Series synopsis
Defendant, also known as 피고인 is a South Korean crime drama television series that premiered on SBS on January 23, 2017. It ended on March 21, 2017. It was created by Chuwong Chayachinda. It stars Ji Sung, Uhm Ki-joon, Kwon Yu-ri and Oh Chang-seok.
Harit Rangsiman, a pearl farm owner in the south of Thailand is very angry and vengeful after Harin, his only younger brother, commits suicide because of a woman name Sansanee (she was his girlfriend in college) breaks up with him. Harit wants to take vengeance on the girl who caused his brother's death. He kidnaps who he thinks is Sansanee to torture her, but he doesn't know that the girl that he kidnaps is Soraya, Sansanee's cousin. Soraya lives in the same house with Sansanee and her parents ...
Premise
Harit Rangsiman, a pearl farm owner in the south of Thailand is very angry and vengeful after Harin, his only younger brother, commits suicide because of a woman name Sansanee (she was his girlfriend in college) breaks up with him. Harit wants to take vengeance on the girl who caused his brother's death. He kidnaps who he thinks is Sansanee to torture her, but he doesn't know that the girl that he kidnaps is Soraya, Sansanee's cousin. Soraya lives in the same house with Sansanee and her parents because her own parents died a long time ago. Harit believes that Soraya is Sansanee no matter how many times Soraya tries to tell him she isn't. Soraya ends up accepting all the punishment doled out by Harit due to her wanting to repay her debt of gratitude to Sansanee because Sansanee once save her life from drowning when they were young.
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Ji Sung as Park Jung-Woo
- Uhm Ki-joon as Cha Sun-Ho / Cha Min-Ho
- Kwon Yu-ri as Seo Eun-Hye
- Oh Chang-seok as Kang Joon-Hyuk
- Uhm Hyun-kyung as Na Yeon-Hee
- Son Yeo-eun as Yoon Ji-Soo
- Shin Rin-a as Park Ha-Yeon
- Seong Byeong-suk as Oh Jung-Hee
Supporting cast
- Park Ho-san as Choi Dae-Hong
- Jang Kwang as Cha Young-Woon
- Ye Su-jeong as Myung Geum-Ja
- Woo Hyeon as Milyang
- Oh Dae-hwan as Moongchi
- Cho Jae-ryong as Wooruk
- Kim Min-seok as Lee Sung-Gyoo
- Jo Jae-yun as Doomok
- Seo Jeong-yeon as Kim Sun-Hwa
- Oh Seung-hoon as Kim Suk
- Oh Yeon-ah as Jennifer Lee
- Kim Kyung-nam as Sun-Ho's secretary
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 18 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 18 | January 23, 2017 | March 21, 2017 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Episode 1 | January 23, 2017 |
| 2 | Episode 2 | January 24, 2017 |
| 3 | Episode 3 | January 30, 2017 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | SBS |
|---|---|
| First aired | January 23, 2017 |
| Last aired | March 21, 2017 |
| Runtime | 60 minutes |
| Status | ended |
| Schedule | Monday, Tuesday at 22:00:00 |