The Fiery Priest

The Fiery Priest

2019
★★★★☆ 8.2/10
📺 2 Seasons
🎬 52 Episodes
📅 Ended
🌐 KO
⏱️ 35 min/episode
CrimeComedyDrama
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.

Where to Watch (US)

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Seasons

Season 1
2019 • 40 Episodes
Hae Il is a priest in a small town. He takes care of problems in the neighbourhood, but things always get physical. He gets arrested while trying to stop a fraud. He has to leave the neighbourhood to avoid accusation. Meanwhile, Kyeong Seon who is a prosecutor, is trying her best to make connection with her seniors.
Season 2
2024 • 12 Episodes
When his fellow clergyman dies under shady circumstances, a hot-tempered priest who's unable to turn a blind eye to injustice hunts for answers.

Crew

Director
Park Bo-ram
Writer
Park Jae-beom

Network

SBS

Production

Samhwa Networks, Big Ocean ENM, Red Nine Pictures

Keywords

corruptiondetectivepolicepriestchurchprosecutorcatholicismmurder investigationpolitcs