# Red Swan (TV series)
**Red Swan** (화인가 스캔들; literal title *Hwain Family Scandal*) is a 2024 South Korean action-romance streaming series in which Oh Wan-soo, a former professional golfer who married the heir to the fictional Hwain Group, faces death threats and uncovers the conglomerate's secrets with her bodyguard Seo Do-yoon. It ran for 10 episodes on Disney+ from July 3 to July 31, 2024, with two episodes released each Wednesday, and was directed by Park Hong-kyun and written by Choi Yoon-jung.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) • [2](https://whatsondisneyplus.com/korean-disney-original-red-swan-release-date-announced/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 화인가 스캔들 (Hwainga Scandal; literal English title *Hwain Family Scandal*)[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) |
| Network and run | Disney+, 10 episodes, July 3 to July 31, 2024, two episodes every Wednesday[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) |
| Lead cast | Kim Ha-neul as Oh Wan-soo; Rain (Jung Ji-hoon) as Seo Do-yoon[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) |
| Production | Studio&NEW and Taewon Entertainment; filmed February 27 to July 31, 2023[3](https://m.namu.moe/w/%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80%20%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%94%EB%93%A4) |
| Genre | Action, romance, revenge, melodrama[4](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Red_Swan) |
| Availability | Disney+ internationally, Hulu in the United States; rated TV-MA[5](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/red_swan) |
| Second season | None announced as of August 2024[6](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/will-there-be-red-swan-season-2/) |
## Spoilers
### Premise and plot
Oh Wan-soo ([Kim Ha-neul](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-ha-neul)) rose from poverty to the top of professional golf, then married [Kim Yong](https://www.edgepedia.org/kim-yong)-kook ([Jung Gyu-woon](https://www.edgepedia.org/jung-gyu-woon)), the successor to the Hwain Group, one of South Korea's wealthiest family-run conglomerates (chaebol). As chairwoman of the family's Now Foundation she gained worldwide fame for her charity work, while her marriage deteriorated: Yong-kook is a serial cheater with an abusive streak, and her mother-in-law Park Mi-ran (Seo Yi-sook), the Hwain Group chairwoman, has controlled her life for twelve years.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) • [7](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/red-swan-k-drama-review-disney-plus-kim-ha-neul-rain-3771623) • [8](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3269231/disney-k-drama-red-swan-rain-kim-ha-neul-get-action-romance-good-start)
The story opens with an assassination attempt on Wan-soo during a public appearance in Manila, from which she escapes with the help of Seo Do-yoon (Rain), a martial-arts-trained bodyguard and police university graduate. After she returns to South Korea, Do-yoon is introduced as her new personal bodyguard. He joined the Hwain Group's security team for a specific reason: investigating a friend's death tied to the group. Through him, Wan-soo learns the truth behind the Hwain family's wealth, including money laundering schemes, and the two work to unravel the group's secrets while an unidentified would-be killer remains at large.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal) • [7](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/red-swan-k-drama-review-disney-plus-kim-ha-neul-rain-3771623) • [9](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/entertainment/shows-dramas/20240703/singer-actor-rain-returns-as-bodyguard-in-disney-series-red-swan)
Supporting roles include Yoon Je-moon as Han Sang-il, the Hwain Group's chief lawyer, and Ki Eun-se as Jang Tae-ra, Yong-kook's mistress who wants to become the new face of Hwain.[10](https://kdrama.co.kr/dramas/red-swan/) • [11](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/)
## Production and release
Disney+ announced the series in May 2023 as part of its [Korean drama](https://www.edgepedia.org/korean-drama) slate, with the studio initially aiming to launch it that year.[12](https://worldscreen.com/tvdrama/k-drama-red-swan-coming-exclusively-to-disney/) • [11](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/) It was produced by Studio&NEW and Taewon Entertainment and filmed from February 27 to July 31, 2023.[3](https://m.namu.moe/w/%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80%20%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%94%EB%93%A4) Director Park Hong-kyun's earlier credits include *Queen Seondeok* (2009), *The Greatest Love* (2011), and *A Korean Odyssey*; writer Choi Yoon-jung previously wrote *Only Love* and *Three Sisters*.[12](https://worldscreen.com/tvdrama/k-drama-red-swan-coming-exclusively-to-disney/)
**Episode count.** In an interview with the Korea JoongAng Daily, Kim Ha-neul said the show had originally been planned for sixteen episodes but was trimmed to ten, condensing the love story between Wan-soo and Do-yoon, and that multiple conclusions were weighed.[11](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/) • [13](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/entertainment/kim-ha-neul-brings-classic-tropes-to-new-disney-show-red-swan/10385126) The series premiered on July 3, 2024, and concluded on July 31 with its ninth and tenth episodes.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal)
## Reception
**Viewership.** Citing figures from the streaming tracker FlixPatrol, The Korea Times reported that Red Swan topped Disney+'s TV chart in South Korea, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Taiwan.[11](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/) AsianWiki users rated it 86/100.[1](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal)
**Criticism.** Reviewers were cooler than audiences. The [South China Morning Post](https://www.edgepedia.org/south-china-morning-post) gave it 2 out of 5 stars, describing it as a glossy but vacuous mash-up of the 1990s Hollywood melodrama *The Bodyguard* and Korean chaebol drama, while noting that it pokes fun at the excesses of the rich through the figure of Park Mi-ran.[14](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3272799/disney-k-drama-red-swan-review-romantic-thriller-starring-rain-fails-convince) NME called the series generic and clichéd, criticized the lack of on-screen chemistry between Rain and Kim Ha-neul, and raised pacing concerns about fitting the Hwain Group's criminal dealings, the assassination attempt, and Do-yoon's backstory into ten episodes, but singled out the thrilling action sequences performed by Rain as the series' strength.[7](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/red-swan-k-drama-review-disney-plus-kim-ha-neul-rain-3771623) Korean critics likewise pointed to its heavy use of familiar tropes such as affairs, murder plots, and inheritance wars; Kim Ha-neul herself said the old-fashioned style was what appealed to her in the script.[11](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/) • [13](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/entertainment/kim-ha-neul-brings-classic-tropes-to-new-disney-show-red-swan/10385126)
No second season has been announced; the first season ends without a cliffhanger, and the love story between Wan-soo and Do-yoon appears to be told in full by the season's end.[6](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/will-there-be-red-swan-season-2/)
## References
1. [Red Swan (Korean Drama), AsianWiki](https://asianwiki.com/Hwain_Family_Scandal)
2. [Korean Disney+ Original "Red Swan" Release Date Announced, What's On Disney Plus](https://whatsondisneyplus.com/korean-disney-original-red-swan-release-date-announced/)
3. [화인가 스캔들, Namu Wiki](https://m.namu.moe/w/%ED%99%94%EC%9D%B8%EA%B0%80%20%EC%8A%A4%EC%BA%94%EB%93%A4)
4. [Red Swan, DramaWiki](https://wiki.d-addicts.com/Red_Swan)
5. [Red Swan, Rotten Tomatoes](https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/red_swan)
6. [Will There Be Red Swan Season 2?, Escapist Magazine](https://www.escapistmagazine.com/will-there-be-red-swan-season-2/)
7. ['Red Swan' review: every trope possible – and then some, NME](https://www.nme.com/reviews/tv-reviews/red-swan-k-drama-review-disney-plus-kim-ha-neul-rain-3771623)
8. [Disney+ K-drama Red Swan: Rain, Kim Ha-neul get action romance off to a good start, South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3269231/disney-k-drama-red-swan-rain-kim-ha-neul-get-action-romance-good-start)
9. [Singer-actor Rain returns as bodyguard in Disney+ series 'Red Swan', The Korea Times](https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/amp/entertainment/shows-dramas/20240703/singer-actor-rain-returns-as-bodyguard-in-disney-series-red-swan)
10. [Red Swan, KDrama.co.kr](https://kdrama.co.kr/dramas/red-swan/)
11. [Red Swan review: Kim Ha-neul and Rain in the Disney+ K-drama, Kpop Fandom](https://kpop-fandom.com/stories/red-swan-kdrama-review/)
12. [K-Drama Red Swan Coming Exclusively to Disney+, TVDRAMA / World Screen](https://worldscreen.com/tvdrama/k-drama-red-swan-coming-exclusively-to-disney/)
13. [Kim Ha-neul brings classic tropes to new Disney+ show 'Red Swan', Korea JoongAng Daily](https://www.koreajoongangdaily.com/entertainment/kim-ha-neul-brings-classic-tropes-to-new-disney-show-red-swan/10385126)
14. [Disney+ K-drama Red Swan review: romantic thriller starring Rain fails to convince, South China Morning Post](https://www.scmp.com/lifestyle/k-pop/k-drama/article/3272799/disney-k-drama-red-swan-review-romantic-thriller-starring-rain-fails-convince)
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