The Trunk
Promotional poster
Hangul	트렁크
RR	Teureongkeu
MR	T'ŭrŏngk'ŭ
Genre	Mystery Melodrama
Based on	The Trunk byKim Ryeo-ryeong
Written by	Park Eun-young
Directed by	Kim Kyu-tae
Starring	Seo Hyun-jin Gong Yoo
Music by	Choi Seung-kwon[1] Kim Ji-soo[1]
Country of origin	South Korea
Original language	Korean
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer	Kim Eun-young[1]
Producers	Shin Yeon-joo[1] Lee Dong-gyu[1]
Cinematography	Park Jang-hyuk[1]
Editor	Kim Yoo-mi[1]
Running time	59–72 minutes
Production companies	Project 318[1] GTist
Original release
Network	Netflix
Release	November 29, 2024 (2024-11-29)

The Trunk (Korean: 트렁크) is a 2024 South Koreanmysterymelodrama television series based on the novel of the same name byKim Ryeo-ryeong. Written by Park Eun-young, directed byKim Kyu-tae, and starringSeo Hyun-jin andGong Yoo. The series depicts two people under one-year marriage contract and a mysterious trunk. It was released onNetflix on November 29, 2024.

Noh In-ji, an employee at NM (New Marriage), finds herself deeply alone despite living with a contract husband every year. Meanwhile, Han Jeong-won enters this contract marriage in an ironic attempt to save his previous marriage. Their lives are turned upside down when a mysterious trunk discovered in a lake sends them into a whirlwind of events involving the matchmaking service.

• Seo Hyun-jin as Noh In-ji^[2]

Deputy director of NM (New Marriage), a company that arranges temporary marriages.

• Gong Yoo as Han Jeong-won^[2]

A music producer who is consumed by anxiety and loneliness due to past pain.

• Jung Yun-ha [ko] as Lee Seo-yeon^[3]

Jeong-won's ex-wife.

• Jo I-geon as Yoon Ji-oh^[4]

An employee of NM.

• Kim Dong-won [ko] as Eom Tae-sung^[5]

A rice cake craftsman and In-ji's stalker.

• Hong Woo-jin [ko] as Oh Hyun-cheol^[6]

President of Label and Jeong-won's friend since their college days.

• Joo Min-kyung as Kang Yoon-ah^[7]

Hyun-cheol's wife who has deep emptiness and repression inside.

• Jeon Hae-jin as Jung Si-jung^[8]

In-ji's best friend.

• Choi Yoon-ji as Yoo In-young^[9]

An employee of NM.

• Yang Dae-hyuk as Oh Jin-bum^[1]

A detective of Violent Crimes Unit 1 at Gyeonggi Police Station.

• Kim Roi-ha as Ma Soo-sa^[1]

A detective of Narcotics Unit at Gyeonggi Police Station.

• Kim Ho-jung as Baek Yoo-shim^[1]

Director of Maeumjae.

• Kim Woo-jin as Engine^[1]
• Kang Hoo-jae as Robi^[1]
• Kim Eun-seok as Jeong-won's father^[1]
• Yoo Dam-yeon as Jeong-won's mother^[1]

• Cha Seung-won^[10]
• Uhm Ji-won as Lee Seon^[10]

CEO of NM and the person who scouted In-ji.

• Lee Jung-eun as Kwon Do-dam^[10]

A woman who has been watching In-ji for the past five years.

• Choi Young-joon as Kim Hyun-choo^[10]

A detective of Violent Crimes Unit 1 at Gyeonggi Police Station who pursues the mystery of a murder case.

• Lee Ki-woo as Seo Do-ha^[10]

Team leader at SB Electronics and was Inji's first marriage partner.

• Park Ji-ah as Pawn Shop Owner^[11]
• Jung Kyung-ho as Joon-ho^[10]

A client of NM.

According to multiple broadcasting officials in February 2023,Gong Yoo andSeo Hyun-jin, who are both underManagement Soop, were cast and positively considering to star in the series which is based on the novel of the same name byKim Ryeo-ryeong and produced by GTist.Kim Kyu-tae, who directedIt's Okay, That's Love (2014),Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo (2016),Live (2018), andOur Blues (2022), and Park Eun-young, who wroteHwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth (2016), collaborated for the series.^[12] Five months later, both Seo and Gong were officially confirmed their appearances and would act as a temporary marriage couple.^[13] In August 2023,Jung Yun-ha [ko] was cast and expected to have a large role in the drama.^[14]

Ten Asia reported that the filming lasted for about six months beginning at the end of August 2023 and wrapping up in February 2024.^[15]

The series was released exclusively onNetflix on November 29, 2024,^[16] with a total of eight episodes.^[17]

• The Trunk onNetflix
• The Trunk atIMDb 
• The Trunk atHanCinema

• 2024 South Korean television series debuts
• 2024 South Korean television series endings
• Korean-language television shows
• Netflix television dramas
• South Korean melodrama television series
• South Korean mystery television series
• Television shows based on South Korean novels

• CS1 Korean-language sources (ko)
• CS1 uses Korean-language script (ko)
• Articles with short description
• Short description is different from Wikidata
• Use mdy dates from December 2024
• Articles containing Korean-language text
• Pages containing links to subscription-only content