THE JUDGE RETURNS

Title: 판사 이한영 / Pansa Ihanyeong

Also known as: Judge Lee Han Young

Genre: Legal, time travel, fantasy

Episodes: 14

Broadcast network: MBC

Broadcast period: 2026-Jan-02 to 2026-Feb-14

Air time: Friday & Saturday 21:40

Synopsis

An upright judge, who dies after being falsely accused of wrongdoing, reawakens 10 years in the past in order to right that injustice and change his fate.

Cast

Main Cast

Ji Sung as Lee Han Young (Judge of the South Chungcheong District Court)

Park Hee Soon as Kang Shin Jin (Senior Criminal Judge, Seoul Central District Court)

Won Jin Ah as Kim Jin Ah (Public Prosecutor, Seoul Central District Prosecutor's Office)

Tae Won Suk as Suk Jung Ho (Han Young's friend)

Baek Jin Hee as Song Na Yun (Reporter with Legal Affairs Department of the Daejin Ilbo newspaper)

Oh Se Young as Yoo Se Hee (Han Young's ex-wife, Yoo Sun Chul's youngest daughter)

Hwang Hee as Park Chul Woo (Prosecutor, South Chungcheong District Prosecutors' Office)

Court People

Kim Tae Woo as Baek Yi Suk (Chief Judge, South Chungcheong District Court)

Kim Byung Choon as Im Jung Shik (Senior Criminal Judge, South Chungcheong District Court)

People around Kang Shin Jin

Jung Hee Tae as Kim Jin Han (Chief Criminal Judge, Seoul Central District Court)

Jang Jae Ho as Kim Yoon Hyuk (Judge, South Chungcheong District Court)

Haenal Law Firm

Ahn Nae Sang as Yoo Sun Chul (CEO of Haenal Law Firm)

Heo Hyung Kyu (허형규) as Yoo Jin Kwang (Yoo Sun Chul's eldest son)

Baek Seung Hee as Yoo Ha Na (Yoo Sun Chul's eldest daughter)

S Group

Kim Bup Rae as Jang Tae Shik (CEO of S Shopping, Jang Yong Hyun's son)

Kim Byung Gi as Jang Yong Hyun (Chairman of S Group)

Lee Han Young's family and neighbors

Jung Jae Sung as Lee Bong Suk (Lee Han Young's father)

Hwang Young Hee as Shin Nam Sook (Lee Han Young's mother)

Sung Byung Sook as Park Mal Rye (neighbor)

Im Yool Ri (임율리) as Han Na Young (Park Mal Rye's granddaughter)

Others

Park Gun Il as Kwak Soon Won

Special guest appearance

Kim Dong Joon as Prosecutor Kang

Bae In Hyuk as Kim Sang Jin

Production Credits

Production Companies: OH Story (오에이치스토리), Slingshot Studio (슬링샷스튜디오)

Directors: Lee Jae Jin, Park Mi Yun

Original writing: Lee Hae Nal (이해날)

Screenwriter: Kim Kwang Min

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