Light Shop () is a 2024 South Korean mystery horror television series written by Kang Full and directed by Kim Hee-won. The series stars an ensemble cast led by Ju Ji-hoon and Park Bo-young along with Bae Seong-woo, Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Dae-myung, Shin Eun-soo, , and Kim Ki-hae, based on the webtoon of the same name by Kang. It was released on Disney+ from December 4 to 18, 2024.
It has become Disney+'s biggest Korean original premiere of 2024, and ranks as the second-largest Korean series debut ever on the platform globally, trailing only Moving â both series created by webtoon artist Kang Full.
The series follows the story of a group of strangers who are all having a hard time processing a horrible experience from their past. Each of them is going about their normal lives when they are all strangely pulled to a light shop located at the end of a dubious alleyway. A cautious shopkeeper guards the light shop, which may contain the key to the strangers' pasts, present, and futures.
Actor Kim Hee-won was selected as the director for Kang Full's Light Shop, which was serialized on Kakao Webtoon in 2011. This marked Kim's debut as a director. Mr. Romance and Moving Pictures Co. managed the production of the series.
In 2023, Ju Ji-hoon, Kim Seol-hyun, Bae Seong-woo, and Park Bo-young were cast for the series.
Ju, Kim, Bae, and Park together with Uhm Tae-goo, Lee Jung-eun, Kim Min-ha, Park Hyuk-kwon, Kim Dae-myung, Shin Eun-soo, , and Kim Ki-hae were officially confirmed to play various roles on January 19, 2024.
Light Shop was announced to be released exclusively on Disney+ in the second half of 2024. Disney+ confirmed that the release date of the series would be on December 4, 2024, where four out of eight episodes would release at once and the remaining four for the following two weeks.