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Details

  • Title: ​Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo / 역도요정 김복주
  • Genre: Romance, Comedy, Sports
  • Episodes: 16
  • Network: MBC
  • First episode: November 16, 2016
  • Final episode: January 5, 2017
  • Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00

Synopsis

This drama is inspired by the life of South Korean Olympic weightlifter gold-medalist Jang Mi Ran and it’s about college athletes who fighting for their dreams and finding love. Kim Bok Joo is a student in Hanwool College of Physical Education. She has shown strength like no other since she was a child as influenced by her former weightlifter father. She looks thoughtless at a first glance, but inside she’s as fragile as glass and has deep recognition. Jung Joon Hyeong is Kim Bok Joo’s best friend. He is a born swimmer but ever since he was disqualified from his first international event, he suffers from ‘start trauma’. Along with Kim Bok Joo, he overcomes his troubles and finds his dream and love. Song Shi Ho is a rhythm gymnast who also attends Hanwool College of Physical Education. She started gymnastics since she was 5 and won the Asian Games at the age of 18. She’s always been the best since then but mental pressure caused her to break up with Jung Joon Hyung and regret it.

Cast

  • Lee Sung Kyung as Kim Bok Joo
  • Nam Joo Hyuk as Jung Joon Hyung
  • Kyung Soo Jin as Song Shi Ho
  • Lee Jae Yoon as Jung Jae Yi

Main Role

Supporting Role

Weightlifting
  • Lee Joo Young as Lee Sun Ok
  • Jo Hye Jung as Jung Nan Hee
  • Oh Ui Shik as Bang Woon Ki
  • Choi Moo Sung as Yoon Duk Man
  • Jang Young Nam as Choi Sung Eun
Swimming and rhythmic gymnastics
  • Ji Il Joo as Jo Tae Kwon
  • Choi Woong as Kim Ki Suk
  • Ray Yang as Sung Yoo Hee
Bok Joo's family
  • Ahn Kil Kang as Kim Chang Gul (Bok Joo's father)
  • Kang Ki Young as Kim Dae Ho (Bok Joo's uncle)
Joon Hyung's family
  • Jung In Ki as Joon Hyung's father
  • Lee Jung Eun as Joon Hyung's mother
Others
  • Yoo Da In as Go Ah Young
  • Jo Soo Hyang as Soo Bin
  • Kim Jae Hyun
  • Z.Hera as Song Shi Yeon

Production

  • Production Company: Chorokbaem Media
  • Chief Producer: Han Hee
  • Director: Oh Hyun Jong
  • Screenwriters: Yang Hee Seung, Kim Soo Jin

Cameo

  • Lee Soo Ji as Goo Seul (weightlifter, ep 1)
  • Jota as Cha Tae Hoon (swimmer, ep 1)
  • Yoon Jin Hee as winner of weightlifting contest (ep 1)
  • Lee Jong Suk as Jong Suk (chicken restaurant's customer, ep 2)
  • Yoon Yoo Sun as Kim Jung Yeon (Joon Hyung's canadian mother, ep 6)
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