Revenant Overview

Revenant (악귀) is a Korean supernatural mystery thriller about a student possessed by a demon, a teacher who can see the devil and an investigator who gets caught in the mess because of the two. Directed by Lee Jung-rim and Kim Jae-hong, the drama stars Kim Tae-ri, Oh Jung-se, Hong Kyung, Yang Hye-ji, Kim Shin-bi, and Jin Seon-kyu, alongside other cast members.

The drama brings the story of the poor student Ku San-young who gets possessed by a demon. She then meets teacher Yeom Hae-sang who possesses the ability to see demons since childhood. He recognises the demon possessing San-young as the one who killed his mother and is now wreaking havoc around her. There is also the investigator Lee Hong-sae who gets caught in the mess by the two.

Kim Tae-ri was last seen in the immensely popular Twenty-Five, Twenty-One in the lead role of Na Hee-do, while Oh Jung-se was last seen in Uncle as Wang Joon-hyuk. Revenant takes over SBS’ Friday-Saturday 22:00 PM KST time slot previously occupied by Dr Romantic season 3.

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Revenant Plot

San-young is a normal part-timer who learns about her father’s death, whom she believed has been dead all along. When she meets with her paternal grandmother, she is handed over a cursed object through which an evil spirit latches on to her. To protect her and get hold of the evil spirit, Professor Hae-sang gets hold of San-young. Together, both of them learn about the evil spirit as well as fulfil certain spirits’ wishes.

Revenant Cast

Directed by Lee Jung-rim and Kim Jae-hong, the drama stars Kim Tae-ri as San-young, Oh Jung-se as Hae-sang, Hong Kyung as Hong-sae, Yang Hye-ji as Se-mi, Kim Shin-bi as Woo-shin, and Jin Seon-kyu as Gang-mo, Park Ji-Young as Gyeong-mun and other cast members.

Revenant Episode List

The series is set to have a 12-episode runtime and will release two episodes every week (Friday-Saturday) and will run for 60-70 minutes.

Where to Watch Revenant

The series will be available to watch on SBS.

Revenant Episode 5 India Release Date and Time

The series will stream from June 23, 2023, to July 29, 2023. Episode 5 of the series will stream on July 7 at 10:00 PM KST.

Revenant Episode 5 Prediction

San-young might speak to her deceased father’s spirit that she sees in the mirror. There are chances of an evil spirit disguising as her father, so Hae-sang will save her from falling prey to it. Hong-sae and Mun-chun will near the missing girl’s case and eventually believe in Hae-sang’s ghost theories. While this conclusion might take a few episodes, the detective duo might experience a vile scenario that will push them to believe Hae-sang a tad bit.

San-young will ask her mother for the truth and clarification behind hiding her birthplace. San-young’s mother might open up about a devastating truth or simply let it pass to protect her daughter. Hae-sang and San-young will also meet new types of ghosts as they proceed with their journey.

Revenant Episode 4 Recap

In the fourth episode, Hae-sang and San-young visit a village called Baekchagol in order to know about a missing girl’s case from 1958 and the gruesome ritual they performed on her. When they both reach there, San-young finds that the village is her mother’s birthplace. She confronts her mother on call but before she could get an answer, San-young gets interrupted by a sudden death in the village.

Both Hae-sang and San-young start seeing wandering ghosts in the town who turn powerful due to the mistake of an old civilian. An elderly lady burns the cursed dolls so she can allow her ghost daughter to possess her. This act causes the village to be surrounded by all wandering ghosts including San-young’s father. San-young finds her dead father’s spirit looking at her through a mirror.

Meanwhile, Mun-chun and Hong-sae also get connected with the missing girl’s case when the former digs into the death of San-young’s father. After witnessing the mysterious links between all the recent suicides, the burnt wrist marks and San-young’s father, the detective duo proceed with finding more details regarding the 1958 case as they believe it might be the origin.

Watch Revenant on Disney+.

Also read: Revenant Episode 4 Recap and Review: San-young Learns More About Her Parents’ Secrets and Deadly Ghosts