JTBC cable channel has prepared the remake of a crime novel "Solomon's Perjury" to replace the nearly-ending "My Wife is Having an Affair" in the Friday and Saturday drama slots. The drama follows the murder case in a prestigious high school.
"Solomon's Perjury" is an adaptation of a long-running mystery crime novel of the same name written by Japanese novelist Miyuki Miyabe. The novel was published in the magazine Shosetsu Shincho novel magazine from 2002 to 2011, and was adapted into two sequel movies released in Japan in 2015 and directed by Izuru Narushima.
"Solomon's Perjury" will solve the case a murder of a school boy in a prestigious high school in Seoul. The two lead roles are students at the school. One is a female student who has good martial skills she uses to defend the bullied students, and a male student who is a classical music prodigy and son of a prosecutor.
The investigation will find several suspects for the murderer. But neither one of them has a solid alibi nor a strong motive to kill the boy, whose body was found in the schoolyard.
The Korean version of the drama was made into a short 12-episode drama written by Kim Ho-Soo. Young actress Kim Hyun-Soo will take the leading female role while Jang Dong-Yeon will be the lead male role according to official release from JTBC.
The other casts is Seo Ji-Hoon who will play the suspected murderer. The production studio iWill Media and JTBC are actively promoting the drama "Solomon's Perjury." Including showcasing Seo as the charming suspected murderer as reported by Seoul Daily News.
Prior to the filming, the entire cast and crew gathered at the JTBC building in Sangam, Seoul for a script reading on November 2. Susequently, JTBC released the image taken from the script reading below:
