# Justice is Mine (绝命法官)
**Justice is Mine** (绝命法官, also known by its earlier title 芻狗之血, *Chu Gou Zhi Xue*) is a 2025 Hong Kong crime drama series produced for the Chinese streaming platform Youku, adapted from the Israeli television series *Kvodo*, the same format behind the American series *Your Honor* and the South Korean series *法官大人*.[1](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/your-honor-lands-israeli-format-first-in-china/5201846.article) • [2](https://film-pilgrimage.com/2025/10/12/%E3%80%90%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E3%80%91%E3%80%8A%E7%B5%95%E5%91%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%98%E3%80%8B%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1%E8%94%A1%E6%80%9D%E9%9F%B5%E3%80%81%E5%91%A8%E6%BC%A2%E5%AF%A7%EF%BC%8F%E6%96%87%EF%BC%9A/) It ran for 20 episodes on Youku from September 28 to October 10, 2025.[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/81621/justice-is-mine)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Original title | 绝命法官 (earlier working title 芻狗之血 / *Chu Gou Zhi Xue*)[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/81621/justice-is-mine) • [2](https://film-pilgrimage.com/2025/10/12/%E3%80%90%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E3%80%91%E3%80%8A%E7%B5%95%E5%91%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%98%E3%80%8B%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1%E8%94%A1%E6%80%9D%E9%9F%B5%E3%80%81%E5%91%A8%E6%BC%A2%E5%AF%A7%EF%BC%8F%E6%96%87%EF%BC%9A/) |
| Format | 20 episodes, Cantonese-language, crime and suspense drama, Youku (白夜剧场)[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/81621/justice-is-mine) • [4](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YXAgY2Rk) |
| Run | Premiered September 28, 2025; finale October 10, 2025[3](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/81621/justice-is-mine) |
| Adaptation | Chinese remake of the Israeli series *Kvodo* (2017), the tenth adaptation of the format and the first in Chinese[1](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/your-honor-lands-israeli-format-first-in-china/5201846.article) |
| Lead cast | Nick Cheung (Qin Yu), Myolie Wu (Tang Xuan), Joseph Zeng (Han Lie)[5](https://www.cpophome.com/justice-is-mine-nick-cheung-myolie-wu-joseph-zeng) |
| Creative team | Director Su Wancong (苏万聪); producer and head writer Ou Guanying (欧冠英)[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) |
| Setting | The fictional city of Hao Gang (濠港) in the early 1990s[7](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying) |
| Reception | Douban opening score of 7.3; Youku in-platform heat above 8,500[8](https://epaper.guilinlife.com/glwbh5/glwb/20251015/Page13BC.htm) |
## Spoilers
### Premise
The story is set in the early 1990s in Hao Gang, a fictional city riddled with organized crime, official-business collusion, and police corruption.[7](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying) Judge Qin Yu (秦誉), played by Nick Cheung, is an incorruptible jurist who once worked with Senior Inspector Tang Xuan (唐萱), played by [Myolie Wu](https://www.edgepedia.org/myolie-wu), to convict the triad leader Han Kuilong (韩奎龙).[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) When Qin Yu's son causes a hit-and-run that injures Han Kuilong's eldest son, Han Gang, the judge destroys evidence and frames a teenage car thief to shield his son, fearing that his son would not survive prison if the gang leader took revenge.[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) • [9](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202509/29/c11778055.html?enterColumnId=0%29) The cover-up draws in the car thief Ma Shan Bao (马山宝), the lawyer Zhou Luo Wen (周洛雯), and Han Kuilong's younger son Han Lie (韩烈), played by Joseph Zeng, who investigates the accident himself.[10](https://www.yule.hk/hk/3312.html) As lies accumulate, Tang Xuan uncovers the truth, and the former allies become opponents.[7](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying)
The finale resolves the plot through sacrifice: Qin Yu kills Han Lie, engineers the downfall of the gang and its political protectors, secures a court victory for the Old City District residents, and dies in the process.[11](https://yule.360.com/content/4562413) • [7](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying)
## Production and adaptation
The series was directed by Su Wancong with Ou Guanying as producer and head writer.[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) It was filmed mainly in Jiangmen, Guangdong Province, whose qilou arcade streets stand in for the fictional Hao Gang.[9](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202509/29/c11778055.html?enterColumnId=0%29) The Cantonese dialogue of its largely Greater Bay Area cast was a deliberate part of its Hong Kong flavor.[9](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202509/29/c11778055.html?enterColumnId=0%29)
The adaptation traces to a February 2025 deal between the Israeli format owner Yes Studios and the Hong Kong-based Ladder Ideas, which made it the tenth adaptation of *Kvodo* and the first in Chinese.[1](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/your-honor-lands-israeli-format-first-in-china/5201846.article) The original Israeli series, created by Ron Ninio and Shlomo Mashiach, aired on Yes TV in 2017 and has since been remade in the United States, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Turkey, Russia, and India.[1](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/your-honor-lands-israeli-format-first-in-china/5201846.article) • [12](https://worldscreen.com/tvformats/your-honor-lands-12th-adaptation/) Ou Guanying said the Chinese version aimed for its own expression rather than a direct copy, and that the team deliberately broke the flawless-protagonist convention by making the lead both a good man and a wrongdoer.[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) Su Wancong explained the English title: everyone in the story believes justice is on their own side, and that conviction is what fuels the conflict.[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982)
## Cast
Nick Cheung, returning to television after a 20-year hiatus, plays Judge Qin Yu and described the character as a thorough villain.[6](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982) Myolie Wu plays Inspector Tang Xuan, and Joseph Zeng plays Han Lie; the three were promoted as the show's central trio.[5](https://www.cpophome.com/justice-is-mine-nick-cheung-myolie-wu-joseph-zeng) The supporting cast includes Paw Hee-ching as the retired judge Shum Ning, Eddie Cheung as Will Cao, Michael Tse as Qi Changrong, Benz Hui as Lu Weide, and Cecilia Choi as the lawyer Zhou Luo Wen.[5](https://www.cpophome.com/justice-is-mine-nick-cheung-myolie-wu-joseph-zeng) • [7](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying)
## Release and reception
Youku released the series exclusively from September 28, 2025, with two episodes daily for VIP members through September 30 and one episode daily from October 1 to 10.[13](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3727Qd8PvJo) It later aired on ViuTV in Hong Kong from October 13, 2025, and was scheduled on Taiwan's TVBS channel.[14](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfYX7YzrBo) • [15](https://woman.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/67321)
Early reception was strong: the drama opened to a Douban score of 7.3 and its Youku in-platform heat exceeded 8,500, and press coverage framed it as a further entry in the "new Hong Kong drama" wave.[8](https://epaper.guilinlife.com/glwbh5/glwb/20251015/Page13BC.htm) Commentary was not uniformly positive. Some critics and lawyer viewers cataloged procedural inaccuracies, such as judges sitting without wigs and witnesses moving freely in trial areas, and argued that the adaptation's conflicts felt contrived in places.[16](https://i.ifeng.com/c/8nUrR9C88XT) Others praised its fast, tightly interlocking three-thread structure, in which a verdict, a gang boss's release, and a police pursuit lock together within the opening minutes.[17](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s68eb26cbd5dee3918d4a16fb.html)
## References
1. [Your Honor lands Israeli format first in China, Broadcast](https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/broadcast-international/your-honor-lands-israeli-format-first-in-china/5201846.article)
2. [專訪《絕命法官》演員蔡思韵、周漢寧, 電影朝聖](https://film-pilgrimage.com/2025/10/12/%E3%80%90%E5%B0%88%E8%A8%AA%E3%80%91%E3%80%8A%E7%B5%95%E5%91%BD%E6%B3%95%E5%AE%98%E3%80%8B%E6%BC%94%E5%93%A1%E8%94%A1%E6%80%9D%E9%9F%B5%E3%80%81%E5%91%A8%E6%BC%A2%E5%AF%A7%EF%BC%8F%E6%96%87%EF%BC%9A/)
3. [Justice is Mine, TVmaze](https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/81621/justice-is-mine)
4. [绝命法官剧情介绍, 电视猫](https://www.tvmao.com/kanju/YXAgY2Rk)
5. [Justice is Mine, CPOP HOME](https://www.cpophome.com/justice-is-mine-nick-cheung-myolie-wu-joseph-zeng)
6. [《绝命法官》首播获赞 张家辉谈新角色, 新快网](https://www.xkb.com.cn/articleDetail/438982)
7. [絕命法官 節目介紹, ViuTV](https://viu.tv/encore/justice-is-mine/justice-is-minee20tong-huen-na-gwaan-gin-jing-gui-chun-yue-gik-lik-fau-ying)
8. [《绝命法官》表现亮眼 导演苏万聪谈幕后故事, 桂林晚报](https://epaper.guilinlife.com/glwbh5/glwb/20251015/Page13BC.htm)
9. [港风犯罪剧《绝命法官》主创齐聚深圳, 南方+](https://static.nfnews.com/content/202509/29/c11778055.html?enterColumnId=0%29)
10. [《绝命法官》分集剧情, 香港娱乐网](https://www.yule.hk/hk/3312.html)
11. [全是反转！《绝命法官》20集大结局, 360娱乐](https://yule.360.com/content/4562413)
12. [Your Honor Lands 12th Adaptation, TVFORMATS / World Screen](https://worldscreen.com/tvformats/your-honor-lands-12th-adaptation/)
13. [《绝命法官》扎心局 livestream, Youku on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3727Qd8PvJo)
14. [《絕命法官》10月13日晚8:30 ViuTV, ViuTV on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVfYX7YzrBo)
15. [《絕命法官》大結局收視炸裂, 女人我最大 / TVBS](https://woman.tvbs.com.tw/entertainment/67321)
16. [他翻车，不是没道理的, 凤凰网](https://i.ifeng.com/c/8nUrR9C88XT)
17. [正义天平失衡的反噬：《绝命法官》中的正义迷思与叙事革命, 北京号](https://xinwen.bjd.com.cn/content/s68eb26cbd5dee3918d4a16fb.html)
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