The Devil Judge

Overview:

The court system is corrupted and old-fashioned. People desire a new system that can satisfy the crowds. However, are the crowds always correct? The drama shows how judges discover the truth about people in court. It centers around a chief judge who doesn’t believe in justice, but only makes judgements that the crowds will be satisfied with. An assistant judge starts to question his motives and tries to find the truth.

Created by:

Moon Yoo-seok

Status:

Ended

Language:

Korean

First air date:

7/3/2021

Last air date:

8/22/2021

Key words:

corruption
judge
dystopia
court
revenge
rivalry
unrequited love
bromance
courtroom
antihero
gay subtext

Seasons

Season 1

16 Episodes

Cast

Ji Sung

~ as ~

Kang Yo-han

Kim Min-jung

~ as ~

Jung Sun-ah

Jinyoung

~ as ~

Kim Ga-on

Park Gyu-young

~ as ~

Yoon Soo-hyun

Jang Young-nam

~ as ~

Cha Kyung-hee

Kim Jae-kyung

~ as ~

Oh Jin-joo

Ahn Nae-sang

~ as ~

Min Jeong-ho

Chun Young-min

~ as ~

Han So-yoon

Jeon Chae-eun

~ as ~

Kang Elijah

Kim Soo-ha

~ as ~

Kang Elijah [Young]

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Reviews (1)

M
MovieGuys
Written 1 year(s) ago
6
A watchable but imperfect series from South Korea.

The Devil's Judge manages to make legal drama's interesting by injecting action, novelty and variety into its episodic storytelling. You are also presented with a overriding back story, that has, at its heart, the question of "is good and evil, what we perceive them to be?"

I did say this series was not perfect and my core criticism relates to what would personally characterise, as an unwelcome thread, of misandry. Talk of, for example, castrating and flogging men as punishment, is, frankly, downright ugly.

In summary, quite watchable with a variety of tales and an intriguing back story. Let down by, at times, biased, storytelling.