Kicking off their promo campaign with the first script reading stills, SBS introduces us to The Judge from Hell with Park Shin-hye (Doctor Slump) and Kim Jae-young (Love in Contract) leading the action-fantasy’s cast.
As our titular character Kang Bit-na, Park Shin-hye is a devil who wears the judge’s robes, concealing her cold-hearted identity behind a human mask. Sent up from the underworld, her appointed task is to sniff out murderers with no remorse and send them down to rot in their new abode in hell.
In contrast, Lee Jae-young plays the gentle but passionate detective Han Da-ohn, who puts his sharp observation skills to good use while working in his violent crimes unit. But as our valiant drama hero, he’ll be struggling from his own past traumas and inner demons (figuratively… as far as we know).
Building out the actual supernatural world, our devil judge gains help from two underlings as well, starting with Kim Ah-young (Miss Night and Day) playing Lee Ah-rong. Although she was once responsible for managing the criminals trapped in hell, Ah-rong was demoted to the mortal realm after one escaped while under her watch. We also have Kim In-kwon (Parasyte: The Grey) in the role of police officer Gu Man-do, assisting Bit-na with experienced expertise.
The large supporting cast also includes Kim Young-ok (The Pork Cutlets) and Kim Hong-pa (The Whirlwind), in addition to Lee Kyu-han (Longing for You), Kim Jae-hwa (Cleaning Up), Kim Kwang-kyu (Bad Memory Eraser), and Lee Mi-do (The Secret Romantic Guesthouse) among other talents.
With production helmed by filmmaker Park Jin-pyo (Brave Citizen, Love Forecast) and scripts by Jo Yi-soo, SBS’s The Judge from Hell is set to premiere this September, following Good Partner in the weekend slot.
