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Hellbound
2021–2024
· TV Show
· 25 min episodes
· 2 seasons
C
MEANRANK
70/100
Every rating
55–97
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Metacritic users on 55, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 97. Critics average 82, everyone else 65.
See the TV shows the platforms disagree about most →Unearthly beings deliver bloody condemnations, sending individuals to hell and giving rise to a religious group founded on the idea of divine justice.
Details
- Director
- Yeon Sang-ho
- Created by
- Choi Gyu-seok, Yeon Sang-ho
- Writers
- Choi Gyu-seok, Yeon Sang-ho
- Based on
- a work by Yeon Sang-ho, Yeon Sang-ho, Choi Gyu-seok
- Studio
- Climax Studios, Wow Point, Midnight Studio
- Released
- 19 November 2021
- Country
- South Korea
- Language
- Korean
- Episode length
- 25 min
- Rated
- TV-MA
- Episodes
- 12 across 2 seasons
- Awards
- 4 wins, 10 nominations
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Cast
Full cast (26) →
Awards & nominations
See all 14 →4 wins from 14 nominations across 4 ceremonies
| 1st Blue Dragon Series Awards 2022 | Best Supporting Actress | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best Actor (TV) | Park Jeong-min | Nominee |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best Actress (TV) | Kim Hyun-joo | Nominee |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best Director (TV) | Yeon Sang-ho | Nominee |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best Screenplay (TV) | Yeon Sang-ho Choi Gyu-seok | Nominee |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best New Actor (TV) | Kim Do Yoon | Nominee |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best New Actress (TV) | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |
| 20th Director's Cut Awards 2022 | Best Actor (TV) | Yoo Ah-in | Nominee |
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20th Director's Cut Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best New Actress (TV) | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |
| Best Actor (TV) | Park Jeong-min | Nominee |
| Best Actor (TV) | Yoo Ah-in | Nominee |
| Best Actress (TV) | Kim Hyun-joo | Nominee |
| Best Director (TV) | Yeon Sang-ho | Nominee |
| Best New Actor (TV) | Kim Do Yoon | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay (TV) | Yeon Sang-ho Choi Gyu-seok | Nominee |
APAN Star Awards
5 nominations, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |
| OTT Female Excellence Award | Kim Hyun-joo | Nominee |
| OTT Male Best Actor Award | Yoo Ah-in | Nominee |
| OTT Male Excellence Award | Park Jeong-min | Nominee |
| Popularity Star Award, Actor | Yoo Ah-in | Nominee |
1st Blue Dragon Series Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |
58th Baeksang Arts Awards
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Supporting Actress | Kim Shin-rok | Winner |