Scripted series · MBC
The Judge Returns
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Ji Sung
Lee Han-young
14 eps
Won Jin-ah
Kim Jin-ah
14 eps
Park Hee-soon
Kang Shin-jin
14 eps
Baek Jin-hee
Song Na-yeon
14 eps
Oh Se-young
Yoo Se-hee
14 eps
Hwang Hee
Park Cheol-wu
14 eps
Tae Won-seok
Seok Jeong-ho
14 eps
Park Geon-il
Gwak Sun-won
14 eps
Han Su-ho
Kim Jung-kyun
14 eps
Kim Song-il
2 eps
Ahn Nae-sang
Yoo Seon-cheol
13 eps
Jung Hee-tae
Kim Jin-han
11 eps
Hwang Young-hee
Shin Nam-sook
12 eps
Jeong Jae-seong
Lee Bong-seok
9 eps
Jang Jae-ho
Kim Yun-hyeok
10 eps
Heo Hyung-kyu
Yoo Jin-kwang
7 eps
Seong Byeong-suk
Park Mal-rye
8 eps
Kim Dong-yong
2 eps
Kim Young-pil
7 eps
Park Shi-yoon
4 eps
Baek Gil-seong
3 eps
Yoo Yong
5 eps
Yoon Jae-in
2 eps
Yoon Jae-chan
8 eps
Jun Hee-ryeon
8 eps
Hyun Young-gyun
3 eps
Bae In-hyuk
2 eps
Kim Beong-choun
Lim Jeong-sik
7 eps
Shim Hye-rim
2 eps
Choi So-yoon
3 eps
Han Sang-jo
4 eps
Hwang Jung-yoon
2 eps
Kim Ra Hee
3 eps
Kim Tae-woo
Baek Yi-seok
12 eps
Baek Seoung-hee
Yoo Ha-na
5 eps
Park Si-Hyun
4 eps
Yong-Jin
2 eps
Lim Seung-beom
2 eps
Lim Ho-jun
2 eps
Jo Young-jin
3 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Judge Returns actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Judge Returns reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Emotional Weight.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
The story
What it's about
The return of corrupt judge Lee Han-young, who was a slave to a large law firm, to the past 10 years ago. He makes new choices to punish evil and implement justice.
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.
Direction
- Lee Jae-jinDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
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