Archive · 4 Nov 2025
When to Watch 'As You Stood By' K-Drama Starring Jeon So-nee & Lee You-mi
Imagine two women who are in really bad marriages and decide to kill their husbands to escape.
But their plan goes wrong when someone unexpected shows up.
This new person makes everything much more complicated and dangerous.
Now, they have to deal with being found out, feeling super guilty, and maybe even more trouble.
The show makes you wonder if people can ever be good again, especially when it's hard to tell what's right and what's wrong.
As You Stood By is a new South Korean psychological thriller and crime drama series.
It stars Jeon So-nee as Eun-su and Lee Yoo-mi as Hui-su.
The series is based on a Japanese crime novel by Hideo Okuda.
It premieres on Netflix on November 7, 2025, after its first episodes were screened at the Busan International Film Festival.
The plot follows two women whose plan to murder an abusive husband is jeopardized by an unexpected visitor, leading to increased danger and paranoia.
- Who
- Jeon So-nee, Lee Yoo-mi, Lee Moo-saeng, Chen Shaobo, Jang Seung-jo, Lee Ho-jung
- What
- A psychological thriller K-drama series about two women who plot to murder an abusive husband, but their plan is threatened by an unexpected visitor.
- When
- Premiering November 7, 2025, with early episodes shown at the Busan International Film Festival on September 18, 2025.
- Where
- South Korea (based on Japanese novel), streaming on Netflix.
- Why
- To explore themes of guilt, paranoia, deception, and the possibility of redemption when the lines between right and wrong are blurred.
Perspective
Perspective
Theme
Perspective
Examines whether redemption is possible when the line between right and wrong is blurred.
Perspective
Focuses on two women plotting to end an abusive marriage through murder.
- Based on
- Hideo Okuda's Japanese crime novel
- Starring
- Jeon So-nee, Lee Yoo-mi
- Genre
- Psychological Thriller, Crime Drama
- Premiere Date
- November 7, 2025
- Platform
- Netflix
- Festival Premiere
- September 18, 2025 (30th Busan International Film Festival)