Every Death In All Of Us Are Dead: Who Dies?
Netflix's coming-of-age zombie K-drama All Of Us Are Dead features some devastating major character deaths. Here's a list of every death in season 1.
Warning! This post contains spoilers for All Of Us Are Dead season 1.
The Netflix series All Of Us Are Dead puts a coming-of-age spin on the zombie genre, but not everyone makes it out of season 1 alive as quite a few characters die. All Of Us Are Dead is a South Korean horror series based on the webtoon Here At Our School by Joo Dong-geun. It stars Park Ji-hu as Nam On-jo, a teenage girl who, along with the students in her homeroom class, tries to escape her zombie-ridden school. The students of Hyosan High School find themselves at the epicenter of a zombie outbreak when their science teacher, Lee Byeong-chan (Kim Byung-chul), accidentally creates the Jonas virus, a virus that turns its hosts into flesh-eating monsters.
On-jo and the other students of Class 2-5 use survival skills that she learned from her father and their combined cleverness to avoid, fight, and escape the zombie horde. At the same time, the show follows other groups of survivors in Hyosan City who each have their own motivations for surviving. They include a second group of Hyosan students who rely on two students on the archery team. Another follows On-jo's father, Nam So-ju (Jeon Bae-soo), who leads a group of civilians. Lastly, police detective Song Jae-ik (Lee Kyu-hyung) tries to get to Hyosan High to retrieve the science teacher's laptop, which contains information about the Jonas virus, and rescues a few people along the way.
Though the characters in All Of Us Are Dead work hard to stay alive, many of them meet violent, untimely ends. Class 2-5 does a good job of surviving together, rarely losing a classmate after the first few students are turned. They bond through the trauma of losing friends and loved ones in the epidemic, but despite their efforts, only four survivors of All of Us Are Dead's Class 2-5 make it out of Hyosan. Here's a list of every major death in All Of Us Are Dead, including the Class 2-5 students who didn't survive.
Kim Hyun-Joo
Similar to Train to Busan, the virus jumps from animal to human when Hyun-joo is bitten by Byeong-chan's infected hamster. Byeong-chan ties her up in his office and injects her with a sedative and a treatment to keep the virus from progressing. After several days, she escapes and becomes All of Us Are Dead's catalyst for the virus spreading both in the school and beyond the school when she infects the school nurse. She also infects several people at the hospital, bringing the virus to the rest of Hyosan City. It's heavily implied that Hyun-joo is killed in the bombing of Hyosan City, along with most of the other zombies.
Yoon I-Sak
I-sak is On-jo's best friend and a part of Class 2-5. The students work together to get past the zombies and barricade themselves in the science lab. There, they find out that I-sak is infected, which breaks On-jo's heart. I-sak's turn is the first gutwrenching moment of the series, and the first character that feels truly like a loss. Her death also marks the first of the deaths that personally affect the students of Class 2-5. Cheong-san has to force On-jo to let go of the zombified I-sak and throw her from the window. In the end, she is shown to have been killed in the bombing, along with other zombified students and teachers.
Han Gyeong-Su
After the students lose I-sak, the zombies start to break into the science classroom and the students flee by throwing a fire hose out of the window and climbing down it the broadcasting classroom. When a zombie follows them through the window, Gyeong-su gets a scratch on his hand from the CPU he uses to fight her off, but is fine. However, Na-yeon accuses Gyeong-su of having been bitten, and when he doesn't turn, Na-yeon wipes zombie blood on Gyeong-su's hand injury with a handkerchief. Soon after, Gyeong-su begins to turn and Na-yeon declares that she was right. He tries to leave before he turns completely, but fails and tries to attack his classmates. Cheong-san, Su-hyeok and Dae-su ultimately throw him out the window, and the class accuses Na-yeon of murdering Gyeong-su. He is shown to be among the zombies bombed on campus.
Lee Byeong-Chan
Byeong-chan is arrested at the school for having kept Hyun-joo hostage and taken to the police station. He explains to the detective, Song Jae-ik, that he created a virus and that letting it spread would doom everyone. Byeong-chan tells the detective to find his laptop, which is still in the science lab at Hyosan High. As they leave the police station, a horde of zombies fills the hallways. In order to save Jae-ik so that he can retrieve that laptop, Byeong-chan throws himself between Jae-ik and the zombies.
He is assumed to be among the zombies bombed by the government and is arguably one of the most devastating characters not to be among the survivors of All of Us Are Dead season 1. Byeong-chan's death is devastating because he is the person who created the Jonas Virus and without him, the humans have little chance of defeating the virus. Luckily, he left a detailed video diary along with his research on the laptop, which will almost certainly be a major plot point if there is an All of Us Are Dead season 2.
Lee Na-Yeon
After murdering Gyeong-su with zombie blood in All of Us Are Dead, Na-yeon flees the broadcasting room in tears when the other Class 2-5 students confront her. She hides in the PTA storage closet that is filled with snacks and drinks that were donated to the music students by parents. Na-yeon's prejudice and fear leads her to murder Gyeong-su and she can't understand why her classmates remain on Gyeong-su's side. She feels abandoned by them but ultimately decides, after Class 2-5 has fled to the roof, to bring them some provisions. However, her change of heart comes too late. The zombified Gwi-nam approaches her in the classroom and feeds on Na-yeon, turning her into a zombie. She is also shown to be among the zombies bombed at Hyosan High.
Kim Ji-Min
Ji-min stays with All of Us Are Dead's Class 2-5 even after finding out that her parents have been infected with the virus. However, as the class flees the school building during the thunderstorm, they are pursued by zombies. Hyo-rung, a Class 2-5 student, trips and asks Ji-min for help, but Ji-min is scared off by an approaching zombie and runs into the woods. She gets separated from the group and zombies close in on her. Losing her way, she ends up in the field in front of the school, which is overrun with zombies. There, she is attacked by several zombies and killed.
Oh Joon-Yeong
Joon-yeong is one of the smartest students in the class, second only to Nam-ra. After the remaining Class 2-5 students meet up with the archery students in the auditorium, they make a plan to escape using large rolling cages that the school uses to store sports equipment. They link the cages together in a circle, standing in the middle and pushing through the horde of zombies. Joon-yeong is bitten trying to fight off the zombies. Realizing his fate, he jumps out of the circle and helps fight off the zombies from the outside, helping the students roll the cages to the exit before he turns. His sacrifice represents his character's growth, as he slowly gains confidence and bravery throughout All of Us Are Dead. When he is finally infected, instead of despairing, he uses his last cognitive moments to help keep his classmates alive. He is among the zombies bombed at Hyosan High.
Nam So-Ju
When it becomes apparent that this is a strange outbreak happening all over the city, So-ju is determined to make it to Hyosan High School to find and rescue his daughter On-jo. He helps the kids escape through the tennis courts, but is bitten while trying to fight off zombies. He tells On-jo and her friends to run while the zombies attack him and is infected. So-ju risks everything to save his daughter, and while he succeeds, it's a bittersweet victory. Although it's safe to assume that all of the Hyosan High survivors lost their parents in the epidemic, watching On-jo come to the realization that she has to live without her father is devastating. So-ju is last seen among the horde at Hyosan High during the bombing.
Lee Cheong-San
Cheong-san is infected by Gwi-nam, who is a halfbie, or a half-human/half-zombie. Gwi-nam decides to kill Cheong-san after Cheong-san witnesses him killing the principal before he's infected. After he becomes a halfbie, his sole motivation is to get revenge on Cheong-san. He ultimately bites Cheong-san at the school's construction site, where the new school building is being built. Knowing that he will likely be turned, Cheong-san goes into the building to draw the attention of the zombies, giving the other students a chance to escape just before the government bombs the school.
Choeng-san is in the building fighting Gwi-nam when the bombs are dropped. The two fall into an empty elevator shaft and are engulfed in flames. Cheong-san is never seen in a fully zombified state, leaving open the possibility that he is also a halfbie. The halfbies' ability to survive certain death could mean that Cheong-san survived the bombs and will be part of All of Us Are Dead's season 2 story. However, at the end of All of Us are Dead season 1, he is believed to be dead.
Yoon Gwi-Nam
Gwi-nam becomes the first halfbie of the series, keeping his cognitive abilities but also gaining zombie abilities, when he's attacked by a pack of zombies when chasing Cheong-san. He becomes obsessed with killing Cheong-san, both to prevent him from telling the police that he killed the principal and to get revenge. His halfbie abilities help him cheat death multiple times throughout the series. He seemingly dies for good when he fights Cheong-san in the construction site, burning up in the bombs. However, similarly to Cheong-san, it is unclear if his halfbie state allowed him to survive or not. While Byeong-chan seemed to believe that burning the zombies is the only way to stop the virus, there is no evidence to confirm that burning effectively kills halfbies, especially if their body is still intact.
Jang Wu-Jin
Wu-jin is the last Class 2-5 student to die before they escape to the quarantine camps. He is the younger brother of Ha-ri, the championship archer who helps the students escape by using her archery skills to kill zombies. In Yangdong, a neighboring town, the students are convinced that they are safe until Nam-ra, their halfbie classmate, tells them that zombies are coming. They grab shovels to use as weapons and attack the zombies, but when a zombie tries to attack Ha-ri, Wu-jin jumps in front of her to save her. He is bitten by the zombie and turns. Nam-ra snaps his neck to kill him and prevent him from killing anyone else. Wu-jin's death is devastating to Ha-ri, but also to the rest of the students who fought hard to keep everyone alive. Nam-ra also leaves the group after his death, leaving only six students confirmed to escape and only four from Class 2-5.
Supporting Character Deaths
Among the supporting cast, the zombies shown to be destroyed in the bombing are Cheong-san's mom, Yoo Jun-seong, Jung Min-jae, and Hee-su. Other dead zombies include Ha-lim, Jun-seong's friend who was infected and then killed by Ha-ri, and Chul-soo, who was infected by Eun-ji and then killed by soldiers in the quarantine camp. The principal of Hyosan High school is murdered by Gwi-nam before the latter even becomes a zombie. Lastly, the military commander takes his own life in All of Us Are Dead after bombing Hyosan City.
