Park Hae-Jin, Park Sung-Woong, & Lim Ji-Yeon are cast in SBS drama series “National Death Penalty Vote” (literal title). The drama series is based on webcomic “Kookminsahyungtopyo” by Eom Se-Yoon & Jung Yi-Poom and directed by Park Shin-Woo (“Encounter“). Setup for the drama series has a mysterious person named Dog Mask polling citizens via text messages after a criminal avoids punishment by the law. If that person receives more than 50% votes in favor of the death penalty, Dog Mask kills that person. Park Hae-Jin, Park Sung-Woong, and Lim Ji-Yeon will play characters that become involved in the case to find Dog Mask.
“National Death Penalty Vote” will be released sometime next year in South Korea.
Plot Synopsis by AsianWiki: Dog Mask’s identity is unknown. When heinous criminals avoid punishment from the law, all citizens over 18 years old receive a text message polling them on whether that person should receive the death penalty. If more than 50% respond in favor of the death penalty, that person is killed by Dog Mask. Meanwhile, the police chase after Dog Mask and three people become involved.
Kim Moo-Chan (Park Hae-Jin) is the leader of the First Investigation Team at the Southern Police Agency. He only cares about his career at the police agency.
Kwon Seok-Joo (Park Sung-Woong) used to be a famous legal scholar, but he killed the rapist who attacked his young daughter and then turned himself in to the police. He is now in prison and he is called Professor by the other prisoners.
Joo Hyun (Lim Ji-Yeon) is a police officer who has worked at the Cyber Safety Bureau at the Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency for 5 years.
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