Juvenile Justice (Season 1)

Juvenile Justice (소년심판, 2022) is a Korean Netflix crime drama you can watch online on iFILM, directed by Hong Jong-chan and led by Kim Hye-soo. One season, eight episodes, complete.

Judge Sim Eun-seok makes no secret of her contempt for young offenders — and gets assigned to juvenile court anyway. Each case she hears is harder to untangle than the last: the teenagers in front of her are often carrying damage inflicted by adults, and the law gives her only blunt instruments to work with. Kim Hye-soo plays the role with a rigidity that slowly, visibly costs her something.

The series landed in Netflix's global top-10 shortly after its release. It works as a courtroom procedural and as something sharper: a look at what the justice system actually does with children, who bears responsibility, and whether punishment and rehabilitation can coexist in the same sentence. Stream all episodes of Juvenile Justice (2022) online on iFILM.