I Hear Your Voice

It was so great to watch an entire series loving a heroine from beginning to end with realistic flaws and realistic fears

The writing was great and so was directing. The acting was spot on. 

So very, very witty. So refreshing to see such a smooth ending like this one.

SeungMi:    





Drama: I Can Hear Your Voice (English/literal title)
Revised romanization: Neoui Moksoriga Deulleo
Hangul: 너의 목소리가 들려
Director: Jo Soo-Won
Writer: Park Hye-Ryun
Network: SBS
Episodes: 18
Release Date: June 5 - August 1, 2013
Runtime: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea


Plot
The series is a combination of courtroom drama and romantic comedy with elements of fantasy. After overcoming poverty and a difficult childhood, Jang Hye-sung (Lee Bo-young) becomes a lawyer, specifically a public defender, but she is pragmatic, self-preserving and jaded. Her life changes when she encounters Park Soo-ha (Lee Jong-suk), a high school boy with the supernatural ability to read other people's thoughts by looking into their eyes, and cop-turned-lawyer Cha Gwan-woo (Yoon Sang-hyun) who is cheerful and idealistic, though a bit of a dork. Soo-ha gained his mind-reading ability after witnessing his father getting murdered ten years ago. His father's death had initially been dismissed as a car accident until Hye-sung, then a high school girl (Kim So-hyun), gave decisive testimony in court despite the killer's threats (Jung Woong-in), and Soo-ha has been searching for her ever since. As Hye-sung works with Soo-ha and Gwan-woo, she gradually lets go of her pursuit of money and glory. Together, this unlikely team use unconventional methods on their cases, proving that while sometimes justice is blind to a fault, she can still hear your voice


Cast

Lee Bo-young as Lawyer Jang Hye-sung / Kim So-hyun as 15-year-old Hye-sung
Smart and hardworking, Hye-sung was raised by a poor but loving mother. After being falsely accused of causing an incident involving fireworks, she gets expelled from high school. She bravely testifies on the witness stand, causing the murderer of Park Soo-ha's father to be convicted and imprisoned. But both experiences change her, and ten years later, Hye-sung is an apathetic public defender who doesn't care about her clients and only does her job for the salary.

Lee Jong-suk as Park Soo-ha / Goo Seung-hyun as 9-year-old Soo-ha
After witnessing his father killed (and almost getting killed himself), the young Soo-ha gains the supernatural ability to read people's minds by looking at their eyes. When Jang Hye-sung testified in court to corroborate his testimony regarding the killer, he swore that he would always protect and guard her. He nurses a crush on her for a decade, but when he meets her again, he's dismayed to find her completely different from what he's expected

Yoon Sang-hyun as Lawyer Cha Gwan-woo
Gwan-woo used to be a cop. He brings his idealism, empathy and attention to detail to his new job as a public defender. Though outwardly geeky and meek, he has a keen intelligence that sees new angles in his cases.

Lee Da-hee as Prosecutor Seo Do-yeon / Jung Min-ah as 15-year-old Do-yeon
She's a prosecutor who comes from a rich, well-connected family, with her father a judge and her mother a doctor. Do-yeon has always pushed herself to become the perfect daughter to please her parents. Jang Hye-sung, the daughter of their housekeeper, was her rival in high school, and when a fireworks accident nearly caused her to lose her sight, she blames Hye-sung for it, despite the latter's denials. Do-yeon was also a witness to the murder of Park Soo-ha's father, but at the last minute, she loses her courage and doesn't testify.