Miniseries · Netflix
Juvenile Justice
Young offenders sentenced as monsters.
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Kim Hye-soo
Sim Eun-seok
10 eps
Kim Moo-yul
Cha Tae-ju
10 eps
Lee Sung-min
Kang Won-jung
10 eps
Lee Jung-eun
Na Geun-hee
10 eps
Lee Sang-hee
Joo Yeong-sil
10 eps
Park Ji-yeon
Woo Su-mi
10 eps
Shin Jae-whi
Seo Beom
10 eps
Geum Gwang-san
Gyeong Jung-han
10 eps
Park Jong-hwan
Ko Gang-sik
10 eps
Kim Young-ah
Heo Chan-mi
10 eps
You Seong-joo
Seok-yeol
1 eps
Lee Joo-won
Yun Ji-hu
1 eps
Cho Mi-nyeo
Woo Seol-ah
1 eps
Park Ock-chool
Baek Seong-u's mother
2 eps
Hyun Bong-sik
Seo Won-sik
2 eps
Kim Bo-young
Choi Yeong-na
2 eps
Yeom Hye-ran
Oh Seon-ja
2 eps
You Chea-myung
Eom Jun-gi
3 eps
Kim Jun-ho
Kang Sin-u
2 eps
Choi Jung-woo
Chief Judge
2 eps
Song Duk-ho
Kwak Do-seok
3 eps
Lee Suk-hyeong
Lee Nam-gyeong
2 eps
Lee Bom
O Gyu-sang's wife
2 eps
Park Mi-hyeon
Kang Won-jung's wife
2 eps
Lee Joo-sil
Seo Yu-ri's grandma
2 eps
Jeon Guk-hyang
Namgung I-hwan's mother
1 eps
Kim Ju-hun
Namgung I-hwan
4 eps
Kang Chae-young
Kang Seon-a
2 eps
Kim Do-gun
Seo Dong-gyun
2 eps
Kim Kyun-ha
Baek Do-hyeon
2 eps
Lee Yeon
Baek Seong-u
3 eps
Hwang Hyun-jung
Han Ye-eun
3 eps
Shim Dal-gi
Seo Yu-ri
5 eps
Jung Se-hyun
Hwang In-jun
2 eps
Choi Ji-su
Oh Yeon-ji
2 eps
Jung Yi-ju
Kim Ah-reum
2 eps
Yoo Joo-won
Baek Do Hyeon (child)
2 eps
Kim Mi-ji
Nurse
1 eps
Ha Mheen
Court Judge
1 eps
Kim Moon-chan
Lee Nam-gyeong's father
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Juvenile Justice actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Juvenile Justice reads strongest on Character Depth, Serialized and Bingeability.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
A tough judge balances her aversion to minor offenders with firm beliefs on justice and punishment as she tackles complex cases inside a juvenile court.
The run
Seasons
1 season · 10 episodes.
Season 1 · Complete
Season 1
202210 episodes
8.1IMDbShim 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.
Best episode · S01E10 Episode 10
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E02
Episode 2
Eun-seok's unorthodox methods in dealing with the suspected accomplice ruffle feathers. Contradictory accusations fly in a heated trial.
S01E01
Episode 1
Arriving at juvenile court, Sim Eun-seok meets the compassionate Cha Tae-ju. The details of a murder case involving an underage killer don't add up.
S01E03
Episode 3
The search for the truth behind a teenager's injuries leads to painful and hidden revelations. Meanwhile, the case is personal for Tae-ju.
S01E06
Episode 6
Students from privileged backgrounds are caught in a scandal that attracts national attention. Kang Won-jung hides a career-sabotaging secret.
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Park Min-yeobExecutive Producer
Writing
- Kim Min-sukWriter
Direction
- Hong Jong-chanDirector
Cinematography
- Kang Seung-giDirector of Photography
- Yun Ju-hwanDirector of Photography
Music
- Kim Tae-seongOriginal Music Composer
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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