Ji Sung and Park Hee Soon's "Judge Lee Han Young" writer Kim Kwang-min's pick.."Weight of Choice"

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Kim Kwang-min, a writer of "Judge Lee Han-young," put forward "the weight of choice" as a key message he wanted to convey through his work.

MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama "Judge Lee Han-young" (planned by Jang Jae-hoon/scripted by Kim Kwang-min/directed by Lee Jae-jin, Park Mi-yeon/produced by Oechi Story, and slingshot studio), which is scheduled to premiere on Friday, January 2, 2026, is a return-to-justice drama in which Lee Han-young, a deep-rooted judge who lived as a slave of a huge law firm and returned to 10 years ago, punishes evil with a new choice.

With the appearance of leading actors such as Ji Sung, Park Hee-soon, and Won Jin-ah, and a unique genre-based attempt to be a regression court that combines regression and courtroom, Kim Kwang-min revealed the reason for writing Judge Lee Han-young.

As a fan of the original work, I thought the weight of the story's choices was very intense, writer Kim said. "Humans are incomplete, so I hope everyone will do something wrong, regret it, and turn around. "I wanted to draw the process of Lee Han-young facing and atoning the past created by his wrong choice," he explained. "I hope that Lee Han-young's journey, which received the second answer sheet of his life, will serve as an opportunity for viewers to rethink the weight of 'choice' in their lives," said Kim Kwang-min, the author of "Judge Lee Han-young."

The special point of "Judge Lee Han-young" that writer Kim Kwang-min thinks is that "the most powerful enemy that the protagonist Lee Han-young has to fight is himself in the past." He stressed, "In the existing court dramas, if 'just outsiders' or 'reformative insiders' fought against huge evil, 'red tape' Lee Han-young, who used the judicial system most efficiently, must fight the way he won in the past to beat the current enemy."

Writer Kim Kwang-min gave generous praise to actors who embodied such complex characters realistically. "The actors' synchronicity is more than 100 percent," writer Kim said. "The cynical red tape judge of the past, the desperate atonement of the present, and the performance of an intelligent actor who captures this extreme figure on his face are the core of the drama." Regarding Park Hee-soon and Won Jin-ah, they also gave thumbs up, saying, "They filled the music with overwhelming charisma and weight," and "I liked the bright energy that evoked the play that could become heavy."

Lastly, writer Kim Kwang-min cited "Judge Lee Han-young's unprecedented passion of an intellectual actor who plays the weight of atonement with his whole body" and "Catharsis when a judge of the past defeats his enemies with insider logic." He said, "I hope the sincerity of the 'people' story, which depicts how a judge's choice can change someone's life and how desperately he fights through new choices, can be conveyed well."

MBC's new Friday-Saturday drama "Judge Lee Han-young" will premiere at 9:40 p.m. on Friday, January 2, 2026.

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