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Juvenile Justice

★ 7.9 8K votes 2022–2022 1 season · 10 episodes Canceled Netflix
LegalCourtrooms, lawyers and the machinery of the law.This show: 9/10Social commentaryDeliberate critique of how society works.This show: 9/10K-dramaKorean drama storytelling: emotional arcs, romance beats and format traditions.This show: 8/10Emotionally heavyDemands real emotional stamina from the viewer.This show: 8/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 8/10Morally grayNo clean heroes or villains anywhere in sight.This show: 7/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 7/10Dark toneShadowy mood and subject matter, a shade short of outright bleak.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Kim Hye-suKim Mu-yeolLee Sung-minAnne YatcoKim Young-ahPark Ji-yeon
Starring
Kim Hye-suKim Mu-yeolLee Sung-minAnne YatcoKim Young-ahPark Ji-yeon
Ratings per Episode
246810
Votes per Episode
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About

"Courtroom drama that interrogates whether justice can rehabilitate"

A South Korean legal drama following a judge who openly despises juvenile offenders, newly assigned to a juvenile court division. Each episode tackles a different case involving minors and crime, exposing the gaps between law, punishment, and rehabilitation. The tone is serious and often bleak, but it's propelled by sharp courtroom procedure and a magnetic central performance. It doesn't shy away from uncomfortable questions about justice, class, and whether kids can truly change, making it feel less like escapism and more like an argument you keep turning over.

Watch it for

the commanding lead performance anchoring morally thorny cases about crime and youth.

Maybe skip if

you want lighter escapism rather than bleak procedural stories about juvenile crime.

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All Seasons

Season 12022
8.12K1010h 9m
Shim Eun-seok, an elite judge with a cold and distant personality who is known for her dislike of juveniles, is appointed judge of a juvenile court in the Yeonhwa District. There, she breaks customs and administers her own ways of punishing the young offenders. Eun-seok has to deal with and balance her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases while discovering what being an adult truly means.
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
1Episode #1.17.8
29962 min
2Episode #1.28.3
26559 min
3Episode #1.37.9
23754 min
4Episode #1.48.1
22760 min
5Episode #1.58.1
21859 min
6Episode #1.67.9
20158 min
7Episode #1.78.3
21866 min
8Episode #1.88.3
19462 min
9Episode #1.98.2
18760 min
10Episode #1.108.3
20469 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Kim Hye-su Shim Eun-seok
Kim Mu-yeol Cha Tae-joo
Lee Sung-min Kang Won-joong
Anne Yatco Woo Soo-mi
Kim Young-ah Heo Chan-mi
Park Ji-yeon Woo Soo-mi
Daniel Hall Gang-Sik
Chung Su-Bin Baek Mi-joo
Choi Jung-woo Kim Dong-hyo
Park Jong-hwan Go Kang-shik (Detective)

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