Five Attorneys Discuss Law And Fine Dining In ‘Law And The City'
Being an attorney in real life is not as glamorous as it is in TV dramas. That's the advice lawyer Ahn Ju-Hyeong gives a new attorney in the k-drama Law In The City. He sees the hapless newcomer trying a dramatic court move that he must have seen on TV. It's overdramatic and pointless. Ju-hyeong should know how unexciting a day in court can be. Ju-hyeong (Lee Jong-suk) has been an associate attorney for almost a decade.
What he's learned over the years is that clients can't be trusted. They lie a lot which makes it hard to defend them. He's beyond disillusioned. Still, he's a good worker, meticulous and dedicated. The brightest spot in his day is having lunch with other lawyers who work in the Seokjo-dong district of Seoul. There's talkative Chang-won, played by Kang You-seok; his kind but always late co-worker Moon-jung, plyed by Ryu Hye-young; and the group's capitalist cheerleader Sang-ki, played by Im Seong-jae. Sang-ki runs a restaurant blog called Lawyer's Table. Ju-hyeong's friends tease him about the succession of blind dates he goes on. They wonder why he bothers since he never likes any of the candidates. At least they have each other.
These friends meet to eat but also to complain about what's wrong in their lives. Between mountains of cases, they don't really have time to make any significant changes. When another friend stops working in the neighborhood they welcome a new attorney into the fold, the bright and optimistic Kang Hee-ji, played by Moon Ga-young. Hopefully she will fit in. There's only one problem. Hee-ji and Ju-hyeong have met. Also, she's a lot less jaded than they are.
Word of warning: don't watch this drama hungry. Since the lawyers meet to try the city's best restaurant, there are plenty of close-ups of their meals and everything looks delicious. Stock up with snacks before tuning in.
Law In the City is Lee Jong-suk's first drama in three years. He starred in the 2022 prison drama Big Mouth and before that he appeared in Romance Is A Bonus Book in 2019. Moon Ga-young earned acclaim earlier this year for playing a former gamer in My Dearest Nemesis. Before that she appeared in The Interest of Love, Delightfully Deceitful and True Beauty. Kang You-seok can be seen in Resident Playbook and When Life Gives You Tangerines. Ryu appeared in Gangnam B-Side and can be seen this year in Nice Guy. Baeksang Award-winning actress Yum Hye-ran also plays an important role as Kim Hyung-min, a building owner.
Law In The City is directed by Park Seung-woo, who directed Adamas, Kairos and the fantasy drama W: Two Worlds Apart, which also starred Lee Jong-suk. The drama airs on Viki.com.
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