Juvenile Justice

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Juvenile Justice
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Hangul소년 심판
Hanja少年 審判
Revised RomanizationSonyeon Simpan
GenreLegal drama
Created byNetflix
Written byKim Min-seok
Directed byHong Jong-chan
Starring
Country of originSouth Korea
Original languageKorean
No. of episodes10
Production
Camera setupMulti camera
Running time55–70 minutes
Production companies
  • Gill Pictures
  • GTist
DistributorNetflix
Release
Original networkNetflix
Picture format4K (Ultra HD)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original releaseFebruary 25, 2022 (2022-02-25)
External links
Website
Production website

Juvenile Justice (Korean: 소년 심판; RR: Sonyeon Simpan; lit. Juvenile Judgement) is a 2022 South Korean streaming television series. Directed by Hong Jong-chan,[1] it stars Kim Hye-soo, Kim Mu-yeol and Lee Sung-min. The series, which tells the story a judge, who is known for her dislike of juveniles, gets appointed as judge of a juvenile court was released on Netflix on February 25, 2022.[2][3]

Synopsis[]

Juvenile Justice follows the story of Shim Eun-seok, an elite judge with a cold and distant personality, who is known for her dislike of juveniles, as she becomes a newly appointed judge of a juvenile court in the Yeonhwa District. There, she breaks customs and administers her own ways of punishing the offenders. She 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.[4]

The court-room drama sends a message of how society is also responsible for juveniles' acts.

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Kim Hye-soo as Shim Eun-seok, a stern judge of Juvenile Court with bitter past that shaped how she perceived juvenile offenders[5]
  • Kim Mu-yeol as Cha Tae-joo, a compassionate judge of Juvenile Court with past history as victim of domestic abuse and being in juvenile reformation center
  • Lee Sung-min as Kang Won-joong, chief of Juvenile Justice Division[6]
  • Lee Jung-eun as Na Geun-hee, succeeding Kang Won-joong as chief of Juvenile Justice Division[7]

Supporting[]

Juvenile Offenders[]

  • Lee Yeon as Beak Seung-woo, Conspirator in the Yeonhwa Elementary School Murder Case.[8]
  • Hwang Hyeon-jeong as Han Ye-eun, The main culprit in the Yeonhwa Elementary School murder case.
  • Jo Mi-nyeo as Woo Seol-ah, Juvenile pickpocket criminal[9]
  • Shim Dal-gi as Seo Yu-ri[10]
  • Song Deok-ho as Kwak Do-seok [11]
A driver in episodes 7 and 8, involved in the minor unlicensed driving accident
  • Kim Do-gun as Seo Dong-gyun
  • Kim Bo-young as Choi Young-na
  • Kim Jun-ho as Kang Shin-woo, Kang Won-joong's son and is involved in exam cheating cases.
  • Lee Bom
  • Lee Seok-hyung as Lee Nam-kyung, A boy who goes to court in a traffic accident case without a license for minors.[12]
  • Kim Gyun-ha as 'Baek Do-hyun', a brutal juvenile criminal leader. [13]

Victim's parents and offenders[]

  • Song Duk-ho
  • Kim Chan-hyung as Ji-hoo's biological father[14]
  • Park Bo-kyung as Ji Hoo's mother[15]
  • Kim Do-geon
  • Jang Dae-woong

Yeonhwa District Court[]

  • Park Ji-yeon as Woo Soo-mi, Director of the Juvenile Criminal Compromise Unit[16]
  • Lee Sang-hee as Joo Young-sil, Officers involved in juvenile criminal deals.[17]
  • Shin Jae-hwi as Seo-bum, Executive Officer of the Juvenile Criminal Agreement[18]
  • Keum Kwang-sun as Han Kyung-Jung, Judicial Police Inspector under the Ministry of Justice

Pureum Youth Recovery Center[]

  • Yeom Hye-ran as Oh Seon-ja, Director of Pureum Youth Recovery Center.
  • Jung Yi-soo as Kim Ah-reum, Oh Seon-ja's daughter.[19]
  • Yoon Seo-ah as Go Hye-rim
  • Choi Ji-soo as Oh Yeon-ji
  • Jo Yoon-soo as Yoon Eun-jeong[20]
  • Ha i-aan as Woo Min-kyeong[21]
  • Park Chae-hee as Kim Ah-jin
  • Kim Jung-yoon as Yeo-eun
  • Cho hyun seo as Han Min-joo

Others[]

  • Kim Joo-hun as Namkoong Yi-hwan, prosecutor of Supreme Prosecutor Office and Sim Eun-seok's ex-husband.
  • Kim Young-ah as Heo Chan-mi, A member of Geobo Law Firm, a lawyer in charge of Han Ye-eun and Shim Eun-seok, a classmate of a training academy.
  • Park Jong-hwan as Go Gang-sik, Police officers dealing with cases of violence against children, women, youth and domestic violence[22]
  • Yoo Jae-myung as Um Joon-gi, an assemblyman
  • Park Jung-yoon as Do Yoo-kyung
  • Shin Yeon-woo as Chi-hyeon, a detective in the female youth division. She solves child cases together as a partner of the same department head Go Kang-sik.[23]
  • Jung Soo-bin as Baek Mi-joo, A young criminal in an unlicensed hit-and-run case.[24]
  • Jeon Guk-hyang as Yoo Hye-sun[25]

Production[]

Development[]

Netflix in November 2020 confirmed the production of original series Juvenile Justice. It was also confirmed that Hong Jong-chan will direct the series with Kim Hye-soo playing Sim Eun-seok, a newly appointed judge. The series will revolve around issues of the juvenile statutes, and daily lives and concerns of juvenile court judges.[26][27]

Casting[]

In December 2020 casting of Kim Mu-yeol and Lee Sung-min as main lead was confirmed.[28]

Filming[]

On May 4, it was reported that Kim Hye-soo was filming Netflix's series Juvenile Justice.[29]

Reception[]

Audience response[]

Juvenile Justice for 2 weeks in a row from February 28 to March 6, and March 7 to March 13, with 45.93 million and 25.94 million viewing hours respectively was at 1st place in Global Top 10 weekly list of the most-watched TV shows (Non-English).[30][31]

Critical response[]

Jonathon Wilson of Ready Steady Cut graded the TV series with 3 stars out of 5 and praised the performance of Kim Hye-soo but criticised the screenplay. Wilson wrote, "Kim Hye-soo delivers a tremendous performance here that the writing doesn’t always support." He criticised the series for lacking clarity of view in protagonist writing, "I don’t subscribe to the belief that all TV shows need a “likable” protagonist, but most need a clear point of view." In conclusion Wilson opined, "Juvenile Justice, like the young offenders whose various macabre crimes it chronicles, never realizes its full potential."[32]

Joel Keller of Decider reviewing the series wrote, "Juvenile Justice is about as close to an American-style procedural as Netflix or Korean TV gets. We hope we get a little more backstory on the main character, but the cases might just be compelling enough to keep our interest."[33]

Pierce Conran of the South China Morning Post gave 3 stars out of 5 and wrote, "A grounded actors showcase that explores juvenile delinquency in a tightly woven frame of jurisprudence which occasionally shifts into a very melodramatic gear."[34]

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