How many episodes are in The East Palace?

The East Palace has 8 episodes in this listed season.

When does The East Palace premiere?

The East Palace premieres on 2026-07-17.

Is The East Palace a new series?

The East Palace is a new series (Season 1).

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The East Palace(2026)

Also known as East Palace • Donggung • Palace of Crown Prince

Archived · Netflix

7.6168 eps

S01

MysteryAction & AdventureSci-Fi & FantasyDrama

ON AIR: JUL 17Season 1Archived listing

What to Expect

PremiereLens read

The East Palace runs as a contained miniseries with a defined ending, so the mystery of what haunts the crown prince's palace builds toward actual resolution. Demons and ghosts drive the danger here more than court scheming does, and the horror is treated with genuine weight rather than softened into folklore atmosphere.

A ghost-slayer and a woman cursed to hear the dead make an unlikely investigative pair, moving through palace corridors and into a darker supernatural realm as the case deepens. Revenge threads through the story alongside the creature-horror, and the show earns its tearjerker moments by letting those two pressures collide rather than keeping them separate.

Best for

ghost-hunting horror, cursed woman and Mystery

Story lane

Mystery and Action & Adventure

Commitment

Season 1 · 8 episodes

Where

Netflix

Official Premise

A king tasks a ghost-slayer and a woman cursed to hear ghosts with uncovering a sinister presence plaguing the crown prince's palace, leading them into a dark realm.

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Strongest Match

Spooky in Love keeps the supernatural chaos front and center, just like The East Palace’s cursed ghosts and demon trouble in a closed-off world. A hotel heiress and a prosecutor clash through ghostly courtroom mayhem and recurring disruptions, trading palace corridors for legal drama, with more romance and jokes than outright horror.

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Blending traditional folk beliefs with modern fantasy, Agent from Above follows Han Chieh, a spirit medium bound to serve the Third Crown Prince to atone for a childhood mistake by resolving supernatural disturbances in the human world. Along the way, he meets the optimistic college student Yeh Tzu and detective Chang Min, who can see spirits. Together, they face deadly confrontations with the mysterious and ruthless villain Chen Chi-sha, while uncovering the truth behind Wu Tien-chi, a being threatening the balance between the human and demon realms leading Han Chieh to rediscover his purpose and the true meaning of his gift.

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Why this pick

Agent from Above delivers the same ghost-and-demon investigative energy as The East Palace, with danger that keeps escalating scene to scene. A medium, a bright college student, and a detective who can see the dead push through supernatural cases while a longer demon-realm threat threatens the boundary between worlds, making it more modern and team-driven than medieval revenge.

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AnimationAction

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Why this pick

Devil May Cry brings the monster-hunting momentum of The East Palace, where demons and ghosts force constant movement and hard choices. Instead of palace dread, the action turns into loud, stylized demon fights with a hunter’s attitude, so the horror edge stays, but the pacing is faster and the tone is more irreverent.

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