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One Dollar Lawyer

2022 · 1 season

A brisk, crowd-pleasing legal drama that mixes quirky humour with earnest fights for the underdog, keeping you engaged without demanding too much.

Created by
Kim Jae-hyun
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Namkoong Min, Kim Ji-eun, Park Jin-woo
Overview
Courts are not equally accessible to everyone and people lose trust in the judicial system. But here comes a lawyer with the best skills and a commission fee of just one dollar, committed to social justice and defending fundamental human rights. This extraordinary defense lawyer confronts blindfolded justice and highly paid opposing counsel for his clients' rights.

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Stream in the UK
  • Disney Plus
More options Data from JustWatch
Created by
Kim Jae-hyun
Genres
Drama, Crime
Starring
Namkoong Min, Kim Ji-eun, Park Jin-woo
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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing
brisk, 3 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • justice
  • class
  • corruption
  • grief
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror1
Humour6
Realism6
Romance3
Tension5
Darkness5
Complexity5
Emotional weight6

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Where to watch in the UK

Stream
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Details

Genres
drama, crime
Created by
Kim Jae-hyun
Written by
Choi Soo-jin, Choi Chang-hwan
Starring
Namkoong Min, Kim Ji-eun, Park Jin-woo, Lee Chung-ah, Choi Dae-hoon, Gong Min-jeung, Lee Duck-hwa, Jo Yeon-hee
Length
1 seasons, 12 episodes, 66 min each
Network
SBS
Country
South Korea
Languages
Korean

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