As You Stood By

As You Stood By

As You Stood By (Korean: 당신이 죽였다) is a 2025 South Korean crime thriller television 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 the 2014 Japanese novel Naomi and Kanako by Hideo Okuda.

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

As You Stood By

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

• 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

Noh Jin-pyo's family

• Lee Ho-jung as Noh Jin-young

• Kim Mi-sook as Ko Jeong-suk

Jin-pyo and Jin-young's mother and Huisu's mother-in-law, who knew about the abuse she had been subjected to all along

Jo Eun-su's family

• Kim Mi-kyung as Park Gye-soon

Eun-soo's father who has been abusing her mother since she was a child

• Lee Hyun-jun as Jo Eun-hyeok • Choi Su-ho as young Eun-hyeok

VIP Customers Group

• Seo Jeong-yeon as Kim Mi-Gyeong An aspiring artist who is a very important investor to Noh Jin-pyo as well one of Eun-soo's best customers

Episodes

As You Stood By

<table><thead><tr><th>No.</th><th>Title</th><th>Directed by</th><th>Written by</th><th>Original release date</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1</td><td>"Eun-su" Transliteration: "Eunsu" (Korean: 은수)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>2</td><td>"Hui-su" Transliteration: "Huisu" (Korean: 희수)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>3</td><td>"Eun-su, Hui-su and Jin-pyo" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu geurigo jinpyo" (Korean: 은수와 희수 그리고 진표)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>4</td><td>"Eun-su and Hui-su" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu" (Korean: 은수와 희수)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>5</td><td>"Eun-su and Hui-su and Jin So-baek" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu geurigo jinsobaek" (Korean: 은수와 희수 그리고 진소백)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>6</td><td>"Eun-su, Hui-su and Jang Kang" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu geurigo janggang" (Korean: 은수와 희수 그리고 장강)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>7</td><td>"Eun-su, Hui-su and Jin-young" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu geurigo jinyeong" (Korean: 은수와 희수 그리고 진영)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr><tr><td>8</td><td>"Eun-su, Hui-su and Us" Transliteration: "Eunsuwa huisu geurigo urideul" (Korean: 은수와 희수 그리고 우리들)</td><td>Lee Jeong-lim</td><td>Kim Hyo-jeong</td><td>November 7, 2025 (2025-11-07)</td></tr></tbody></table>

Production

As You Stood By

On September 18, 2024 Netflix confirmed the production of the series based on Hideo Okuda's 2014 novel Naomi and Kanako. 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

As You Stood By

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.

Reception

As You Stood By

On review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes, 71% of 7 critics' reviews are positive.