Joseon Attorney: A Morality
Drama
Overview:
Set in the Joseon era, an exhilarating legal revenge of a lawyer who avenges the death of his parents by trial begins.
Created by:
Status:
Ended
Language:
Korean
First air date:
3/31/2023
Last air date:
5/20/2023
Key words:
Seasons
Season 1
16 Episodes
Cast
Woo Do-hwan
~ as ~
Kang Han-soo
Bona
Princess Lee Yeon-joo
Cha Hak-yeon
Yoo Ji-sun
Cheon Ho-jin
Yoo Je-se
Song Geon-hee
Lee Hyul
Choi Hyeon-jin
Kang Han Su [Young]
Lee Go-eun
Yi Yun Ju [Young]
Kang Hyun-oh
Kim Ji Ho
Lee Kyu-sung
Dong Chi
Lee Tae-geom
Yi Bang
ParkMin
Written 1 year(s) ago
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Just like any other profession focused drama, they follow the notorious bait and switch tactic and this drama was no exception. We were introduced to an attorney with a tragic past and a strong motive, he worked on 2-3 cases for the first half of the drama before shifting the drama into a love chase, hypergamy, and hasty revenge. This shift wouldn't have been a problem if it hadn't been so atrocious. Somewhere around episode 9 everything took a change for the worse, including the male lead, who had been a walking disaster since the beginning. Structuring a romance around him was a big mistake; he was unbelievably creepy, intrusive, touchy, and pushy for someone who he met very briefly. His behavior came off as nothing but repulsive while going against the narrative. However, even that changed around the same shift, he began to take the moral high ground without going through any prior development. On another note on the inconsistencies, some earlier scenes had artsy edits which were interesting but none of the later episodes had something similar. It was just a one off thing to gain attraction, again, bait and switch. Overall, the drama had some intriguing elements earlier on but none of them lasted long enough.
