

Throughout centuries, Yeon encountered several lookalikes of Ah-eum but none bore the fox bead. In return, he promised Ah-eum that whenever she came back, he would find her through the bead. 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. 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. 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. 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, she found herself at the accident site but her parents' bodies were never discovered. Even though he compelled her to forget him, the magic did not work on her. They were foxes trying to eat Ji-ah but she was saved by Lee Yeon. However, Ji-ah is the only one who remembers that two other people, not human, posed as her parents. 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.

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.

Ji-ah recognizes Yeon when he is leaving the venue and later spots him on camera through his red, distinctly marked umbrella. 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. He lives in the city where he is assisted by his loyal subject, veterinarian, and fellow Gumiho, Goo Shin-joo ( Hwang Hee). He works with Taluipa ( Kim Jung-nan), an agent in the Afterlife Immigration Office and the protector of the Samdo River, to eradicate supernatural beings that threaten the mortal world. Lee Yeon ( Lee Dong-wook), an over 1000-year-old Gumiho and the former guardian mountain spirit of Baekdu-daegan, is now a city dweller. Ī second season, titled Tale of the Nine Tailed 1938 premiered on with Lee Dong-wook and Kim Bum reprising their roles and the female lead set to be portrayed by Kim So-yeon, as well as several new cast members like Ryu Kyung-soo. From November 18 to December 4, it also aired a three-part spin-off titled Tale of the Nine Tailed: An Unfinished Story ( Korean: 구미호뎐: 못다한 이야기 RR: Gumihodyeon: Motdahan i-yagi), centering around Lee Yeon's younger brother Lee Rang and his accomplice Ki Yu-ri.

#Tale of the nine tailed series
On November 18, 2020, the series took a one-week break from airing to ensure better production for the remaining four episodes, and aired a behind-the-scene special titled Tale of the Nine Tailed: A 600 Year Legend ( Korean: 구미호뎐-600년의 전설 RR: Gumihodyeon – 600nyeon-ui jeonseol). It aired on tvN from October 7 to December 3, 2020, every Wednesday and Thursday at 22:30 ( KST) with 16 episodes. Tale of the Nine Tailed ( Korean: 구미호뎐) is a 2020 South Korean television drama starring Lee Dong-wook, Jo Bo-ah, and Kim Bum.
