The series is set in a dystopian version of South Korea. **A dystopia is a speculated community or society that is undesirable or frightening. It is often treated as an antonym of utopia** (Wikipedia)
Gotham City ดูแล้วให้ความรู้สึกว่า "a dystopian version of South Korea" นี่มัน Gotham City ชัดๆ พระเอกขับรถสปอร์ตหรูอย่างกับ Batman พอมาเจอบ้านพระเอกใน ep.3 อืมม..เราไม่ได้คิดไปเองสินะ นี่มันคฤหาสน์ Bruce Wayne จริงๆด้วย
The writer of tvN’s new drama “The Devil Judge” has shared his thoughts on the starring cast!
“The Devil Judge” is a drama set in an alternate-universe, dystopian version of Korea where the entire nation participates in a trial through a live broadcast courtroom show. Ji Sung stars as Kang Yo Han, a head judge with mysterious intentions: is he a hero of the people in a world filled with chaos, or is he a devil who wears the mask of the law?
Former judge Moon Yoo Suk, who wrote the hit legal drama “Miss Hammurabi” and has since left the courtroom behind to focus on his writing, penned the script for “The Devil Judge.”
Describing his inspiration for the story, Moon Yoo Suk remarked, “I think this kind of society is the perfect stage for a devil judge to rise as a hero by putting on a flashy trial show amidst the anger and discontent of the public.”
“Sadly, from a certain point on,” he continued, “rather than a kind and just protagonist, people started preferring to have an extremely powerful person on their side, no matter what their motives are. That’s the fantasy that this new era demands.”
“Instead of that fantasy in and of itself, I thought it was more fun to imagine what kinds of things might happen if that fantasy actually became a reality,” he went on.
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ไม่ควรเรียกว่าหนังสืบสวน (Investigation) แต่ต้องเรียกว่า Payback มากกว่านะ [Payback (n.) an act of revenge or retaliation] "อยากแก้แค้น 10 ปีก็ยังไม่สาย" ใช้ได้เลยกับเรื่องนี้ นับถือคนเขียนบทจริงๆ คือ ตัวละครซัดกันนัวมาก ถ้าผลประโยชน์ลงตัว ก็ไม่มีมิตรแท้และศัตรูถาวร ไม่มีขาวสะอาด-ดำสนิท มีแต่สีเทาๆ อยู่ที่จะเทาแก่ เทาอ่อน .. Varied Shade of Grey
What this drama really wants to say about justice. Is it that Ga On is right, and good and evil are black and white? Or is it that Yo Han is right, and there is no such thing as good and evil but varied shades of gray?
เกี่ยวกับ Live Court Show การเปิดโอกาสให้ประชาชนทั่วประเทศเป็นคณะลูกขุน พิจารณาคดีโดยการโหวดผ่านแอป DIKE มองด้านหนึ่งก็มีมุมที่สะใจกับการที่ผู้กระทำผิดถูกลงโทษ แต่ด้านหนึ่งก็ชวนตั้งคำถามมากมายถึงระบบนี้เช่นกัน
ถึงจะดูจบไปแล้วแต่ก็อดคิดไม่ได้ว่า การ "เอาคืน" ของพระเอกครั้งสุดท้ายนั้น มันเป็น Best Way - Best Choice แล้วใช่มั้ย? มันยังมีทางเลือกที่ดีกว่านี้รึเปล่า? สมมติว่าไม่ทำ แล้วจับเอาทุกคนเข้าสู่กระบวนการยุติธรรมมันจะดีกว่ารึเปล่า? หรือที่ไม่เลือกทางนี้เพราะรู้ว่า สุดท้ายก็จะลงเอยเหมือนเคสที่ผ่านๆมา และถ้ามา way นี้ พระเอกก็ต้องเข้าสู่กระบวนการทางกม.ด้วยนะ ซึ่งก็จะทำอะไรๆได้ยากล่ะ สู้ประกาศออกทีวี LIVE "เกียรติคุณความเลว" ให้ชาวโลกได้รับรู้ แล้วตัดรากถอนโคนมันลงซะจะได้จบๆไปดีกว่า ต่อสู้ยืดเยื้อกันมานาน เหนื่อยแล้วว่ะ เอาให้มันจบๆไปเถอะ
ไปอ่านเจอใน SOOMPI คิดเหมือนกันเลยแฮะ Yo Han never forgives and he never forgets (unless Ga On is involved) so it’s to be expected that he planned one final hurrah in case everything went to hell. And it’s the exact same plan as Ga On’s: to bring down the courtroom where he set the wheels in motion, killing himself and all the elite trapped within. Yo Han’s done too much, gone too far in his quest for justice and revenge. The charges and accusations against him have risen to fever pitch and Yo Han is exhausted. He has to disappear for all this to end; so he can finally have peace.
From Yo Han ogling shirtless Ga On and vice versa, to slow motion caresses during bomb defusing, this show has given us no shortage of romance between our two judges. It’s important to acknowledge this because representation matters (and the original script is out, where all the more explicitly queer scenes were cut). But this begs the question of how Soo Hyun fits in. If Ga On has romantic moments with both, then whom does he love?
The answer is simple. Soo Hyun is Ga On’s past love. Yo Han is Ga On’s present. From the moment Ga On met Yo Han, his interactions with Soo Hyun diminished. He was living in Yo Han’s mansion, cooking for him, and even Soo Hyun commented that Ga On’s been whisked away by some rich man.
Ga On’s heart was torn between his past love and present love and their different ideologies. He chose Yo Han, stayed with him, and disregarded Soo Hyun to the point where he asked for and promptly ignored her opinion regarding Doh Young Choon. But that gets shaken up when past and present collide at the scene of Cha Kyung Hee’s death. Ga On’s shaken up and feels guilty for choosing Yo Han, so he retreats to what’s familiar. He has years of history, friendship and love for Soo Hyun so he believes he’s still attracted to her. But it was a child’s love, soft and comfortable. Ga On remained in Soo Hyun’s safety net until she died, then he went even deeper because she died. Because he really did care for her.
But at the end of the day, this show tells us that Ga On loved Yo Han more. Because Ga On did not attempt to kill himself for Soo Hyun, but he was fully prepared to go kaboom (twice!) for Yo Han. Ga On showed up with a knife to avenge Soo Hyun. He showed up with a bomb for Yo Han. Sure, Ga On tells Min Jung Ho that his death will atone for Soo Hyun’s death, but he drops that in a second when he finds that Yo Han is alive. His consequent actions upon hearing that Yo Han plans to die cement that the bond between them was romantic in nature.
Ga On rushes over to the court, uncaring of his own safety. He doesn’t bother telling Yo Han not to kill the elite; his only concern is for Yo Han himself, and when the man can’t be talked out of it, Ga On says he’ll die by Yo Han’s side.
At its core, this was the story of a man steeped in darkness meeting a man bathed in light. They fought together, apart, and against each other, but still tried to die for each other.
In this show, characters are defined not by whether they made bad decisions, but by how soon they correct them.This was the case with Oh Jin Joo, and Ga On also immediately vows to right his wrongs. But he scarcely has the time to set his plan in motion before horrible news reaches him. Yo Han is dead.
In a fascinating pairing, the show parallels Ga On’s and Sun Ah’s reactions to the news. Sun Ah is visibly devastated in a manner we’ve never seen before. This is the woman who killed numerous people without batting an eyelash, who got blood on her dress and smiled sweetly — but she sinks to the floor in shock. In contrast, Ga On’s reaction is a masterclass in muted desolation: silent and numb.
But why does this show posit the reaction of these two people side by side? Why not Elijah? Why Ga On and Sun Ah? Because these were the two people who could never decide if they hated Yo Han or loved him, who couldn’t help returning to him over and over again even when they couldn’t see eye to eye. Yo Han’s enemies, his partners, and his soulmates.
Sun Ah is who Yo Han would have been without Isaac. A child in an adult’s body forever seeking to appease her past self, to give that broken child what she yearned for so badly: a beautiful, shiny life with the beautiful boy who truly saw her. Only Sun Ah discovered that all that is gold does not glitter. A shiny life carries a deep ugliness within. But that beautiful boy became an even more alluring man. So she coveted him, chased after him, tortured him, all while yearning for him to look at her.
Only Yo Han never saw her — but he couldn’t stop looking at Ga On from day one. For Ga On, this is the man he got wrong, then got right, whose broken home he was in the middle of fixing. The man he cooked for, whose word he valued above Soo Hyun’s, his partner at home and outside. The man he failed and will now avenge. Ga On vows to die for vengeance, and Sun Ah packs a gun in her purse, both with blood on their minds. So it’s only fitting that the show parallels their horror and grief. Because at the end of the day, they both loved Yo Han.
The meaning behind the last of the show’s posters is made clear. Because for all Yo Han’s cunning, Sun Ah was always a step ahead from the beginning. She used Ga On to blind Yo Han, so that he wouldn’t see her coming until it was too late. And she succeeded.
Kang Yo-han [Yo-Han - Johan - พระเจ้าผู้ทรงพระคุณ], a chief judge who punishes the dishonest with no mercy, thus earning himself a reputation as a hero of the people. However, he maintains a mysterious background and conceals his true motivations and ambitions.
Soompi บรรยายคาแรคเตอร์พระเอก Yo Han’s main defense mechanism: making people he loves hate him, because he’s so scared of letting someone in and getting screwed over. His defense mechanism is to paint himself as a monster: being feared gives him some control and power. Being a victim gives him nothing but pain.
He’s a man who makes his own law in a world where the law means nothing. He may seem calm and collected, but he’s just planning revenge. He identifies strongly with the idea of vigilante justice becausehe’s a victim and knows how impossible it is to make the elite pay.
Yo Han always seems like he knows what he’s doing, but the man’s a walking disaster mentally. He’s horribly traumatized, desperately needs an ally, and is all but begging Ga On for help. There’s his guilt from not saving Isaac, his unresolved trauma from childhood abuse, the weight of holding onto revenge for so long, and his shame at the unfair rulings he had to make to reach this point. The man is one step away from internal combustion.
Sun Ah and Yo Han are sides of the same coin, but while he exercises his power in the name of vengeance and punishment, she does so for glitz and more power. That difference in motivation makes one a villain and the other a (morally ambiguous) hero. The show posits Yo Han as devilish when he’s an avenging angel, while Sun Ah appears as sweet as honey but is cruel to the core.
What this show is trying to say about people like Yo Han. That people who fight for justice using morally gray means deserve hatred? That they’re “devils”?
Both Yo Han and Ga On buried their rage in order to survive, but while Yo Han channeled his into vengeance, Ga On warped it into naïveté bordering on the unfathomably ridiculous – a La La Land where everyone and everything will be rainbows and sunshine as long as one worships the sainted laws and systems.
Will Ga On and his easily-shaken trust be able to pick what’s morally gray but just over what’s legal but evil?จะสามารถเลือกสิ่งที่เป็นสีเทาด้านศีลธรรมแต่อยู่เหนือสิ่งที่ถูกกฎหมายแต่ชั่วร้ายหรือไม่?
Ep.9-10 Ga On takes a while to switch loyalties, but when he does, he gives his heart without reservation. Gone are the arguments and the physical fights. Instead, Ga On starts to heal Yo Han’s fractured family by bringing them together to help them understand that Yo Han isn’t a monster.
He determinedly cooks a full course meal and insists that Yo Han come home to enjoy it, that they all sit at the table like a family. Yo Han’s reaction is priceless, going from confusion to a genuine smile. Dinner is an easy, happy affair, and for the first time, Yo Han visibly relaxes. These two are so good for each other!
Ga On’s efforts aren’t one-sided either. Yo Han’s always needed someone to lean on, and as Ga On continues to brighten his house, Yo Han finally drops his guard and lets himself be vulnerable in front of the other man. The proud, reserved judge who kept calling himself a monster actually cries in front of Gaon, and instead of suspicion, Ga On responds with concern.
Yo Han goes from a man who distrusts and dislikes people to someone who smiles more, is more playful around Ga On, and trusts him with everything. Their growing trust and Yo Han’s corresponding character growth is heartwarming. So, it’s no great surprise that when Ga On needs him, Yo Han steps up and stands by his side.
Soohyun might have stopped Ga On from vengeance the first time around, but that desire didn’t vanish. Ga On buried it deep, covering it with half-baked ideas about faith in the system, justice, and hope. But Yo Han awoke that desire again and unleashed a part of Ga On that surprised them both.
Yo Han’s a master at crafting the perfect punishment, and he pulls out all stops here with creating one that allows Ga On to keep his conscience clear and finally have justice.But most importantly, Yo Han gives Ga On the choice Soohyun took away, and Ga On makes the decision to walk away from revenge. Not because anyone is forcing him, but because he wants to.
Ga On returning the victims’ money with the sweetest smile on his face is cathartic, and it further demonstrates that this happy ending isn’t something the system would ever have permitted. But working outside the system with Yo Han allowed him to bring justice to so many people. It’s vigilante justice of the best sort and only brings our favorite duo closer together.
There’s so much to be appreciated about the fact that Sun Ah’s end doesn’t come via Yo Han or any other man. She is the source of her own undoing. - เธอเป็นที่มาของความหายนะของตัวเอง
Tellingly, Sun Ah doesn’t panic upon hearing that she’s going to die. She brought that gun to the meeting knowing she was going to kill Heo Joong Se. And she sure does, right in the middle of another one of his long, rambling speeches. The other elites plead for her to kill Yo Han so they can leave the courtroom and save themselves. But Sun Ah is tired of this game, and for all the hurt she gave him, she could never kill Yo Han. Still, she won’t let him decide how she goes out. And so for the last time, she calls him what she always has.
And a woman who could have owned the world leaves it. Yo Han wearily looks down at her body and silently exhales in pity.
What a magnificent, lovable, pitiable villain, who to the very end felt like a heartbroken child. Sun Ah, you will be missed.
Ep.01 Star Judge - Live Court Show เปิดตัวอลังการ กับการตัดสินโทษ 235 ปี เล่นใหญ่ได้ใจคนทั้งประเทศกับการตัดสิน
Ep.02 Prey and Hunter ระเบิดห้องทำงาน Do we conduct trials to serve justice? It's like playing a game. And if you can't prove anything, you lose the game. It's not a fair game from the start. They fabricate, hide things and buy out investigators. Men with power would do anything to get away. And on the other side, there are people who are mourning with anger. I know it's sad but there is no justice in reality. There is only game. A dreadful unjust game. - การพิจารณาคดีคือเกม ถ้าพิสูจน์ตัวเองไม่ได้ก็แพ้ มันไม่ใช่เกมที่ยุติธรรมแต่แรกอยู่แล้ว ทั้งชักใย ปกปิด ติดสินบนการสอบสวน คนที่มีอำนาจจะทำทุกวิถีทาง แต่ในทางกลับกัน ก็มีฝูงชนที่โกรธแค้นและโศกเศร้า มันน่าเศร้าก็จริง แต่โลกแห่งความเป็นจริงไม่มีความยุติธรรมหรอก มีแต่เกมเท่านั้น เกมที่ไม่ยุติธรรมอย่างที่สุด
Ep.03 The Secret Room - คฤหาสน์ริมทะเลสาบ กับ ห้องแห่งความลับ
The powerful don’t show remorse. That’s something the powerless do. - ผู้มีอำนาจไม่แสดงความสำนึกผิด นั่นเป็นสิ่งที่คนไร้อำนาจทำ
He lies to Sun Ah that he has nothing to protect, but returns home to be slapped with the sight of the two people he’d do anything for and who don’t trust him. It’s heartbreaking.
A judge has the most power when they do what the law says. - ผู้พิพากษาจะแกร่งที่สุดเมื่อทำตามกฎหมาย
When the people who control the world united, there is nothing we can do. - ถ้าคนที่ครองโลกอยู่ร่วมมืกัน เราไม่มีทางชนะหรอก
A system has no chance against power. Power can control a system however it likes. - ระบบไม่มีทางต่อกรกับอำนาจได้ อำนาจควบคุมระบบได้ตามใจ
If there is a devil, it is the self-pity of the powerful.
If you want a bright star shining in the sky, if you desperately want it, you should change yourself first. In order the reach the star become a bigger person.
No one approaches a person without a motive. - ไม่มีใครเข้าใกล้คนอื่นโดยไม่มีแรงจูงใจ
I make sure I win before the game even starts. - ฉันต้องมั่นใจว่าจะชนะตั้งแต่ก่อนที่เกมจะเริ่ม
At last, Ga On sheds his righteous mantle and walks into the dark. Because the light was so blindingly bright, he never saw what it was hiding. So, he finally takes Yo Han’s hand and prepares to fight a corrupt world.
If there's no justice in reality and it's just a game, I would like to be on the winning team. - ถ้าสุดท้ายแล้วความยุติธรรมไม่มีอยู่จริง และเรื่องทั้งหมดเป็นแค่เกม ผมก็อยากอยู่ทีมที่จะชนะ
Ep.09 Batman and Robin ชอบชื่อตอนนี้นี้จัง มันใช่เลย เมื่อ Batman ช่วย Robin ล้างแค้น
No matter how much you hate the world and the people in it, you can never live alone. you always need someone to rely on. As long as you are human being.
Turned a crisis into opportunity. This is how the ones who conquer the world work. - พลิกวิกฤติเป็นโอกาส เป็นวิธีการทำงานของผู้พิชิตโลก
น.46 ไปดูลีลาสุดยอดนักต่อรองของ Yo-han Money is strong motivator to all people. - เงินเป็นแรงจูงใจที่แข็งแกร่ง
It hurts more to lose what you already have. - คนเราจะยิ่งเจ็บปวดเมื่อสูญเสียสิ่งที่มี
Human lose their minds when they think they lost what they had. - คนเราจะสติแตก เมื่อคิดว่ากำลังจะสูญเสียสิ่งที่มี
When things are hard, you need hope, smiles, tears, and familiarity.
Ep.10 Frankenstein จากคดีหอกไม้ไผ่ รอลงอาญาโดยใส่กำไลEM ติดตามตัวได้จากแอป DIKE ทำให้ Ga-on พูดว่า "ผมรู้สึกเหมือนเราสร้างปิศาจขึ้นมาอีกตัว" It feels like we created another monster. .. นี่ไงล่ะ Frankenstein
Monster aren't made. The monster within is just awoken. Whenever there's a good excuse. - ไม่มีใครสร้างปิศาจขึ้นมาหรอก แค่ปิศาจภายในมันลืมตาตื่นขึ้น ทุกครั้งที่มีข้ออ้างดีๆ
Ep.11 Macbeth Macbeth พูดถึง ความทะเยอทะยานไขว่คว้าหาอำนาจโดยไม่ชอบธรรม ในที่สุดเมื่อทำอะไรไปแล้ว ก็ปฏิเสธความรับผิดชอบไม่ได้ - Death of the iron woman - Cha Kyung Hee
Ep.12 I Hope You Are Lonely ตัดคะแนนคนเขียนบทก็ตอนนี้แหละ No mercy and make me heartbreaking.
I never mistook my actions for justice. I'm just making certain choices. Until now, I didn't have many choices in life. I had to accept everything, or fight everything. - ผมไม่เคยเข้าใจผิดว่าตัวเองคือความยุติธรรมเลย ผมแค่ตัดสินใจเลือกเท่านั้น ในชีวิตผมก็ไม่ค่อยมีทางเลือกมากนัก ต้องยอมรับทุกอย่างที่มันเป็น หรือไม่ก็สู้กับทุกอย่าง
I will kill you in a lonely and miserable way. In a way that suits you perfectly.
Ep.13 The Hunger Games มันเป็น The Hunger Games จริงๆ
Ep.14 King of the Frogs I know how you feel right now. You must feel like you're in a fiery pit. An eternal fiery pit you'll never be able to get out of. I know how you feel because I live in the same place. But if you have time to cry, find the people who are responsible for this and make them burn in the fiery pit. That's the only way you can survive in that place.
Humans are dignified because we take responsibilty. - มนุษย์มีเกียรติเพราะรับผิดชอบต่อการกระทำของตัวเอง
Justice must not end in just words. A penalty that is not carried out is fraud, not justice. - ความยุติธรรมไม่สามารถเกิดขึ้นด้วยคำพูด บทลงโทษที่ไม่ได้ถูกดำเนินการ ไม่ใช่ความยุติธรรม แต่เป็นการหลอกลวง
Ep.15 Medea Medea ภาษากรีกโบราณ หมายถึง การวางแผน อุบาย [ไปลองหาอ่านตำนาน Jason & Medea เอาเองนะ] Coincidences don't repeat themselves. It was a coincidence that you resembled Kang Isaac, but the fact that you started working with Kang Yo Han. Well, things like that can't be a coincidence. You're Master Yo Han's weakness that I planted. This man is really dangerous.
People desperately want to believe they made the right choice. That's human nature.
Using the vulnerability of human beings is what the devil does.
It's human nature to hesitate. They're vulnerable. But they know when to hesitate, and they know when to stop. If they don't, only monsters will be left in this world. Self-pitying monsters.
We're just going back to the way we used to be. We used to only have each other, remember?
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