AKA: Witch at Court
Genre: Legal, Crime,
Episodes: 16
Broadcast period: 2017-Oct to 2017-Nov
Cast: Jung Ryu Won, Yoon Hyun Min, Jun Kwang Ryul,
Kim Yeo Jin and Lee Il Hwa.
In 1986,
four factory workers were victims of sexual torture during a strike, by the
officer Jo Gab Soo (Jun Kwang Ryul). 10 years later Jo Gab Soo, now a political
nominee, was trialed for the offences. Kwak Yong Sil (Lee Il Hwa) is a noodle
restaurant owner, living with her teenage daughter, Ma Yi Deum. When the trial
goes public, Young Sil was reluctant to come forward, but thinking about the
other women, she decided to stop hiding and come forward, only to be found by
Jo Gab Soo, and mysteriously disappear. Yi Deum, unaware of the situation,
tried to find her mother, but was unsuccessful.
20 years
pass and Yi Deum (Jung Ryeo Won) is now a prosecutor aiming for the top. Known
to use dirty tricks, and cheat during trial, she has gotten herself a bad
reputation with co-workers. And when her team leader is accused of sexual harassment,
she tries her best to keep it buried. Things go haywire, and she is demoted to
the Crimes Against Girls Unit dealing only with sex crimes, together with the prosecutor
of the case she tried to bury, Yeo Jin Wook (Yoon Hyun Min).
While
dealing with these cases, Prosecutor Yi Deum, with the help of Prosecutor Jin
Wook, soon starts to understand the victim’s perspective, but also starts to
find links to her mother’s past and disappearance…
To start
up, I was ecstatic when I found out that there was going to be a Korean drama
revolving around sexual abuse/misconduct, because it is so rare and underplayed.
Unfortunately, this drama missed the mark of actually doing what was supposed
to be an eye opener. Even though the manage to show the true world of these situations
and crimes, the fact that they managed to undertone it once again with just the
wort type of character that could be the lead for this type of story. I get
that the drama was about her “witch” personality but I felt so uncomfortable
most of the time, that I started to dislike the lead more and more, instead of
feeling any form of sympathy for her. They tried to show her backstory and make
her likeable in situations, being all ‘badass’ but it honestly just infuriated
me even more. At the end I didn’t even care for her.
Putting
all that aside, as said the stories of the victims are amazingly and brutally
honest, and I like that. Making stories that make you realize things, instead
of wanting to avoid them, is good storytelling - which this drama does. It just
needed a different lead actress/main character. I think I would have enjoyed it
with just the main lead actor… and he was such a dull character too.
All in
all, I wouldn’t recommend. My ratings are both based on the acting and story,
but the heart rating is my experience of it.
☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars
♥♥½ / 2½ out of 5 hearts
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