The Defender

In 1978, Song Youshuo (played by Song Kanghao), who only had a high school degree, finally passed the judicial examination after years of hard work, and soon changed his career to become a lawyer after becoming a judge. He keenly sensed business opportunities from the latest policies and started his real estate agency business. Although he was ridiculed by his peers as a nightclub boy who hands out business cards anytime and anywhere, Youshuo did not feel dissatisfied and moved towards the goal in his heart step by step. He relied on the money he earned to enable his wife and children to live a prosperous life, and he also repaid the debt of conscience he owed to the hotel aunt seven years ago. Entering the 1980s, South Korea's struggle for democratization intensified. Youshuo didn't care about anything outside the window and continued to make money behind closed doors. However, the great changes in society no longer allow him to stay away. The hotel aunt's son Park Zhenyu was arrested because the Busan Reading Federation to which he was affiliated was accused of being a left-wing society. He was also brutally abused and unfairly accused. Although he loves money, he values ​​feelings more, and thus embarks on the road of defending democracy...