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The Scholar Who Walks the Night

The Scholar Who Walks the Night

20156.51 Season20 EpisodesEnded

Overview

When Jo Yang Sun is driven out of house and home after her father is framed for a crime, she is forced to crossdress in order to make ends meet as a bookseller, where she meets Kim Sung Yeol, a handsome, but mysterious scholar who is actually a vampire. Meanwhile, an evil presence at the royal palace stops at nothing to keep the Crown Prince from claiming his rightful throne.

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Top Cast

Lee Joon-gi

Lee Joon-gi

Kim Sung-yeol

Lee Yu-bi

Lee Yu-bi

Jo Yang-sun

MAX Changmin

MAX Changmin

Lee Yeon

Lee Soo-hyuk

Lee Soo-hyuk

Gwi

Kim So-eun

Kim So-eun

Choi Hye-ryung / Lee Myung-hee

Jang Hee-jin

Jang Hee-jin

Soo-hyang

Lee Soon-jae

Lee Soon-jae

King Seonjo

Choi Tae-hwan

Choi Tae-hwan

Ho-jin

Park So-young

Park So-young

Dam-yi

Kim Myung-gon

Kim Myung-gon

Rho Chang-sun

Themes & Keywords

vampirecross dressingfirst loveinterspecies romancejoseon dynasty (1392–1910)historical romancefantasybased on manhwa

About The Scholar Who Walks the Night

The Scholar Who Walks the Night is a drama, mystery series that first aired in 2015 exploring themes of vampire, cross dressing, first love, interspecies romance, joseon dynasty (1392–1910), historical romance. it stars Lee Joon-gi, Lee Yu-bi, MAX Changmin. When Jo Yang Sun is driven out of house and home after her father is framed for a crime, she is forced to crossdress in order to make ends meet as a bookseller, where she meets Kim Sung Yeol, a handsome, but mysterious scholar who is actually a vampire. Meanwhile, an evil presence at the royal palace stops at nothing to keep the Crown Prince from claiming his rightful throne.

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