# My Roommate Is a Gumiho (간 떨어지는 동거)
**My Roommate Is a Gumiho** (간 떨어지는 동거, also translated as *Frightening Cohabitation*) is a 2021 South Korean television romantic comedy starring [Jang Ki-yong](https://www.edgepedia.org/jang-ki-yong) and Hyeri, about a 999-year-old male gumiho who must share a house with a female college student after she accidentally swallows the magical fox bead that would have made him human.[1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) The series ran on the cable network tvN in 16 Wednesday and Thursday episodes, closing on July 15, 2021.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52346/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) • [3](https://sdir.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202111/20211124_sd2.pdf)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Also known as | 간 떨어지는 동거; Frightening Cohabitation; A Falling Cohabitation[4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) |
| Network and run | tvN, 16 episodes, Wednesdays and Thursdays at 22:30 (70 min), listed as 2021.05.26–07.15; final episode July 15, 2021[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52346/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) • [3](https://sdir.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202111/20211124_sd2.pdf) • [1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) |
| Premise | A 999-year-old male gumiho cultivating himself to become human must live with the cheerful college student who accidentally swallowed his fox bead[4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) |
| Main cast | Jang Ki-yong (Shin Woo-yeo), Hyeri (Lee Dam), Kang Han-na (Yang Hye-sun), Kim Do-wan (Do Jae-jin), Bae In-hyuk (Gye Sun-woo)[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52346/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) |
| Production | Writers Baek Seon-woo and Choi Bo-rim; director Nam Seong-woo; planned by iQIYI and Studio Dragon; iQIYI original[5](https://theqoo.net/dyb/2037986091) • [6](https://www.edrawsoft.com/kr/trendy-news/how-to-create-relationships-mindmap.html) • [7](https://studiodragon.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst_e/202105/20210507_sd3.pdf) |
| Source material | Naver webtoon of the same name, rated 9.97 points, with over 3 billion cumulative views[8](https://www.insight.co.kr/news/342951) • [9](https://www.ad.co.kr/journal/column/show.do?ukey=543976) |
| Reception | Nielsen Korea series low of 3.69% nationwide (paid-platform households); Viki user rating 9.6 from 231,876 ratings; iQIYI rating 9.5[10](https://v.daum.net/v/cTbkNUWuSw) • [11](https://www.viki.com/tv/37880c-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho?locale=en) • [4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) |
## Premise
The drama centers on Shin Woo-yeo (신우여), a male gumiho, the nine-tailed fox of Korean folklore, who has lived for 999 years while protecting the fox bead that would allow him to become human.[1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) • [4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) Lee Dam (이담), a college student born in 1999, accidentally swallows the bead, and the two are forced to live together in one house so that he can retrieve it; iQIYI's synopsis calls the result a thrilling and loving romantic comedy built on this forced cohabitation.[4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) • [5](https://theqoo.net/dyb/2037986091)
The supporting cast carries two secondary romances. [Kang Han-na](https://www.edgepedia.org/kang-han-na) played Yang Hye-sun (양혜선), a former gumiho now living as a human, who becomes the love interest of the pure-hearted college student Do Jae-jin (도재진), played by Kim Do-wan.[1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho) Bae In-hyuk played Gye Sun-woo (계선우), a popular college student who, by the actor's own account, learns to become a better person through his encounters with Lee Dam.[1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho)
## Production and source material
The series adapts the Naver webtoon *My Roommate Is a Gumiho*, a fantasy romance about a gumiho who has spent about 900 years trying to become human and the female college student who ends up living with him.[12](https://implanttips.com/6841) The webtoon was rated 9.97 points before the drama aired, and Korean press noted that expectations for the adaptation were correspondingly high.[8](https://www.insight.co.kr/news/342951) With over 3 billion cumulative views, the webtoon drew attention to the drama from the casting stage onward.[9](https://www.ad.co.kr/journal/column/show.do?ukey=543976)
**Casting and schedule.** Jang Ki-yong was cast in the leading role in a report published in June 2020.[13](https://www.segye.com/newsView/20200610512783) The drama was pre-produced, meaning filming was completed before broadcast; actor Kim Do-wan said this let him watch the show from a viewer's perspective as it aired.[14](https://news.nate.com/view/20210730n09167) Hyeri recalled that filming began during a particularly cold winter, and Kang Han-na likewise thanked the production staff who worked through that winter.[1](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho)
Planning was shared between the streaming platform iQIYI and [Studio Dragon](https://www.edgepedia.org/studio-dragon).[6](https://www.edrawsoft.com/kr/trendy-news/how-to-create-relationships-mindmap.html) A Studio Dragon company update lists *My Roommate is Gumiho* as an iQIYI original, and a securities report on the company noted that holding the Korean license together with the China-facing rights was expected to add margin.[7](https://studiodragon.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst_e/202105/20210507_sd3.pdf) • [15](https://studiodragon.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202105/20210507_sd1.pdf) Broadcast listings differ on the exact first air date: a Sector Analysis table compiled with Kakao Pay Securities Research gives the run as May 26 to July 15, 2021,[3](https://sdir.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202111/20211124_sd2.pdf) while a preview listing places the start on May 19.[6](https://www.edrawsoft.com/kr/trendy-news/how-to-create-relationships-mindmap.html) All listings agree on the Wednesday and Thursday 22:30 slot and the July 15 finale.[2](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52346/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho)
## Ratings and reception
Domestic viewership declined as the run progressed. Nielsen Korea recorded 3.69% nationwide (paid-platform subscribing households) for the episode reported on August 11, 2021, the drama's own lowest rating to that point.[10](https://v.daum.net/v/cTbkNUWuSw) Episode 12 had averaged 4.2% in the Seoul capital area (peak 4.6%) and 3.5% nationwide (peak 3.7%).[16](https://sale.mimint.co.kr/bbs/view/news/S1N13/3312019) Press coverage attributed the pre-broadcast expectations partly to the strong webtoon original and reported that, despite the praised pairing of Hyeri and Jang Ki-yong, the drama went on to record its lowest ratings.[8](https://www.insight.co.kr/news/342951)
International audience scores diverged from the domestic trend. On Rakuten Viki the series holds a 9.6 rating from 231,876 users, and on iQIYI it shows 9.5.[11](https://www.viki.com/tv/37880c-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho?locale=en) • [4](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us) In Indonesia, a 2022 Korean Foundation for International Cultural Exchange (KOFICE) report ranked it fourth among the most popular Korean series on Netflix Indonesia's TV Top 10 for September 2022, and the free-to-air broadcaster NET TV ran it twice in 2024, from April 29 to May 20 and again from November 29 into December.[17](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/2022%EB%85%84%20%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%20%ED%95%9C%EB%A5%98%20%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%20%5B%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%8422-10%ED%98%B8%5D_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_4526309e-d83b-49c4-9a05-250e6645669e&fileSn=1) • [18](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/%5B%EC%9D%B8%EB%8B%88%20%ED%8A%B9%ED%99%94%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C%2025-02%ED%98%B8%5D%202025%EB%85%84%20%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98%20K-%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%20%EC%86%8C%EB%B9%84%20%ED%98%84%ED%99%A9_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_1d6f969b-81f6-4f44-9203-72a0dbec19f8&fileSn=1)
## Place in the gumiho drama tradition
Korean screen treatments of the gumiho fall broadly into horror and romance, and the nine-tailed fox has appeared repeatedly on screen, in works including *천년호* (1978), *구미호 여우 누이뎐* (2010), *내 여자친구는 구미호* (2010), *구가의 서* (2013), and *간 떨어지는 동거* (2021).[19](https://oak.chosun.ac.kr/bitstream/2020.oak/17016/2/%E3%80%8E%EC%82%B0%ED%95%B4%EA%B2%BD%E3%80%8F%EC%86%8D%EC%9D%98%20%EB%B0%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%B0%98%EC%88%98%20%EC%8B%A0%ED%99%94%20%EC%9B%90%ED%98%95%20%EB%B6%84%EC%84%9D%EA%B3%BC%20%20%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0%20%EA%B0%9C%EB%B0%9C%EC%9D%84%20%EC%9C%84%ED%95%9C%20%EC%97%B0%EA%B5%AC.pdf) An academic survey of these adaptations singles *My Roommate Is a Gumiho* out for depicting a male gumiho, whereas most fox-figure dramas center on female characters.[20](https://dcollection.korea.ac.kr/public_resource/pdf/000000232500_20260504215529.pdf) Korean-language commentary at the time of broadcast made the same point, expecting the male lead to give the series a point of difference from earlier gumiho romances.[5](https://theqoo.net/dyb/2037986091)
The series also sits in the wider wave of webtoon-based drama adaptations: a Korea Communications Agency survey of webtoon users lists *간 떨어지는 동거* among the major dramas adapted from Naver webtoons, alongside the growth of webtoon-to-film and webtoon-to-drama IP expansion.[21](https://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/h5b/file/IIKgXioJ6YaaxTJoKlr3TGE5sjs.pdf?download=)
## References
1. [Hyeri, Jang Ki Yong, Kang Han Na, Kim Do Wan, And Bae In Hyuk Share Closing Comments On "My Roommate Is A Gumiho", Soompi](https://www.soompi.com/article/1479261wpp/hyeri-jang-ki-yong-kang-han-na-kim-do-wan-and-bae-in-hyuk-share-closing-comments-on-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho)
2. [My Roommate Is a Gumiho, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/52346/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho)
3. [Sector Analysis, Studio Dragon / Kakao Pay Securities Research (November 2021)](https://sdir.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202111/20211124_sd2.pdf)
4. [My Roommate is a Gumiho (2021), iQIYI](https://www.iq.com/play/my-roommate-is-a-gumiho-1q53qps3hac?lang=en_us)
5. [혜리-장기용 '간동거' 몰입 안 되고 흥미 반감, 문제 뭘까, theqoo](https://theqoo.net/dyb/2037986091)
6. [드라마 인물 관계도 그리는 법 알아보기, EdrawSoft](https://www.edrawsoft.com/kr/trendy-news/how-to-create-relationships-mindmap.html)
7. [Company Update, Studio Dragon (May 2021)](https://studiodragon.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst_e/202105/20210507_sd3.pdf)
8. [장기용X혜리 찰떡 케미에도 자체 최저 시청률 3%대 기록한 '간 떨어지는 동거', 인사이트](https://www.insight.co.kr/news/342951)
9. [이건 꼭 봐야 해! 화제의 인기 네이버 웹툰이 드라마로 재탄생했다?, 광고정보센터 매거진](https://www.ad.co.kr/journal/column/show.do?ukey=543976)
10. ['간 떨어지는 동거' 3%대까지 하락, 자체 최저 시청률, 스포츠투데이 via Daum](https://v.daum.net/v/cTbkNUWuSw)
11. [My Roommate is a Gumiho, Rakuten Viki](https://www.viki.com/tv/37880c-my-roommate-is-a-gumiho?locale=en)
12. [간 떨어지는 동거: 구미호와 여대생의 엉뚱한 동거 이야기, ImplantTips](https://implanttips.com/6841)
13. [구미호 된 장기용…드라마 '간 떨어지는 동거' 주인공 캐스팅, 세계일보](https://www.segye.com/newsView/20200610512783)
14. [도전하는 김도완, '간 떨어지는 동거'로 말한 청춘, 네이트 연예](https://news.nate.com/view/20210730n09167)
15. [Results Comment, Studio Dragon (May 2021)](https://studiodragon.irplus.co.kr/fileupload/analyst/202105/20210507_sd1.pdf)
16. [간동거 이혜리, 장기용에 이별 선언, 미미트뉴스](https://sale.mimint.co.kr/bbs/view/news/S1N13/3312019)
17. [2022년 인도네시아 한류 동향, KOCCA Welcon](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/2022%EB%85%84%20%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%20%ED%95%9C%EB%A5%98%20%EB%8F%99%ED%96%A5%20%5B%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%8422-10%ED%98%B8%5D_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_4526309e-d83b-49c4-9a05-250e6645669e&fileSn=1)
18. [2025년 인도네시아의 K-콘텐츠 소비 현황, KOCCA Welcon](https://welcon.kocca.kr/cmm/fms/crawling/%5B%EC%9D%B8%EB%8B%88%20%ED%8A%B9%ED%99%94%EB%B3%B4%EA%B3%A0%EC%84%9C%2025-02%ED%98%B8%5D%202025%EB%85%84%20%EC%9D%B8%EB%8F%84%EB%84%A4%EC%8B%9C%EC%95%84%EC%9D%98%20K-%EC%BD%98%ED%85%90%EC%B8%A0%20%EC%86%8C%EB%B9%84%20%ED%98%84%ED%99%A9_%EB%AF%B8%EB%A6%AC%EB%B3%B4%EA%B8%B0?atchFileId=FILE_1d6f969b-81f6-4f44-9203-72a0dbec19f8&fileSn=1)
19. [『산해경』속의 반인반수 신화 원형 분석과 캐릭터 개발을 위한 연구, Chosun University](https://oak.chosun.ac.kr/bitstream/2020.oak/17016/2/%E3%80%8E%EC%82%B0%ED%95%B4%EA%B2%BD%E3%80%8F%EC%86%8D%EC%9D%98%20%EB%B0%98%EC%9D%B8%EB%B0%98%EC%88%98%20%EC%8B%A0%ED%99%94%20%EC%9B%90%ED%98%95%20%EB%B6%84%EC%84%9D%EA%B3%BC%20%20%EC%BA%90%EB%A6%AD%ED%84%B0%20%EA%B0%9C%EB%B0%9C%EC%9D%84%20%EC%9C%84%ED%95%9C%20%EC%97%B0%EA%B5%AC.pdf)
20. [구미호 시리즈, Korea University dcollection](https://dcollection.korea.ac.kr/public_resource/pdf/000000232500_20260504215529.pdf)
21. [2021 만화·웹툰 이용자 실태조사, Korea Communications Agency](https://t1.daumcdn.net/brunch/service/user/h5b/file/IIKgXioJ6YaaxTJoKlr3TGE5sjs.pdf?download=)
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