Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo
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- Title: 역도 요정 김복주 / Yukdo Yojung Kim Bok Joo (Yeokdo Yojeong Kim Bok Ju)
- Genre: Romance, sports, comedy
- Episodes: 16
- Broadcast network: MBC
- Broadcast period: 2016-Nov-16 to 2017-Jan-11
- Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 22:00
- Original soundtrack: Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo OST
- Related TV shows: So It's You (Mango TV, 2022)
Synopsis
A story of love and dreams between three young potential athletes: weightlifter Kim Book Joo, swimmer Jung Joon Hyung, rhythmic-gymnast Song Shi Ho, and the nutritionist Jung Jae Yi, Joon Hyung's older brother.
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Cast
- Main cast
- Lee Sung Kyung as Kim Bok Joo
- Lee Ji Woo as child Kim Bok Joo
- Nam Joo Hyuk as Jung Joon Hyung
- Kim Ye Joon as child Jung Joon Hyung
- Kyung Soo Jin as Song Shi Ho
- Lee Jae Yoon as Jung Jae Yi
- Weightlifting team
- Lee Joo Young as Lee Sun Ok (Bok Joo's best friend)
- Jo Hye Jung as Jung Nan Hee (Bok Joo's best friend)
- Choi Moo Sung as Yoon Duk Man (Professor/Coach)
- Jang Young Nam as Choi Sung Eun (Coach)
- Oh Ui Shik as Bang Woon Ki (Team Captain, Bok Joo's senior)
- Moon Ji Yoon as Sang Chul (Bok Joo's senior)
- Yoo Joon Hong as Jung Woo (Bok Joo's senior)
- Lee Bit Na as Bit Na (Bok Joo's junior)
- Lee Ye Bin as Ye Bin
- Jo Mi Nyeo as Jo Mi Nyeo
- Noh Young Joo (노영주)
- Swimming team
- Lee Ji Hoon as swimming team coach
- Ji Il Joo as Jo Tae Kwon (Joon Hyung's best friend)
- Choi Woong as Kim Ki Suk (Joon Hyung's senior)
- Kim Jae Hyun as Kim Jae Hyun (Joon Hyung's junior)
- Kim Woo Hyuk as Kim Woo Hyuk (Joon Hyung's junior)
- Kim Nam Woo as Nam Woo
- Kwon Hyuk Bum
- Rhythmic gymnastics team
- Jo Soo Hyang as Soo Bin
- Ray Yang as Sung Yoo Hee (rhythmic gymnastics team coach)
- Oh Ha Nui
- Jung Yoo Jin
- Song Yoo Ji
- Lee Seul (이슬)
- Kim Yoo Ji (김유지)
- 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 (doctor at the Hanwool College of Physical Education)
- Park Won Sang as Joon Hyung's psychotherapist
- Kim Hyun Jung (김현정) as dormitory housemother
- Jung Hyun Suk as dormitory housemaster
- Shin Ah Young as announcer
- Yoon Sung Woo (윤성우) as clever boy
- Choi Na Moo as female college student
- Jo Shi Nae as Shi Ho and Shi Un's mother
- Kim Chae Eun as nurse
- Park Yoon Shik (박윤식) as worker
- Ma Min Hee (마민희) as gymnast
- Jung Young Do (정영도) as newscaster
- Byun Woo Suk
- Lee Kyu Jung (이규정)
- Seo Wang Suk
- Yoo Ji Soo (유지수)
- Lee Ha Eun (이하은)
- Dong Yoon Suk (동윤석)
- Ok Joo Ri (옥주리)
- Tae Won Suk
- Park Gun Rak (박건락)
- Cameos
- Yoon Jin Hee as winner of weightlifting contest (ep 1)
- Jota as Cha Tae Hoon (swimmer) (ep 1, 15)
- Lee Soo Ji as Goo Seul (weightlifter) (ep 1)
- Lee Jong Suk as Jong Suk (chicken restaurant's customer) (ep 2)
- Kim Gun as Joon Hyung's elementary school friend (ep 2)
- Ahn Il Kwon as bar fight combatant (ep 3)
- Noh Woo Jin (노우진) as bar fight combatant (ep 3)
- Yoon Yoo Sun as Kim Jung Yun (Joon Hyung's biological mother) (ep 6, 14-15)
- Z.Hera as Song Shi Un (Shi Ho's younger sister) (ep 8-9, 13)
- Ji Soo as Bok Joo's co-worker (ep 11)
- Seo Hyun as Hwan Hee (Jae Yi's ex-girlfriend) (ep 12)
- Min Sung Wook as Sang Gu (Jae Yi's senior) (ep 12)
- Seo Kwang Jae as Kim Kyung Min (ep 13)
- Kim Seul Gi as supermarket employee (ep 15)
Production Credits
- Production Company: Chorokbaem Media
- Chief Producer: Han Hee
- Director: Oh Hyun Jong
- Screenwriter: Yang Hee Seung, Kim Soo Jin (김수진)
Recognitions
- 2016 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award - Miniseries - Actress (Lee Sung Kyung)
- 2016 MBC Drama Awards: Best New Actor Award (Nam Joo Hyuk)
Episode Ratings
See Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo/Episode Ratings
Notes
- The title character, Kim Bok Joo, is based loosely on the real-life South Korean Olympic weightlifter Jang Mi Ran.
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