The Fiery Priest (2019): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2019, The Fiery Priest is a crime, comedy and drama series.

What it’s about. People commit variety of ugly crimes these days. However, they forgive themselves by giving testimony every week. They believe that they can repent just by having faith. But the truth is that they have faith to repeat the sins again and again without remorse. These people atone for their evil deeds just to feel comfortable and carefree. It is not about the victims who are suffering because of them. They say every people are equal before the religions. But it is time to discriminate people who only uses them for their interest. Screening if they are really good people, punishing if they deserve to be punished, and defending justice is needed for modern day religion. A priest with this sense of justice teams up with a detective and a prosecutor. They try to solve the mysterious death of an elderly priest and serve justice.

Who’s in it. The Fiery Priest stars Kim Nam-gil as Kim Hae-Il, Lee Hanee as Park Kyung-Sun, Kim Sung-kyun as Koo Dae-Young and Go Joon as Hwang Cheol-Bum, among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 8.3/10, The Fiery Priest sits among the best-reviewed titles in the catalogue.

Where to watch. In US you can stream it on Netflix, Hulu, Rakuten Viki and OnDemandKorea. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch The Fiery Priest page.

If you liked it. Fans of The Fiery Priest tend to enjoy Breaking Bad, Better Call Saul, Lucifer and Riverdale.