1 work is that the ideas never crowd out the people having them. Season 1 of The Haunted Palace includes 16 episodes. It aired from April 2025 to June 2025. This season stars Yook Sung-jae, Bona and Kim Ji-hoon. Yook Sung-jae and Bona lead a cast that brings real weight to the material. It was aired in 2025. The world-building is meticulous enough to sustain multiple rewatches, with details early on that only make sense later. It rarely drops the ball, and when it does, it recovers fast.

Viewers burned by ambitious sci-fi that could not sustain its premise should give The Haunted Palace Season 1 a chance. It stands on its own even without an obvious comparison point. The complete run is available and best experienced without too much prior knowledge of where it goes. Yook Sung-jae grounds the bigger ideas in something human. Once you are in, you will want to talk about it.

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🎬 The Haunted Palace Season 1 — Episode Guide

E1
A Talented Woman
2025-04-18
Yeo Ri tries to escape the shadow of Kang Cheol, the dragon deity who ruined her past. A request from Yun Gap leads her onto a dangerous path where he is lethally ambushed by political foes, giving Kang Cheol the perfect chance to possess his body. Now, her greatest enemy is closer than ever within ...
E2
Where Gang-cheol Walks, Autumn Turns to Spring
2025-04-19
Yeo Ri wakes up at the palace. She finds out that Kang Cheol wasn’t the one who attacked Yun Gap. However, she’s still suspicious about Kang Cheol since he possessed Yun Gap’s body. She looks for Yun Gap’s spirit, but she runs into something else instead. Meanwhile, Kang Cheol who is in Yun Gap’s bo...
E3
The Eight-Foot-Tall Ghost
2025-04-25
Yeo Ri tries to find Yun Gap, thinking his soul is trapped somewhere in the palace. Kang Cheol tells her that Yun Gap is already taken by the Eight-feet spirit, but Yeo Ri can’t give up on him. She decides to lure the Eight-feet spirit by becoming the bait to save Yun Gap. When she was about to trap...
E4
The Shining Gem of the Night
2025-04-26
The king is possessed by the Eight-feet Spirit, but Yeo Ri and Kang Cheol manage to get rid of it. Kang Cheol wants to leave the capital to stay away from the Eight-feet Spirit, but Yeo Ri asks him to help her get rid of the spirit and save Yun Gap. However, the king banishes the two from the capita...
E5
The Eight-Foot-Tall Ghost Has an Ally
2025-05-02
Cheol asks Monk Ga Seop if he could perform gubyeongsisik and drive the Eight-Feet Spirit out of the world. The monk tells him that they need to deplete the energy of the glowing pearl within his body to settle the resentment of the evil spirit. After Prince Yeong In’s passing, Cheol finds out someo...
E6
The Skull in the Pillow
2025-05-03
Pung San is pleased to find out that the Queen is pregnant with the King’s child, giving the General of Heaven and Earth another child to feed on. Cheol learns from Bi Bi that he needs to kill the body of Gap to get out of his body. Meanwhile, Yeo Ri finds a skull with a talisman hidden in the Queen...
E7
A Deadly Spell
2025-05-09
The water spirit attacks Yeo Ri with a deadly spell. She slowly shows the same symptoms as the Queen, who is bedridden due to an unknown illness. Kang Cheol suggests that the King become bait to catch the water spirit, as it wants the royal blood. Yeo Ri hears the news and rushes to the river where ...
E8
Aguji
2025-05-10
Yeo Ri and Kang Cheol grant the water spirit’s wish and bring his remains to his daughter. In return, the water spirit confesses that Aguji was behind the attacks on the Queen. The King locks up all the blind shamans from the Bureau of the Blind and interrogates them to find who Aguji is. Meanwhile,...
E9
13 Years Ago
2025-05-16
The hidden truth from 13 years ago is finally revealed. Although Yeo Ri no longer has a reason to hate Kang Cheol, she still cannot forgive herself for being drawn to him.
E10
There Is No Evil Ghost
2025-05-17
Yeo Ri and Kang Cheol finally confirm their feelings for each other. While the King discovers a clue that could reveal the identity of the Eight Foot Tall Ghost, Yeo Ri comes face-to-face with Pung San in the palace.
E11
Who Is Behind the Eight-Foot-Tall Ghost?
2025-05-23
Kang Cheol is deeply unsettled by the secret behind the Eight Foot Tall Ghost’s origin. Meanwhile, Bibi who can no longer receive Kang Cheol’s help because of Yeo Ri feels her resentment growing. Just then, a mysterious figure approaches her.
E12
The Anthology of Light and Darkness
2025-05-24
Following Bibi's death, Kang Cheol suffers from the painful loss of someone close to him. To uncover the identity of the Eight Foot Tall Ghost, the truth behind the war from a hundred years ago must be revealed. The person who holds the key to that truth turns out to be an unexpected figure well-kno...
E13
The Return of the Ghost
2025-05-30
Everyone is struck with horror as the truth hidden within the Gwangammunjip (The Records of Gwangam) finally comes to light, and the true identity of the Eight Foot Tall Ghost is at last revealed. As Kang Cheol and Yeo Ri’s feelings for one another grow deeper, a mysterious figure begins to lurk aro...
E14
The Ghostbane Stone
2025-05-31
Yeo Ri searches desperately for the missing Kang Cheol, while Yoon Gap suffers over his unrequited feelings for her. Meanwhile, Pung San plans to use Yoon Gap in a plot to harm the King.
E15
Spirit Possession
2025-06-06
The iron-willed King has fallen, leaving both Kang Cheol and Yeo Ri consumed by grief. However, the attacks from the Eight Foot Tall Ghost are only just beginning. Sensing the end is near, Kang Cheol and Yeo Ri hide their sorrow and anxiety to share one last poignant moment together.
E16
Where the Imugi Flew To
2025-06-07
As the Eight Foot Tall Ghost takes control of the palace, Kang Cheol and Yeo Ri make one final choice to protect each other. Where is the place the Imugi finally flew to?

🎭 Cast of The Haunted Palace Season 1

Yook Sung-jae
Yook Sung-jae
Yoon-gab/Gang Cheol
Bona
Bona
Yeo-ri
Kim Ji-hoon
Kim Ji-hoon
Lee Seong
Kil Hae-yeon
Kil Hae-yeon
Nub-deok
Kim Sang-ho
Kim Sang-ho
Poong-san
Shin Seul-ki
Shin Seul-ki
Choi In-seon
Son Byung-ho
Son Byung-ho
Kim Bong-in
Han So-eun
Han So-eun
The Queen
Ahn Nae-sang
Ahn Nae-sang
Choi Won-woo
Kim In-kwon
Kim In-kwon
Kim Eung-soon

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