As You Stood By
As You Stood By is a 2025 South Korean Netflix original series written by Kim Hyo-jeong, directed by Lee Jeong-rim, and starring Jeon So-nee, Lee Yoo-mi, Jang Seung-jo, and Lee Moo-saeng. Based on Hideo Okuda's 2014 novel .
The first two episodes of the series premiered at the 30th Busan International Film Festival on the 'On Screen' section in September 18, 2025. It became available on Netflix to stream on November 7, 2025.
Synopsis
The series follows two women who, trapped in a brutal reality where survival demands either killing or being killed, choose to kill, but soon find themselves caught in a twist of fate they never saw coming.Cast and characters
Main
- Jeon So-nee as Jo Eun-su
- * Cha Jun-hee as young Eun-su
- Lee Yoo-mi as Jo Hui-su
- Jang Seung-jo as Noh Jin-pyo / Jang Kang
- Noh Jin-pyo: Hui-su’s menacing husband
- Jang Kang: Illegal worker who entered the country to work
- Lee Moo-saeng as Jin So-baek
Supporting
- Lee Ho-jung as Noh Jin-young
- Kim Mi-sook as Ko Jeong-suk
- Kim Mi-kyung as Park Gye-soon
- Kim Won-hae as Jo Jung-nam
- Lee Hyun-jun as Jo Eun-hyeok
- * Choi Su-ho as young Eun-hyeok
Production
On September 18, 2024 Netflix confirmed the production of the series based on 's 2014 novel . The main cast of the series, Jeon So-nee, Lee Yu-mi, Jang Seung-jo, and Lee Moo-saeng was confirmed as they participated in script reading, reported on September 19, 2024.Lee Ho-jung joined the cast as detective Noh Jin-young.
In January 2025, it was reported that Ghost Studios would co-produce the series.
Release
The first two episodes of the series premiered at the 30th Busan International Film Festival in the 'On Screen' section on September 18, 2025.On September 5, 2025, Netflix revealed the first trailer, and it released on November 7, 2025.