Both have male protagonists that are famous prosecutors who end up in prison. Both have top notch acting, intricate stories about crime, power, jealousy and revenge. The cast is amazing in both dramas.
Both the dramas are about falsely accused lead.
Much story Happens in prison.
Though the defendant is much much longer one and main plot is focused about the lead. And Joshu seven is slightly different as all the 7 prisoners back story is told.
In Defendant, Um Ki Joon's character (one of MLs) has identical twin brother. In Last Summer, ML, Lee Jae Wook's character has identical twin brother. Except that, they're totally different genres.
A guy with a temporary amnesia has to endure it all .. due to believing that he is a vicious killer. Both has to deal with false accusations of a murder.. and the battle between the protagonist and the antagonist it's just intriguing.
They both start with the family husband being charged of murdering their family and chased by the police even though all the police has is circumstantial evidence.
Both male leads went to jail but they didn’t commit the crime.
The real villain remain watching the male lead when they were out of jail
Make a good friend in jail
Family misunderstand
Both dramas deal about prosecutors, family murder and in both dramas the main leads try to find out what truly happened that lead them to be in the current situation.