Մասնակից:Argam Forbes/Ավազարկղ G

Tale of the Nine Tailed (Կաղապար:Korean), հարավկորեական հեռուստատեսային դրամա, որի գլխավոր դերասաններն են Լի Դոնգ Ուկը, Ջո Բո Ահը և Քիմ Բամը: Հեռարձակվել է tvN հեռուստաալիքով 2020 թվականի հոկտեմբերի 7-ին դեկտեմբերի 3-ն ընկած ժամանակահատվածում, ամեն չորեքշաբթի և հինգշաբթի օրերին, ժամը 22:30-ին (Հարավային Կորեայի ժամ) և ունի 16 էպիզոդ: Սփինօֆը կրում է «Ինը պոչանի աղվեսի անավարտ պատմությունը» վերնագիրը կրող լրացուցիչ նյութերը փոխհատուցում են պաշտոնական հեռուստասերիալի 13-րդ և 14-րդ էպիզոդների արտադրության դադարեցմանը՝ «ավեկի լավ արտադրություն» ապահովելու համար:

Սյուժե

Լի Յեոնը (Լի Դոնգ Ուկ) ավելի քան 1000 տարեկան Կումիհո է և մի ժամանակ եղել է Բեքդոդեգանի լեռնային ոգու պահապանը, իսկ հիմա նա քաղաքի բնակիչ է: Նա աշխատում է Թաուլիփայի (Քիմ Ջուն Նան) հետ, որը հանդիսանում է անդրշիրիմյան աշխարհի իմիգրացիոն ծառայության գործակալ և Սամդո գետի պաշտպանը, որտեղ նա փորձում է արմատախիլ անել այն արարածներին, որոնք սպառնալիք են հանդիսանում մարդկանց աշխարհին: Նա ապրում է քաղաքում, որտեղ նրան օգնում է իր հավատարիմ ծառան, անսանաբույժ և կումիհո ընկերը՝ Գո Սին Ջոն:

On a mission to capture a fox that has killed and eaten the livers of many humans and is now marrying a man in the guise of a human woman, he is spotted by Nam Ji-ah (Jo Bo-ah) -a smart, ferocious, and dauntless producer at TVC Station.

Ji-ah recognizes Yeon when he is leaving the venue and later spots him on camera through his red, distinctly marked umbrella. She finds where Yeon lives, suspects him of being supernatural, and ultimately tests her theory by jumping off of his flat with a memory chip that contains a video of Yeon fighting another fox (Lee Rang- his half-brother) with their powers, forcing Yeon to follow and save her.

It is then revealed that as a child, on her ninth birthday, Nam Ji-ah was involved in a road accident in which her parents were supposed to be dead. However, Ji-ah is the only one who remembers that two other people, not human, posed as her parents. They were foxes trying to eat Ji-ah but she was saved by Lee Yeon. Even though he compelled her to forget him, the magic did not work on her. Later, she found herself at the accident site but her parents’ bodies were never discovered.

It motivated her to believe that her parents were alive and so she decided to look into supernatural beings and look for any way to find and rescue her parents.

Later in the series, it is revealed that Nam Ji-Ah is the reincarnation of Ah-Eum, a human who was the first love of Yeon.

She died at the hands of Yeon while trying to save him from Imoogi- an evil earth dragon who wanted to inhabit the body of the guardian mountain spirit. By abusing his powers, a heartbroken Yeon stopped the boat carrying Ah-Eum across the Samdo River, kissed her, and gave her a fox bead while asking her to promise to be reincarnated. In return, he promised Ah-Eum that whenever she came back, he would find her through the bead.

Throughout centuries, Yeon encountered several lookalikes of Ah-Eum but none bore the fox bead.

The story progresses as Lee Yeon tries to fight his growing attraction to Nam Ji-ah despite the absence of fox bead, his investigation as to why Ji-ah not only looks like Ah-Eum but also resembles her habits, and his reaction upon discovering that she indeed is his first love.

Meanwhile, Yeon has to deal with Lee Rang(Kim-Bum), his half-brother who felt abandoned when Yeon abdicated his post as guardian mountain spirit to work with Taluipa in exchange for Ah-Eum's reincarnation. Rang develops a deep grudge against his brother for choosing Ah-Eum over him and being the mountain's protector. With the assistance of Ki Yoo-ri(Kim Yong-ji), he continuously harms human beings as a way of antagonizing his brother.

In this mix is added the also reincarnated earth dragon. Imoogi is back and this time, he wants not only Yeon's body but also Ji-ah's heart.

With so many humans, demons, and supernatural beings standing between their reunion, just how the nine-tailed Mountain Spirit and fierce Production Director will protect their love, pacify the broken hearts around them, and beat the hellish being that craves their bodies, hearts, and lives makes up the rest of the story.

Cast

Main

• Lee Dong-wook as Lee Yeon

The titular gumiho (nine-tailed fox). Former mountain spirit and guardian of Baekdudaegan, lover of Ah-eum/ Ji-ah and half-brother of Lee Rang. He carries out missions from the Afterlife Immigration Office while searching for the reincarnation of Ah-eum. He encountered several look-alike of Ah-eum but none bore the fox bead. He saved Ji-ah when she was young, but she does not have the fox bead, making Yeon believe that she is not the reincarnation of Ah-eum. Later in the series, it is revealed that Ji-ah is indeed reincarnation of Ah-eum. Her fox bead appeared when Lee Yeon saved her from falling from a building.

• Jo Bo-ah as Nam Ji-ah / Ah-eum
  • Park Da-yeon as young Ji-ah / Ah-eum

Nam Ji-ah is a 30-year producer at TVC Station. She is the reincarnation of Ah-eum who was Lee Yeon's past lover, the exiled princess, and the seventh daughter of the King. To save her father, who was possessed by the Imoogi, she allowed the Imoogi to reside in her body instead, promising to take him to Yeon. She asked Lee Yeon to kill her so that she could protect him from sacrificing himself. After reincarnating, she is often seen to have double personalities, who is later revealed to be Imoogi inside her. Imoogi used her to threaten Lee Yeon, in order to have his body. When she tried to sacrifice herself again to protect Yeon from Imoogi, she was stopped by him and allowed Imoogi to take over his body instead.

• Kim Bum as Lee Rang
  • Lee Joo-won as young Lee Rang

A half-blood gumiho and Lee Yeon's younger brother, who seeks revenge on his brother by creating mischief. He intentionally causes harm to humans, which causes trouble to Yeon in turn. He hides his caring nature while harboring a deep grudge for his brother. As a child, he was abandoned by his human mother in the Forest of the Starved. There, he was attacked by the spirits of the villagers but was saved by Yeon. He followed his brother to the mountain to start anew and lived happily. But when Ah-eum died, Yeon left Baekdudaegan and abdicated his status as the mountain spirit, leaving Rang alone on the mountain, thus causing the growing hatred for Lee Yeon.