Korean dramas are usually thought about as soft and sweet love stories with two charming leads, but they have so much more to offer. They have proved the stereotypes wrong by touching every possible niche and nailing it. Recently, the horror, mystery, and suspense content has taken aback everyone with how good it can get.
One such horror K-drama that has taken expectations to another level is Revenant. Also known by the name The Devil or Demons, it has offered a new approach to the horror world than usual.
The drama premiered on 23 June 2023 and only has a limited number of 12 episodes. It involves multiple cases to be solved, an interconnecting mystery, great acting put on the show, and traditional folklore.
So far, it has completed a run of 4 episodes. If you are desperately waiting for the next one to drop, here’s your update for Revenant episode 5.
Revenant Plot Synopsis
Ku San Yeong, played by Kim Tae Ri, is a girl who finds herself trapped amidst demons. One of them possesses her, and she struggles to get through. She works hard all day and studies at night to achieve her goal of becoming an officer.
Yeom Hae Sang is a teacher of Korean folklore who can see demons since he was a child. One of the traumatic encounters he had as a child, returning to his life after years, is the demon that killed his mother in front of his eyes.
He can also see the demon inside San Yeong and warns her about the misfortune that will follow her. After San Yeong finds some of the belongings of her father that he left behind, a series of deaths begin, and the two try to find out the truth.
They come across several unsolved mysteries from the past that tangle with the present. Dragged into this demonic mystery world is detective Lee Hong Sae, who cares about nothing but glory and a better career. He finds himself driven to these cases and chooses his own path for investigation.
Revenant Episode 4 Summary
Hae Sang finds San Yeong standing on the bridge, and she is possessed. She is smiling and says that Hae Sang has grown up now.
When she saw her for the first time, he was a child. San Yeong murmurs the numbers 21 and 176, and she gains back consciousness. She is confused about how she came here.
The next day both of them visit her father’s home to find information about the numbers, but they cannot find anything. Tae Young’s great-uncle calls San Yeong because Tae has decided to tell her about the information she has.
A year ago, Kang Mu, San Yeong’s father, visited her grandfather in the hospital to learn about the murder mystery of a 9-year-old girl from 1958. San Yeong and Hae Sang decided to know more about it.
On the other hand, Detective Lee Hong Sae and his partner Mun-Chun also try to find out more about the same case. The two detectives find an uncanny similarity between all the deaths. All die by suicide and have burnt wrist marks.
Hae Sang and San Yeong find out that the 9-year-old girl was abducted to perform a ritual, and even one of her fingers was missing. Yeong recalls reading something similar in her father’s book, and when she opened it, the page numbers were 176 and 21.
The two leave for Baekchagol village, the one that follows this ritual. On meeting an elderly, they get to know that Yeong’s father, Kang Mu, married a native of this village.
Yeong calls her mother to know why she lied about her birthplace, but she requests that she leave the place as soon as possible. Yeong then hears people screaming and finds out that the elderly have died.
She notices a spirit there. The dolls kept for ritual had also been burnt by a woman who wanted to meet her deceased daughter. Now several spirits are haunting the village.
San Yeong runs after seeing several of these behind her. When she trips and falls, she notices her father’s spirit.
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Revenant Episode 5 Release Date
Two fresh episodes of Revenant are released every Friday and Saturday. Episode 5 of this horror-mystery K-drama will be released on Friday, 7 July 2023, at 10 pm Korean Standard Time (KST).For other regions
- Indian Standard Time(IST): At 6:30 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Pakistan Standard Time(PKT): At 6 PM, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Japan Standard Time( JST): At 10:00 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- China Standard Time: At 9:00 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Thailand Standard Time(THA): At 8:00 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Eastern Standard Time(EST): At 9:00 A.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Greenwich Mean Time(GMT): At 1:00 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
- Australia Central Standard Time (ACST): At 10:30 P.M, Friday, 7 July 2023
Where to Watch?
You can watch the latest episodes of Revenant every Friday and Saturday. For the native audience, they are aired on the local channel SBS TV. International viewers of selected regions can watch the episodes on Disney Plus.
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