| The Glory | |
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| Hangul | 더 글로리 |
| RR | Deo geullori |
| MR | Tŏ kŭllori |
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| Written by | Kim Eun-sook[1] |
| Directed by | Ahn Gil-ho[1] |
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| Country of origin | South Korea |
| Original language | Korean |
| No. of episodes | 16 |
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| Cinematography | Jang Jong-kyung |
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| Running time | 47–72 minutes |
| Production companies | Hwa&Dam Pictures[1] Studio Dragon |
| Original release | |
| Network | Netflix |
| Release | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) – March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) |
The Glory (Korean: 더 글로리) is a South Koreanrevengepsychological thriller television series written byKim Eun-sook and directed by Ahn Gil-ho forNetflix.Song Hye-kyo,Lee Do-hyun,Lim Ji-yeon,Yeom Hye-ran,Park Sung-hoon, andJung Sung-il round out theensemble cast.
The series was divided into two parts: Part 1 was released on December 30, 2022,[1][2] and Part 2 was released on March 10, 2023,[3][4] both to critical acclaim and viewership success. It received eight nominations at the59th Baeksang Arts Awards, winning three:Best Drama,Best Actress for Song Hye-kyo, andBest Supporting Actress for Lim Ji-yeon.
Moon Dong-eun, a former victim ofschool violence, plans and seeks revenge on her bullies after taking up a job as a homeroom teacher at the elementary school of the bully leader's child (Ha Ye-sol).[5] Some scenes are based on a true event in 2006 when a group of middle schoolers fromCheongju, South Korea, extorted money from their classmate for about a month, repeatedly beating and burning her using objects in the process.[6][7]

| Season | Episodes | Originally released | ||
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| 1 | 16 | 8 | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |
| 8 | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||
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| Part 1 | ||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | Episode 1 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
In 2004, 17-year-old high school student Moon Dong-eun is ruthlessly bullied and tortured by a group of her rich peers led by Park Yeon-jin and including Jeon Jae-joon, Choi Hye-jeong, Lee Sa-ra, and Son Myeong-oh. Dong-eun files a police report but Yeon-jin's mother, Young-ae, uses her connections with Young-joon, a high-ranking police officer, to cover up the incidents. After the school nurse, Dong-eun's only supporter, resigns, Dong-eun applies to drop out of school and lists the group as the reason. Their homeroom teacher, Jong-moon, beats her in front of other staff for "lying". Young-ae bribes Dong-eun's mother, Jeong Mi-hee, to change the reason on Dong-eun's dropout form to "maladjustment". After accepting the bribe, Mi-hee abandons Dong-eun and moves away. Over the next few years, Dong-eun works at a textile factory, befriends fellow worker Sung-hee, acquires aGED certificate, and enrolls into university to study education. In 2022, an adult Dong-eun watches Yeon-jin, now aweather presenter, on television, surrounded by photographs of those who have wronged her. | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | Episode 2 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
While in university, Dong-eun gathers information on the group. Jae-joon inherits acountry club and upscale clothing boutique, and has an affair with Yeon-jin; Hye-jeong becomes a flight attendant and has unrequited feelings for Jae-joon; Sa-ra becomes a famous abstract artist and drug addict; Myeong-oh becomes Jae-joon's lackey and Sa-ra's drug dealer. Dong-eun befriends Joo Yeo-jeong, amedical intern who develops a crush on her and teaches her the gameGo. Yeon-jin marries Ha Do-yeong, the CEO of a large construction company, and has a daughter, Ha Ye-sol. After graduating, Dong-eun abruptly leaves without telling Yeo-jeong. She meets Myeong-oh and tells him she has information he can use to make money. She leases an apartment in Semyeong overlooking Yeon-jin's house. One night, while searching the bins at the house of Semyeong Foundation's chairman, Dong-eun is confronted by housekeeper Kang Hyeon-nam. Rather than turn Dong-eun in, Hyeon-nam offers to help Dong-eun if she kills Seok-jae, her abusive husband, in return. | ||||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | Episode 3 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Dong-eun hires Hyeon-nam as an assistant to help gather information on the group and begins tutoring her daughter, Seon-ah. She realizes that Ye-sol iscolorblind, a trait shared by Jae-joon. She starts playing Go at the club Do-yeong goes to, where her skill intrigues him. She also encounters Yeo-jeong by chance, now a plastic surgeon. Dong-eun tells Myeong-oh that she knows who pushed Yoon So-hee, a student bullied by the group before they targeted Dong-eun, to her death. She offers that information in exchange for his help; he gives her Jae-joon's hair samples. The bullies gather at the school for an alumni awards ceremony, where Dong-eun meets them again. Dong-eun uses the information Hyeon-nam gathered to blackmail the chairman of the Semyeong school district for a transfer to teach at the elementary school Ye-sol attends. | ||||||||||||
| 4 | 4 | Episode 4 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Yeon-jin discovers that Dong-eun is Ye-sol's new homeroom teacher and that their former teacher, Jong-moon, died shortly after meeting Dong-eun, causing her to panic. Dong-eun had told Soo-han, Jong-moon's son, that she planned to publicly expose Jong-moon's past abuse toward her. To protect his own career, Soo-han killed his father. Dong-eun receives new information about So-hee from Jung-mi, the former school nurse. Myeong-oh visits the mortuary and finds So-hee's unclaimed body, as her parents disputed the police's ruling of suicide. Do-yeong starts playing with Dong-eun at the Go club, just as she had intended. | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | Episode 5 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Dong-eun reveals to Yeon-jin that she knows about Ye-sol's color blindness. Jae-joon receives an envelope containing Ye-sol's toothbrush. Yeon-jin hires Young-joon, now a corrupt detective, to investigate Dong-eun. Meanwhile, Hyeon-nam steals Hye-jeong's phone and gives it to Dong-eun. Dong-eun blackmails Sa-ra for cash and meets with Yeo-jeong after years of no contact, apologizing for how she treated him. Yeo-jeong, still in love with her, cheekily tells her he would make a good partner. Dong-eun responds that she does not need a prince, but an "executioner". She later tells Myeong-oh the person who pushed So-hee. Myeong-oh contacts the rest of the group and Do-yeong, planning to flee toRussia, but is attacked by an unknown assailant before he can do so. | ||||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | Episode 6 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Yeo-jeong opens his own practice in Semyeong, having decided to follow Dong-eun. Myeong-oh goes missing. While driving, Dong-eun is warned by Hyeon-nam that she is being followed. She leads the men into a collision and exchanges numbers with them. Unbeknownst to her, they secretly work for Young-joon. Suspicious, Dong-eun questions Hyeon-nam why she was following her, but realizes she was only fulfilling her duties and the two reconcile. Do-yeong receives a photograph of himself with Dong-eun. While getting her car repaired, the sound of grilling meat triggers Dong-eun'sPTSD, causing apanic attack. She visits Yeo-jeong's clinic for comfort. Jae-joon discovers Ye-sol is his biological daughter. Hye-jeong receives an envelope containing private images from her phone. Dong-eun reveals her revenge plan to Yeo-jeong. When he tries to dissuade her, she reveals the extensive scarring on her body. Shocked and disturbed, Yeo-jeong offers to be her "executioner". | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | Episode 7 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Do-yeong grows suspicious of Yeon-jin and the group. Yeo-jeong's mother, Sang-im, receives a letter from Kang Yeong-cheon, the imprisoned murderer of Yeo-jeong's father, and discovers that he has been taunting her son. Yeo-jeong fantasizes about killing Yeong-cheon, revealing his own dark side. Dong-eun plans to use the money from Sa-ra to send Seon-ah abroad to study in theUnited States so she is safe. Jae-joon rejects Hye-jeong and plots to gain custody of Ye-sol, which would require Yeon-jin and Do-yeong to divorce. Before Myeong-oh's disappearance, Dong-eun had told him that So-hee was found holding Yeon-jin's name tag the day she died. Jae-joon confronts Yeon-jin with Ye-sol's paternity and they kiss. Do-yeong visits Ye-sol's classroom, finds Jae-joon there, and is startled to see Ye-sol's teacher is Dong-eun. | ||||||||||||
| 8 | 8 | Episode 8 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | December 30, 2022 (2022-12-30) | |||||||
Dong-eun coerces Hye-jeong into reporting Myeong-oh's disappearance to the police and tells Jae-joon that she sent him Ye-sol's toothbrush. Do-yeong learns from Hye-jeong that Yeon-jin was a malicious bully to Dong-eun and others in the past. Yeo-jeong meets Do-yeong for the first time, plays Go with him, and reports back to Dong-eun. Yeon-jin meets and once again bribes Dong-eun's mother to have leverage over Dong-eun. Sang-im visits Yeong-cheon in prison to tell him to stop the letters. Do-yeong asks Dong-eun for her side of the story. Yeon-jin breaks into Dong-eun's apartment and finds her wall of photographs, then turns to see that Do-yeong has entered as well. Yeo-jeong discovers that So-hee's body is not in the mortuary. | ||||||||||||
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| 9 | 1 | Episode 9 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
Before going missing, Myeong-oh had tried to blackmail both the group over So-hee's death and Dong-eun by threatening to expose her plans. In the present, Do-yeong presses Yeon-jin for answers, but she deflects blame. Yeo-jeong learns that So-hee's body had been moved to the morgue freezer on his father's orders in hopes that the case would be reopened. Dong-eun moves in with Yeo-jeong. Myeong-oh's disappearance becomes a criminal investigation and the group begins to suspect Yeon-jin. Do-yeong receives the evidence of Yeon-jin's infidelity that Myeong-oh sent before disappearing. Flashbacks reveal that Dong-eun sent Yeon-jin's name tag found with So-hee to the police, but Young-joon gave it to Young-ae, who concealed it to cover for her daughter. So-hee is also revealed to have been pregnant at the time of her death. Dong-eun notices a missing photo of Seok-jae from her wall; Yeon-jin uses it to track down Hyeon-nam. | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 2 | Episode 10 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
Yeon-jin threatens Hyeon-nam into working for her, unaware that Dong-eun already warned Hyeon-nam in advance. Acting on Yeon-jin's tip, Mi-hee shows up at Dong-eun's school. Dong-eun has Hye-jeong lure Yeon-jin to Yeo-jeong's clinic and arranges for Seon-ah to be cared for by Jung-mi. Jae-joon discovers that CCTV footage from his boutique on the night of Myeong-oh's disappearance has been deleted. As more truths about Yeon-jin come to light, Do-yeong invites Dong-eun to dinner. She wears a sleeveless dress, shocking Do-yeong with her burn scars. While administeringanesthesia before a cosmetic procedure, Yeo-jeong questions Yeon-jin about Myeong-oh. It is revealed that, when Myeong-oh blackmailed her about So-hee's death at Jae-joon's boutique, she struck him with a bottle in a fit of rage and left him for dead. | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 3 | Episode 11 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
After leaving the scene, Yeon-jin enlists Young-joon to dispose of Myeong-oh's body. However, he instead stores the body in an abandoned funeral home to gain leverage over Yeon-jin and Young-ae. Disoriented, Yeon-jin flees from Yeo-jeong's clinic upon waking. During dinner, Dong-eun tells Do-yeong she wants Yeon-jin to lose everyone close to her, but he replies that he does not intend to divorce her yet. At home, Do-yeong confronts Yeon-jin about her affair with Jae-joon. Jae-joon attempts to recover the deleted CCTV footage from his boutique. Young-ae requests Young-joon to find a legal way to dispose of So-hee's frozen body. Yeo-jeong purchases the abandoned funeral home. After discovering that Hyeon-nam is receiving money from Yeon-jin, Seok-jae blackmails Young-ae. Hye-jeong finds a partial recording of Myeong-oh's ill-fated meeting with Yeon-jin. | ||||||||||||
| 12 | 4 | Episode 12 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
Dong-eun and Yeo-jeong locate Myeong-oh's body at the funeral home. It is revealed that Yeo-jeong had collected DNA samples from Yeon-jin at the clinic. Yeon-jin begins hallucinating So-hee. Dong-eun informs Jae-joon that her colleague Mr. Chu has been takingupskirt photographs of students, including Ye-sol. In response, Jae-joon assaults Mr. Chu at the school. Kyung-ran, a shop assistant at Jae-joon's boutique, is revealed to possess the bottle Yeon-jin used to strike Myeong-oh. At the police station, Jae-joon and Do-yeong get into a physical altercation over Ye-sol. Do-yeong later confronts Yeon-jin about Ye-sol's paternity and her affair, effectively ending their marriage. At school, Dong-eun is confronted by parents turned against her by Mi-hee. She plants drugs at the church run by Sa-ra's father, causing Sa-ra to relapse and hallucinate in front of the congregation. Yeon-jin learns that an anonymous letter has been posted online accusing her of bullying. | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 5 | Episode 13 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
A video of Sa-ra's relapse and the anonymous letter go viral. Jae-joon discovers that the hard drive containing footage was swapped, not deleted. Hye-jeong shows him Myeong-oh's recording; he recognizes it was taken in his boutique, then seduces Hye-jeong. Dong-eun warns Kyung-ran not to interfere with her plan to prove Yeon-jin's involvement in Myeong-oh's murder. Young-ae turns to a shaman to deal with Seok-jae. Hye-jeong tells Sa-ra that Yeon-jin leaked a story about hertax evasion to distract the media from the bullying allegations. Dong-eun resigns from her teaching position. Young-joon attempts to blackmail Yeon-jin with Myeong-oh's murder, unaware that Dong-eun has already arranged for it to be discovered at the site of So-hee's death. Dong-eun confronts her mother, who, in a drunken rage, starts a fire in her apartment while being recorded. | ||||||||||||
| 14 | 6 | Episode 14 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
Using the recording of the apartment fire, Dong-eun successfully has her mothercommitted to a mental institution. Do-yeong reads the viral letter and is horrified by the extent of Yeon-jin's bullying. Dong-eun gives him the address of So-hee's mother. Yeon-jin convinces Jae-joon to give her an alibi for the day of Myeong-oh's disappearance. Jae-joon shows Do-yeong a copy of Myeong-oh's recording, offering to withhold it from police if he divorces Yeon-jin and relinquishes custody of Ye-sol. He also implies Yeon-jin is responsible for So-hee's death, further disturbing Do-yeong. Young-ae runs over Seok-jae and threatens Young-joon into cooperating. Realizing she left evidence, Yeon-jin returns to the funeral home, only to find Yeo-jeong there. Dong-eun tips off the lead detective about a lighter found near So-hee's body. During a ritual, the shaman reenacts So-hee's final moments, revealing that Yeon-jin set her clothes on fire, leading to a scuffle that ended with So-hee being pushed off the rooftop. | ||||||||||||
| 15 | 7 | Episode 15 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
The shaman appears to see So-hee's ghost beside Dong-eun before suddenly collapsing and dying from what bystanders interpret asdivine punishment. Yeon-jin attempts to intimidate Hyeon-nam, but Hyeon-nam slaps her in front of Do-yeong. He gives Yeon-jin an ultimatum to apologize to So-hee's mother; when she refuses, he initiates divorce proceedings. After Sa-ra leaks past video footage of Yeon-jin bullying So-hee, Yeon-jin resigns from her job. Ye-sol rejects her mother, devastating Yeon-jin further. At Myeong-oh's funeral, the clique turns on each other, culminating in Sa-ra stabbing Hye-jeong in the neck. Sa-ra is charged with attempted murder. Yeo-jeong learns that Jae-joon raped So-hee, causing her pregnancy. Dong-eun and Kyung-ran are revealed to have been friends before Dong-eun was bullied. Jae-joon tells Hye-jeong, now mute from her injuries, that he deleted Myeong-oh's recording. Meanwhile, Yeo-jeong had planted Yeon-jin's DNA on Myeong-oh's body, which matches DNA recovered from the lighter found near So-hee. In an effort to save herself, Young-ae gives Dong-eun Yeon-jin's nametag. Dong-eun discovers that Yeo-jeong had been appointed as So-hee's mother's legal guardian long before she revealed her revenge plans to him. | ||||||||||||
| 16 | 8 | Episode 16 | Ahn Gil-ho | Kim Eun-sook | March 10, 2023 (2023-03-10) | |||||||
Yeo-jeong admits he had known about Dong-eun's motives from the beginning and was aware that she approached him intentionally. Dong-eun confesses that her initial goal was to keep So-hee's body preserved. Yeon-jin and Young-ae are arrested on suspicion of murder, with Yeon-jin becoming mentally unstable. Lead Detective Choi realizes Dong-eun orchestrated the events but stays quiet and closes the case. Young-joon is beaten to death by his own subordinates over money. With Dong-eun's help, Hye-jeong poisons Jae-joon's eye medication, resulting in his blindness. Jae-joon drowns after Do-yeong pushes him into a vat of wet concrete, after which Do-yeong and Ye-sol relocate to theUnited Kingdom. So-hee is finally laid to rest. Flashbacks reveal that Myeong-oh initially survived and was found by Kyung-ran, who, overwhelmed by traumatic memories of his assault, delivered the fatal blow with the same bottle. Kyung-ran then contacted Dong-eun, who used the situation to frame Yeon-jin. In the present, Dong-eun prepares to end her life at the site of So-hee's death but is stopped by Sang-im, who pleads with her to stay and help Yeo-jeong. Six months later, Dong-eun has come to terms with her past and no longer hides her scars. She reunites with Yeo-jeong and offers to help him exact revenge. Yeo-jeong becomes a doctor at Jisan Prison, where Yeong-cheon is transferred after being attacked by other inmates. Dong-eun begins teaching at the facility. Upon seeing Yeo-jeong, Yeong-cheon remembers his warning that the revenge would not end until Yeong-cheon is dead. Having fulfilled their respective vengeances, Dong-eun and Yeo-jeong profess their love for each other. | ||||||||||||
Preparation for the series began in January 2021. Entirely pre-produced byHwa&Dam Pictures and its parent companyStudio Dragon, it is aNetflix original series.[38] It is said that the series will be produced in two seasons, 8 episodes per season for a total of 16 episodes.[39]
On December 20, 2022, the director announced at the drama's press conference that Part 2 will be released in March 2023.[40][41]
In July 2022,The Glory confirmed production withensemble casting ofSong Hye-kyo,Lee Do-hyun,Lim Ji-yeon,Yeom Hye-ran,Park Sung-hoon, andJung Sung-il.[9]
Two days after the release of The Glory Part 1 on December 30, 2022, it ranked ninth globally on Netflix's TV shows category. On its third day, it reached fifth place on the most watched shows on Netflix worldwide. Two days after the release of The Glory Part 2 on March 10, 2023, it ranked second worldwide and became top one worldwide on its third day[42] The series debuted at number three on the Netflix's Weekly Global Top 10 in non-English TV show category for the week December 26 – January 1, with 25.41 million hours viewed[43] and subsequently ranked number one of the same list in the following week, January 2–8, accumulating 82.48 million viewing hours.[44][45]
The series now ranked among the top 10 all-time Non-English TV series at #5 with 436.90 million hours watched in the first 28 days of release.[46]
On review aggregation websiteRotten Tomatoes,The Glory has an approval rating of 83%, based on 6 reviews.[47]
Writing forForbes, Joan MacDonald praised Song Hye-kyo for her "nuanced portrayal of Dong-eun" as well as Jung Ji-so who played teen Dong-eun, and wrote "The Glory features a fair share of unexpected plot twists, veering the story from almost horror to melodrama to murder mystery."[48] Lakshana N. Palat, in his review forThe Indian Express, praised the series' cinematography, music, and Song Hye-kyo's performance, stating, "It is one of her finest performances, if not her best."[49] Chris Vognar ofSan Francisco Chronicle called the series "visually arresting", "carefully constructed" and "delights in every step".[50]
Pierce Conran ofSouth China Morning Post graded the series with 4 out of 5, appreciating its storyline.[51]The Hindu's S. Poorvaja wrote, "Part 2 ofThe Glory, goes above and beyond, with its razor-sharp writing, compelling narrative, and impressive performances. And this is no easy feat, given that the story here has its focus trained on a rather complicated plan of revenge coming to fruition."[52]
The series has been criticized for its graphic portrayal of violence, but it has also been praised for shedding a light on the ongoingabuses among students in South Korean schools.[53] The violent scenes reminded the country's viewers of a 2006 incident where a middle schooler was beaten and burned by her classmates over the course of 20 days, not allowing her wounds to heal. She ended up being hospitalized for six weeks. One of the perpetrators was arrested afterward, while the school and its staff faced "administrative measures".[7][53] Kim Eun-sook, the writer of the series, was initially inspired by her teenage daughter asking her which scenario she would find more distraught, that her daughter abuses someone else or that her daughter ends up as a victim of abuse.[7] Since the show was aired, former employees in the South Korean school system have said that its depiction is realistic.[54]
In March 2023, an anonymous online post accused the director of the series Ahn Gil-ho of physically assaulting a classmate when he studied in the Philippines in 1996. Ahn initially denied the allegation but ultimately admitted to it in a statement through his law firm. It said that Ahn and his friends confronted another group of students after hearing that the latter had made fun of Ahn's girlfriend at the time. Ahn wanted to seek forgiveness from those he had hurt and offered to make apologies in person.[55][56]
Media Play News, citing PlumResearch data, reported thatThe Glory attracted 2.2 million unique viewers on Netflix in the United States during the week ending April 2, 2023, with an average time spent of 216 minutes.[57]
| Award ceremony | Year | Category | Nominee / Work | Result | Ref. |
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| Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards | 2023 | Best Actress | Song Hye-kyo | Nominated | [58] |
| Best Supporting Actress | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | |||
| Best Writer | Kim Eun-sook | Nominated | |||
| Best Creative | The Glory | Nominated | |||
| Asian Academy Creative Awards | 2023 | Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Grand Final Winners) | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | [59] |
| Best Drama Series (Grand Final Winners) | The Glory | Won | |||
| Baeksang Arts Awards | |||||
| 2023 | Grand Prize – Television | The Glory | Nominated | [60] | |
| Kim Eun-sook | Nominated | ||||
| Best Drama | The Glory | Won | |||
| Best Actress | Song Hye-kyo | Won | |||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-hoon | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Yeom Hye-ran | Nominated | |||
| Lim Ji-yeon | Won | ||||
| Best New Actor | Kim Gun-woo | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actress | Kim Hieora | Nominated | |||
| Best Screenplay | Kim Eun-sook | Nominated | |||
| Technical Award | Jang Jong-kyung (Cinematography) | Nominated | |||
| Bechdel Day | 2023 | Bechdel Choice 10 – Series Category | The Glory | Won | [61][62] |
| Best Actress – Series Category | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | |||
| Blue Dragon Series Awards | 2023 | Best Drama | The Glory | Nominated | [63] |
| Blue Dragon's Choice (Grand Prize) | Nominated | ||||
| Song Hye-kyo | Won | ||||
| Best Actress | Nominated | ||||
| Best Supporting Actor | Park Sung-hoon | Nominated | |||
| Best Supporting Actress | Lim Ji-yeon | Won | |||
| Best New Actress | Cha Joo-young | Nominated | |||
| Brand Customer Loyalty Awards | 2023 | Best Actress – OTT | Song Hye-kyo | Won | [64] |
| Lim Ji-yeon | Nominated | ||||
| Best Actor – OTT | Lee Do-hyun | Nominated | |||
| Brand of the Year Awards | 2023 | Best Actress – OTT | Song Hye-kyo | Nominated | [65] |
| Lim Ji-yeon | Won | ||||
| Best Actor – OTT | Lee Do-hyun | Won | |||
| Actress of The Year – Scene Stealer | Park Ji-a | Nominated | |||
| Consumer Day KCA Culture Entertainment Awards | 2023 | Drama Category – Best Picture | The Glory | Won | [66] |
| Best Director | Ahn Gil-ho | Won | |||
| Best Screenplay | Kim Eun-sook | Won | |||
| Critics' Choice Awards | 2024 | Best Foreign Language Series | The Glory | Nominated | [67] |
| Grand Bell Awards | 2023 | Best Series | Nominated | [68] | |
| Best Director Series | Ahn Gil-ho | Nominated | |||
| Best Actress Series | Song Hye-kyo | Nominated | |||
| Global Film & Television Huading Awards | 2023 | Best Actor in Global Drama Series | Lee Do-hyun | Nominated | [69] |
| Most Popular Actress in Global Drama Series | Song Hye-kyo | Nominated | |||
| Golden Cinema Film Festival | 2023 | Special OTT Performance Award | Cha Joo-young | Won | [70] |
| Kinolights Awards | 2023[A] | Best Actress | Song Hye-kyo | 2nd Place | [71] |
| Lim Ji-yeon | 1st Place | ||||
| Best Drama | The Glory | 1st Place | |||
| Seoul International Drama Awards | 2023 | Best Picture | Won[B] | [72] | |
| Korea Drama Awards | 2023 | Best Drama | Won | [73] | |
| Daesang | Song Hye-kyo | Nominated | |||
| Top Excellent Award, Actress | Lim Ji-yeon | Nominated | |||
| Excellent Award, Actor | Park Sung-hoon | Nominated | |||
| Best New Actor | Kim Gun-woo | Nominated | |||
| Best Director | Ahn Gil-ho | Won |
| Publisher | Year | Listicle | Placement | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 2023 | The 10 Best Korean Dramas of 2023 on Netflix | Included | [74] |