Shin's Project

Chicken shop owner Mr. Shin quietly settles neighborhood disputes on the side. When rookie judge Cho Philip is unexpectedly assigned to him, an odd partnership begins.

After barely surviving a dangerous mediation, Mr. Shin uncovers a hidden conspiracy tied to a group of seafood merchants, deepening Philip's curiosity about him.

Mr. Shin steps in to negotiate on behalf of a hostage-taker, risking his own life in a tense standoff to save both the hostage and the desperate captor.

When his delivery worker Si-on is harassed by an old classmate, Philip intervenes to protect her, and an enraged Mr. Shin decides to handle the matter himself.

Mr. Shin exposes corruption tied to a local figure named Choi Ung-sik and runs for city council to stop him, until a sudden food-poisoning incident derails things.

On the anniversary of his son's death, Mr. Shin visits the man who killed him fifteen years ago in prison, crossing paths there with the detective from the case.