Military Prosecutor Doberman tells the story of Do Bae-man (Ahn Bo-hyun), who initially became a military prosecutor for money and fame where he looks forward to his retirement day, as well as Cha Woo-in (Jo Bo-ah), who was born into a chaebol family and who subsequently became a military prosecutor for revenge.
A military prosecutor who tried to avoid military service by getting expelled from his high school after the death of his parents in a car accident 20 years ago. Despite that, he is able to graduate and goes on to become a lawyer. However, his job applications are all rejected by multiple law firms due to his low education background. His determination and intelligence catches the attention of a corrupt, short-tempered lawyer called Yong Moon-goo who offers him a job in his law firm on condition that he first work as a military prosecutor for five years. At first he was a very opportunistic individual, as he worked solely for money and willed to seek more profitable opportunities through people around him or Yong Moon-goo, much to the latter's annoyance. However he met a new woman military prosecutor that radically changed his point of view.
A new military prosecutor who is the only daughter of a conglomerate. She presents herself as a by the book military lawyer, but she is actually highly intelligent and skilled in the martial arts, which she tries to reveal to Do Bae-man slowly. She is able to predict most of her adversaries' movements. Sometimes, she disguised herself as "red wig woman" in order to carry revenge to those who wronged others, like Han Se-na. She seeks to use Do Bae-man for her plan to get revenge for the destruction of her father's defense company IM Defense when it is framed for corruption and then acquired at a knockdown price by a client of Yong Moon-goo. The corruption charge led to her father's arrest; he died shortly afterward in a shady car accident that involved Noh Hwa-young.
A corrupt owner of IM Defense and also the first female division commander since the founding of the army who beats out competition from a hundred male soldiers who covet her place. She behaves harshly toward her son, Noh Tae-nam, especially when he misbehaves and disgraces her name, and inflicts traumatizing punishment on him, such as asking him to hold a live grenade. However she let her son becomes chairman of IM Defense so that she can fulfil her military career ambition. She commits profiteering through her ownership in IM Defense and her position in the military. She was also responsible for the death of Bae-man's parents, Woo-in's father's accident and other crimes. She is the main antagonist of the series. She was later exposed for corruption, and sentenced to death for multiple murders and other crimes.
A corrupt, short-tempered lawyer and former prosecutor from a special division. He gets angry easily if things are not working as planned or when he was felt betrayed (mostly by Do Bae-man's opportunistic behavior). He usually uses coercion and threats against witnesses or manipulates evidences that potentially harm his clients at the court. He works for Commander Noh by keeping her reputation as the highest woman in the military as clean as possible. He also reports to her on Noh Tae-man's misbehavior so she can directly punish him. However behind Noh Hwa-young's back, he wants to own IM Defense for his own. He was later jailed for being Hwa-young's accomplice in her criminal acts.
Son of Noh Hwa-young and also a third-generation chaebol who becomes the chairman of IM Defense in his late 20s. He also owns a bar named Cartel, where he and a celebrity singer named Allen regularly invite women whom they drug, sexually assault and rape while videotaping them. Even though he acts rude toward other older people (such as Do Bae-man and Yong Moon-goo) and tough when committing crimes, he is deeply frightened of his mother and mandatory military service. Due to relentless bullying while in the military, he slowly matured and realise the error of his ways, as well as his mother's. He was close to his pet dog "Bolt", whom he treated with affection and compassion.
Do Bae-man's aunt, who raised Do Bae-man after his parents died. She is a veteran homicide detective who, together with Cha Woo-in, helps Han Se-na after she was assaulted by Allen and Noh Tae-man. She later dated Bae-man's superior Joo-hyuk and had a child with him after their marriage.
CEO of Seorak Cheonji, an illegal gang-related business. He hold grudges against Do Bae-man after his father was sent to prison. However, he and his gang was humiliated by Cha Woo-in.
Owner of Kang's Solution, a company in military industry. His company was supported by Cha Woo-in's father, therefore he helped Cha Woo-in in accomplishing her goal
A model and a fan of idol singer Allen. She sent an Instagram DM to him and got a response from Allen. She was excited to meet Allen in Noh Tae-nam's nightclub. However her meeting with Tae-nam and Allen was the beginning of her misfortune, that leads to Cha Woo-in setting up revenge upon Allen and his friends in his penthouse.
Patriotic Association member
Nam Kyung-eup as Minister of Defense Lee Jae-sik[11]
The leader of the Patriotic Society. He was a 4-Star General who later assumed the post of National Defense Minister.
Commander of the 4th Squadron. An elite who rose to the position after graduating from the sixth grade and passed the bar exam. Among the members of the Patriotic Association, he is the least revealing of himself. He has been faithful to Lee Jae-sik for a long time, but his position is being narrowed by being obscured by Noh Hwa-young. He pretends to be generous on the outside, but if he catches Noh Hwa-young's weakness at any time, he is determine to target her weakness. He was also involved in assaulting his assistants and lower-ranked recruits, both physically and sexually. Bae-man successfully prosecutes him for these allegations and allowed Moo-seop to serve a three-year term of imprisonment for his crimes.
Commander of the 4th Battalion Search Battalion and the youngest member of the Patriotic Association, a secret organization in the army in which Noh Noh-young was the first female corps commander. He was initially thought to have heroically saved a recruit at a minefield and lost a leg, but it was revealed he intentionally shot the recruit and his leg was deliberately amputated by Noh Hwa-young as part of his facade in order for him to be a politician after his retirement. He was later killed by Hwa-young upon the exposure of his facade.
Noh Hwa-young assistant. She was sexually assaulted by Hong Moo-seop in the past, and unlike Hwa-young, she was morally-conflicted by her and Hwa-young's immoral acts.
A veteran investigator from the 58th Division's Military Law Office. He used to work for Bae-man's parents and was the investigator in charge of the investigation of the accident that killed Bae-man's parents 20 years ago.
Legal advisor with authority in the 4th Infantry Division Military Law Office, he was the direct superior of Do Bae-man and Cha Woo-in, the highest rank in the military law firm. He later dated Bae-man's aunt and became her husband.
A handsome idol singer and Noh Tae-nam's close friend. Both of them often hangs out in Cartel and commits gross misdeeds toward women they invite. One of his victims was his own fan Han Se-na, who asks Cha Woo-in for help. Cha Woo-in confronts and then kidnaps him and his friends in his penthouse.
A Sergeant Major, he is the son of the president of Gusan Bank. He is double faced and pretends to be "good guy" when he has actually committed murder in the past during his school days. Out of revenge due to Bae-man arresting him, he met up with Seo Rak and asked him to help kill Bae-man. Later, Bae-man instigates him to bully Tae-nam by pointing that the real culprit responsible for his conviction was Tae-nam. Soo-ho later became one of the deceased victims of the military camp mass shooting case.
An obese but friendly recruit who befriends Tae-nam, and was the only person in the army who treats Tae-nam with kindness and compassion. However, due to excessive bullying and sexual abuse by the other recruits, Sang-ho went berserk and causes a mass shooting case, which killed thirteen people, and he was sentenced to death by the military court; the surviving bullies were subsequently punished for their wrongdoings as well.
In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings.
This drama airs on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC and EBS).
Episode 9 onwards were pushed back by a week due to the broadcast of 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification match airing on the timeslot of Episode 9 and 10.[33]
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^Choi, Hee-jae (February 15, 2022). "권동호, '군검사 도베르만' 출연 확정...안보현X조보아와 호흡 [공식입장]" [Kwon Dong-ho confirmed to appear in 'Military Prosecutor Doberman'...Breathing with Ahn Bo-hyun X Jo Bo-ah [Official Position]] (in Korean). X-port News. Archived from the original on March 9, 2022. Retrieved February 15, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kim, Bo-ra (November 8, 2021). "강영석, tvN '군검사 도베르만' 캐스팅 확정 [공식]" [Kang Young-seok, cast confirmed for tvN's 'Military Prosecutor Doberman' [Official]] (in Korean). Osen. Archived from the original on November 9, 2021. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Naver.
^Yoo, Jung-min (February 23, 2022). "유혜인, '군검사 도베르만' 합류...모델지망생役 [공식입장]" [Yoo Hye-in joins 'military prosecutor Doberman'...Aspiring Model [Official Position]] (in Korean). iMBC. Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved February 23, 2022 – via Naver.
^Ahn, Byung-gil (December 29, 2021). "남경읍 '군검사 도베르만' 캐스팅 [공식]" [Namkyung-eup 'Doberman' Casting [Official]] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved January 6, 2022 – via Naver.
^"인물 소개" [Character introduction]. tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 22, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^Ha, Kyung-heon (February 24, 2022). "임철형, 오연수의 오른팔로 '군검사 도베르만' 합류" [Lim Cheol-hyung joins 'Doberman' as the right-hand man of Oh Yeon-soo] (in Korean). Sports Kyunghyang. Archived from the original on February 24, 2022. Retrieved February 24, 2022 – via Naver.
^Jeon, Hyo-jin (November 10, 2021). "조혜원, '군검사 도베르만' 출연" [Jo Hye-won to appear in 'Military Prosecutor Doberman'] (in Korean). Sports Donga. Archived from the original on February 10, 2022. Retrieved January 18, 2022 – via Naver.
^Im, Ui-jeong (November 18, 2021). "이태형, '군검사 도베르만' 출연 확정..안보현-조보아 조력자(공식)" [Lee Tae-hyung confirmed to appear in 'Doberman' in 'Military Prosecutor'...Security - Location - Landscape (official)] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via Naver.
^"인물 소개" [Character Introduction]. tvN (in Korean). Archived from the original on February 23, 2022. Retrieved March 1, 2022.
^Cheon, Yoon-hye (January 27, 2022). "고건한, '군검사 도베르만' 캐스팅..안보현X조보아와 호흡[공식]" [Go Gun-han, cast for 'Military Prosecutor Doberman'...Breathing with Ahn Bo-hyun X Jo Bo-ah [Official]] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on January 27, 2022. Retrieved January 27, 2022 – via Naver.
^Yoo, Byung-chul (February 7, 2022). "김한나, '군검사 도베르만' 합류...안보현-조보아와 연기 호흡" [Kim Han-na joins 'military prosecutor Doberman'...Ahn Bo-hyeon and Jo Bo-ah and Acting Breath] (in Korean). Korea Economic TV. Archived from the original on February 7, 2022. Retrieved February 7, 2022 – via Naver.
^Choi, Hee-jae (November 11, 2021). "박상남, 아센디오와 전속계약→'군검사 도베르만' 캐스팅 [공식입장]" [Park Sang-nam, exclusive contract with Ascendio → Casting of 'Military Prosecutor Doberman' [Official Position]] (in Korean). X-port News. Archived from the original on January 6, 2022. Retrieved December 23, 2021 – via Naver.
^Choi, Na-young (March 2, 2022). "류성록, 선한 척 했지만 학창시절 폭력 가해자 '소름'(군검사 도베르만)" [Ryu Seong-rok pretended to be good, but was a violent perpetrator during his school days 'gooseom' (military prosecutor Doberman)] (in Korean). Osen. Archived from the original on March 2, 2022. Retrieved March 2, 2022 – via Naver.
^Park, Ah-reum (April 5, 2022). "김병춘 '군검사 도베르만' 합류 "10회 첫 등장"[공식]" [Kim Byung-chun joins 'Military Prosecutor Doberman' "First appearance in episode 10" [Official]] (in Korean). Newsen. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Naver.
^Kim, Soo-jin (April 19, 2022). "안보현·조보아·오연수·김우석, 군사 법정 재회 [도베르만]" [Ahn Bo-hyeon·Jo Bo-ah·Oh Yeon-soo·Kim Woo-suk, reunion in military court [Doberman]] (in Korean). MT Star News. Archived from the original on April 20, 2022. Retrieved April 20, 2022 – via Naver.
^Yoo, Byung-chul (April 6, 2022). "군검사 도베르만' 백현주, 군단장 여동생으로 깜짝 등장...디테일한 표현력으로 이중적인 캐릭터 완벽 소화" [Doberman' Baek Hyun-joo makes a surprise appearance as the younger sister of the corps commander...Perfect digestion of double characters with detailed expressive power] (in Korean). Korea Economic TV. Archived from the original on April 6, 2022. Retrieved April 6, 2022 – via Naver.
^Jo, Eun-mi (January 25, 2022). "'군검사 도베르만' 안보현→조보아, 대본리딩 현장 공개..첫 만남부터 시너지 폭발" ['Military Prosecutor Doberman' Ahn Bo-hyeon → Jo Bo-ah, script reading site released...Synergy explosion from the first meeting] (in Korean). Herald Pop. Archived from the original on January 25, 2022. Retrieved January 25, 2022 – via Naver.
^"군검사 도베르만 OST Part 1" [Military Prosecutor Doberman OST Part 1] (in Korean). Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. March 8, 2022. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved March 9, 2022 – via Melon.
^"군검사 도베르만 OST Part 2" [Military Prosecutor Doberman OST Part 2] (in Korean). Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. March 15, 2022. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved March 15, 2022 – via Melon.
^"군검사 도베르만 OST Part 3" [Military Prosecutor Doberman OST Part 3] (in Korean). Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. March 22, 2022. Archived from the original on March 22, 2022. Retrieved March 22, 2022 – via Melon.
^"군검사 도베르만 OST Part 4" [Military Prosecutor Doberman OST Part 4] (in Korean). Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. April 5, 2022. Archived from the original on April 5, 2022. Retrieved April 5, 2022 – via Melon.
^"군검사 도베르만 OST Part 5" [Military Prosecutor Doberman OST Part 5] (in Korean). Genie Music. Stone Music Entertainment. April 12, 2022. Archived from the original on April 12, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022 – via Melon.
