Remember – War of the Son: I Must Save My Father!

“Remember – War of the Son” is a Korean drama TV series released in 2015 with 20 episodes, and categorized as Romance, Thriller and Suspense, and Legal Drama. It’s a gem.

♦ If You Can’t Trust a Lawyer Then Become a Lawyer

In “Remember – War of the Son”, Seo Jin-Woo’s father is accused of raping and murdering a young girl. Unfortunately, his father is suffering from Alzheimer’s. His mental condition is quickly degenerating. Even though he did know the young girl who was the victim, he told the police that he didn’t. He wasn’t lying. He really did not remember. But the police twisted his words and made him out to be a liar.

Seo Jin-Woo is a young kid in high school. He has no money to pay an attorney so his father is given a public defender. Park Dong-Ho sees that there is more to this case than what is being revealed. He discovers that the real rapist and murderer is a chaebol heir, Nam Gyoo-Man. He even finds evidence incriminating him and promises Seo Jin-Woo that he will defend his father and get him set free.

Seo Jin-Woo believed and trusted him as an attorney who knew the law, who knew right from wrong, and who was going to make sure that the innocent did not suffer for the guilty. However, Park Dong-Ho did not keep his promise and justice did not prevail.

• The father of the murderer people paid witnesses to provide false testimony,
• Park Dong-Ho ended up with a job at a prestigious law firm owned by the father of the murderer,
• Public prosecutors advanced their careers because they were corrupt and had connections to the murderer, and
• Seo Jin-Woo’s father was sent to prison for a crime he did not commit.

Lee In-A was Seo Jin-Woo’s friend. She was so outraged at the injustice that she studied to get her law degree and upon graduation got a job working as a prosecutor. She never forgot the case and made it her personal mission to see to it that Seo Jin-Woo’s father would eventually be proven innocent.

The betrayal of Park Dong-Ho as an attorney was a bitter pill to swallow. But when he graduated high school, he also attended law school and even started his own law firm. His goal was not only to prove his father’s innocence but to take down the corrupt people in the Korean conglomerate, and make sure that Nam Gyoo-Man paid for his crimes.

Park Dong-Ho is guilt-ridden because of the way he ended up mistreating Seo Jin-Woo and his father. He wants to do the right thing but as far as Seo Jin-Woo is concerned, Park Dong-Ho can keep his job as a high-paid attorney, his lousy connections with corrupt people, and keep licking the devil’s boots. Seo Jin-Woo wants nothing to do with him. He’s all grown up and he can handle the legal matters all on his own.

Main Characters:

• Seo Jin-Woo (played by Yoo Seung-Ho, “The Magician”, “Moonshine”, “I Am Not a Robot”, “The Deal”, “Memorist”)
• Lee In-A (played by Park Min-Young, “Marry My Husband”, “5 Park Min-Young K-Dramas to Watch If You Enjoyed ‘Marry My Husband’”, “Forecasting Love and Weather”, “Healer”, “Sungkyunkwan Scandal”)
• Park Dong-Ho (played by Park Sung-Woong, “Monstrum”, “Love, Lies”, “The Killing Vote”, “Bloodhounds”, “Unlock My Boss”)
• Nam Gyoo-Man (played by Namkoong Min, “My Dearest 1 and 2”, “One Dollar Lawyer”, “Doctor Prisoner”, “A Girl Who Sees Smells”)

Where to Watch

Viewership and Rating:

• IMDb: 7.7 out of 10 stars
• My Drama List: 8.2 out of 10 stars
• Google users shared a public rating of 4.8 out of 5 stars
• Viki viewers rated this series 9.3 out of 10 stars

My personal rating is the same as the Viki viewers: 9.3 out of 10 stars.

Every now and then I might find a Korean drama starring two of my favorite actors. But “Remember – War of the Son” had FOUR!!! I felt like I hit the jackpot! There are still K-dramas on my watch list for the actors who played the main characters in this series. Their performances are never disappointing.

LINKS OF INTEREST:

• Review: Remember: War of the Son | The Korean Lass
• Remember: War of the Son Korean Drama Review | Kdrama Kisses
• Remember: War of the Son SBS Korean Legal Drama, Review, Pictures | KDRAMALOVE

TRAILERS/TEASERS:

Dramaland. “‘Remember – War of the Son’ New Korean Drama 2015.” YouTube Video. YouTube, December 1, 2015. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AHJ35uiYkdE.‌