Ji Sung, MBC return after 10 years! ‘Judge Lee Han-young’ thrilling cider preview

TV Jun 17, 2025

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MBC second half of the year’s highly anticipated drama ‘Judge Lee Han-young’, where a corrupt judge who returns to the past 10 years realizes justice with a new choice, is raising expectations for the powerful acting synergy of Ji Sung, Park Hee-soon, and Won Jin-ah.Photo courtesy of Ji Sung(Serpass ENT), Park Hee-soon(Management Siseon), Won Jin-ah(Artist Company)
MBC second half of the year’s highly anticipated drama ‘Judge Lee Han-young’, where a corrupt judge who returns to the past 10 years realizes justice with a new choice, is raising expectations for the powerful acting synergy of Ji Sung, Park Hee-soon, and Won Jin-ah.Photo courtesy of Ji Sung(Serpass ENT), Park Hee-soon(Management Siseon), Won Jin-ah(Artist Company)

Actors Ji Sung, Park Hee-soon, and Won Jin-ah join forces for ‘Judge Lee Han-young’.

MBC new Friday-Saturday drama ‘Judge Lee Han-young’, scheduled to air for the first time in the latter half of this year, is a fantasy drama about the return of corrupt judge Lee Han-young, who lived as a slave to a large law firm and returned to the past 10 years ago, to punish great evil with new choices and implement justice.Attention is focused on the fact that Ji Sung, who won MBC Drama Award for ‘Kill Me, Heal Me’ in 2015, is returning to MBC after 10 years.

In the drama, Ji Sung plays the role of Lee Han Young, a single judge at the Chungnam District Court.Lee Han Young, who became the son-in-law of a successful law firm CEO when he was just a single judge, uses his authority for personal gain by conducting favor trials.When he decides that it’s time to stop, he returns to his days as a single judge 10 years ago and struggles to live a new life.Expectations are already high for Ji Sung’s signature acting, which will boldly move forward with new choices and judgments and provide thrilling pleasure to viewers.

Park Hee-soon plays Kang Shin-jin, the chief criminal judge at the Seoul Central District Court and a key figure in the shadow government led by the former president.Kang Shin-jin, who has great power and is not afraid to make deals with the law and trials, fiercely confronts Lee Han-young and leads the plot development in an exciting way.This makes us curious about the acting parade that Ji Sung and Park Hee-soon, the talented actors, will present.

The role of Seoul Central District Prosecutors ‘Office prosecutor Kim Jin-ah is played by Won Jin-ah.Kim Jin-ah is a character who becomes a prosecutor with the sole purpose of catching S Group’s Jang Tae-sik, and joins hands with Lee Han-young, who agrees to help her.However, as she watches the people Lee Han-young meets, she ends up walking a tightrope between trust and distrust on her own.Expectations are rising for the unconventional development that Won Jin-ah will portray, as she discovers the story between the two.

The production team of ‘Judge Lee Han-young’ said, “Ji-sung is returning to MBC after 10 years.Through this production, he will attempt another transformation and appear before viewers with a different appearance.Ji-sung, who has perfectly immersed himself in the character, will present a thrilling fight that will add to the fun of the drama.” They continued, “In addition, Park Hee-soon and Won Jin-ah, who have solid acting skills and a solid presence, will make you feel breathtaking tension and catharsis as they become entangled with Ji-sung, so please show interest and anticipation.”


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