The East Palace

About The East Palace

A man who walks the spirit world and a court lady who hears the dead enter the East Palace by the king's orders — can they unravel its dark secrets?

The East Palace is an action-adventure, mystery, and science fiction series that ran on Netflix. It reached one season of 8 episodes from July 2026.

Its themes are mysterious, royalty, secret, and king. Nam Joo-hyuk leads the cast as Gu-cheon, Roh Yoon-seo as Saeng-gang, Cho Seung-woo as King, and Jang Young-nam as Queen Dowager.

Produced by IMAGINUS. In the United States it streams on Netflix and Netflix Standard with Ads.

Supernatural, Guardian: The Lonely and Great God, and Another make useful companions to The East Palace, all filed under dark fantasy, ghost, and horror. TMDB voters put it at 8.1 out of 10 across 102 votes and it carries a TV-MA rating.