Sim Eun-seok or Judge Sim (Kim Hye-soo) as she’s known by her colleagues and the young culprits under her charge is a curious figure. She takes up her post in the highly specialized juvenile court on the one hand and yet is not backwards in coming forwards about the fact that she “detests juvenile offenders”. A statement like that of course not only sounds like a declaration of war but it also hints at a tragic backstory lurking in the background waiting to be uncovered at a later time. The enigma is given more substance when the apartment that she goes back to on the rare occasion, remains unlived for much of what transpires in these 10 episodes when she’s not in the office poring through sheafs of legal documents. It is more or less standard practice in South Korean dramas for the main character to be at the centre of the storytelling even when the viewer experiences a suspicious feeling that some invisible ethical line has been crossed in the meantime. Nonetheless by the end of the drama, the statement that she detests juvenile offenders rings rather differently than first impressions might indicate.
Juvenile Justice (2022)
Juvenile Justice (2022)
Juvenile Justice (2022)
Sim Eun-seok or Judge Sim (Kim Hye-soo) as she’s known by her colleagues and the young culprits under her charge is a curious figure. She takes up her post in the highly specialized juvenile court on the one hand and yet is not backwards in coming forwards about the fact that she “detests juvenile offenders”. A statement like that of course not only sounds like a declaration of war but it also hints at a tragic backstory lurking in the background waiting to be uncovered at a later time. The enigma is given more substance when the apartment that she goes back to on the rare occasion, remains unlived for much of what transpires in these 10 episodes when she’s not in the office poring through sheafs of legal documents. It is more or less standard practice in South Korean dramas for the main character to be at the centre of the storytelling even when the viewer experiences a suspicious feeling that some invisible ethical line has been crossed in the meantime. Nonetheless by the end of the drama, the statement that she detests juvenile offenders rings rather differently than first impressions might indicate.