The Devil Judge

First Air Date: 2021-07-03

Status: Ended

Rating: ⭐ 8.6/10 (57 votes)

Genres: Mystery, Drama, Crime

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.

Seasons: 1

Episodes: 16

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Top 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

User Reviews

MovieGuys

⭐ 6/10

Jul 22, 2023

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.