Want to watch "The Return of Iljimae" in the comfort of your own home? Finding a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or play the drama TV series via subscription can be confusing, so we here at Moviefone want to do the heavy lifting.
Below, you’ll find a number of top-tier streaming and cable services – including rental, purchase, and subscription choices – along with the availability of "The Return of Iljimae" on each platform. Now, before we get into the nitty-gritty of how you can watch "The Return of Iljimae" right now, here are some details about the MBC show.
Originally premiering January 21st, 2009, "The Return of Iljimae" stars Jung Il-woo, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong, Jeong Hye-young. The series runs 1 season(s), and has a score of 44 (out of 100) on TMDB, which assembled reviews from 9 top people.
What, so now you want to know what the TV show is about? Here’s the plot: "The Return of Iljimae is a 2009 South Korean historical action television series, starring Jung Il-woo in the title role of Iljimae, Yoon Jin-seo, Kim Min-jong and Jung Hye-young. It aired on MBC from January 21 to April 9, 2009 on Wednesdays and Thursdays at 21:55 for 24 episodes.
The series is based on comic strip Iljimae, published between 1975 and 1977, by Ko Woo-yung which was based on a Chinese folklore from the Ming dynasty about a masked Robin Hood-esque character during the Joseon era. MBC bought the rights to the comic strip for their adaptation, which was to star Lee Seung-gi in the title role of Iljimae. However he pulled out and was replaced by Jung, which makes him the third Korean actor to play the hero following Jang Dong-gun and Lee Joon-gi for Iljimae."
"The Return of Iljimae" is currently available to stream via subscription, rental, or purchase on and Rakuten Viki .
























