# Strong Girl Nam-soon

Strong Girl Nam-soon (Korean: 힘쎈여자 강남순) is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Lee Yoo-mi in the title role, along with Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hae-sook, Ong Seong-wu, and Byeon Woo-seok. The series serves as a spin-off to the 2017 series Strong Girl Bong-soon. It aired on JTBC from October 7 to November 26, 2023, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.
The series received audience acclaim, with its final episode recording 10.42% in nationwide ratings.

## Synopsis

Gang Nam-soon (Lee Yoo-mi) disappeared in Mongolia as a child. As an adult, she travels to South Korea to search for her parents where she finds her mother Hwang Geum-joo (Kim Jung-eun) who is a billionaire businesswoman, and her grandmother Gil Joong-gan (Kim Hae-sook), in the Gangnam district. Eventually, Nam-soon, her mother, and grandmother become entangled in a drug case that Detective Gang Hee-sik (Ong Seong-wu) is investigating at a company named Doogo ran by Ryu Shi-oh (Byeon Woo-seok).

## Cast
### Main

* Lee Yoo-mi as Gang Nam-soon / Khan Tsetseg
** Ahn Tae-rin as Tsetseg / young Gang Nam-soon
    Second cousin of Do Bong-soon. Like her cousin, she is born with superhuman strength which she inherited from her mother and grandmother.
* Kim Jung-eun as Hwang Geum-joo
    Mother of Gang Nam-soon who is a CEO of Gangnam pawnshop "Gold Blue". Like her daughter, she is born with superhuman strength.
* Kim Hae-sook as Gil Joong-gan
    Grandmother of Gang Nam-soon and mother of Hwang Geum-joo. Like her daughter and granddaughter, she is born with superhuman strength.
* Ong Seong-wu as Gang Hee-sik
    A lieutenant in the Gangnam Han River District Police Department who specializes in investigating drug cases.
* Byeon Woo-seok as Ryu Shi-oh / Anton
    CEO of the distribution and sales company "Doogo", and the main antagonist of the series

### Supporting
#### People around Gang Nam-soon

* Lee Seung-joon as Gang Bong-go
    Nam-soon's father and Geum-joo's melodramatic ex-husband who runs a photo studio after divorce.
* Han Sang-jo as Gang Nam-in
    Nam-soon's twin younger brother who is an owner of Tarot Cafe in the 1st floor of Geum-joo's building.
* Kim Ki-doo as Hwang Geum-dong
    Nam-soon's maternal uncle, Geum-joo's younger brother, and Joong-gan's son.
* Joo Woo-jae as Ji Hyun-soo
    A homeless person who becomes entangled with Nam-soon.
* Park Gyeong-ree as Noh Seon-saeng (Teacher Noh)
    A romantic homeless person who has no money but has a boyfriend in Hyun-soo.

#### Gangnam Hangang District Police Station

* Young Tak as Oh Young-tak
    A passionate detective who is Hee-sik's partner and senior in the drug investigation team.
* Ryu Ha-seong as Jin Seon-gyu
    The youngest member of the drug investigation team.
* Song Jin-woo as Kim Seok-ho
    A member of the drug investigation team who is a former bodyguard and taekwondo police officer.
* Jeong Seung-gil as Ha Dong-seok
    A former special forces officer and leader of the drug investigation team.
* Kim Si-hyeon as Yeo Ji-hyeon
    A police officer at district police station and Hee-sik's fellow.

#### People around Hwang Geum-joo

* Choi Hee-jin as Ri Hwa-ja / Lee Myung-hee
    A lost girl who resembles Nam-soon.
* Oh Jeong-yeon as Jung Na-young
    Geum-joo's trusted secretary.
* Akira as Bread Song / Song Soo-hyun
    A very sexy and handsome fraudster.
* Lee Joong-ok as Kim Nam-gil
    Geum-joo's subordinate at Gold Blue.

#### People around Gil Joong-gan

* Jeong Bo-seok as Seo Jun-hee
    Barista of tarot cafe run by Nam-in.
* Im Ha-ryong as Hwang Guk-jong
    Joong-gan's husband who becomes a monk.

#### People around Ryu Shi-oh

* Yoon Seong-su as Secretary Yoon
    Ryu Shi-oh's secretary with fluent English skills who suffers from gaslighting by Shi-oh.
* Konstantin Vlasov as Kyle Alexandros
    Ryu Shi-oh's bodyguard who is a Russian jiujitsu champion.

#### Others

* Tserenbold Tsegmid as Khokho
    A Mongolian shepherd who raised Nam-soon.
* Batsumiya Batdorj as Joljaya
    A Mongolian shepherd and Khokho's wife who raised Nam-soon alongside him.

### Extended

* Lee Chang-ho as Nam Hong-do
    Bread Song's secretary.
* Kang Gil-woo as Dr. Choi
    A researcher at a drug factory.
* Ha Dong-joon as chief accountant at Gold Blue
* Park Hye-na as Madam Marie Kim
* Lee Hee-jin as Assistant Manager Baek

### Special appearances

* Kim Won-hae as polearm seller (Ep. 1)
* Park Bo-young as Do Bong-soon (Ep. 3)
* Park Hyung-sik as Ahn Min-hyuk (Ep. 3)
* Jeon Soo-kyeong as Gang Hee-sik's mother (Ep. 4, 16)
* Lee Hong-nae as Bingbing (Ep. 16)
* Oh Na-ra as Yoon-hee (Ep. 16)

## Viewership

| Season | Season | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Episode number | Average |
| Season | Season | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | Average |
| | 1 | 1.154 | 1.558 | 2.052 | 2.318 | 1.879 | 2.134 | 1.811 | 2.123 | 1.811 | 2.138 | 1.934 | 2.200 | 1.871 | 2.080 | 2.242 | 2.652 | 1.750 |
Average TV viewership ratings :
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) | Average audience share (Nielsen Korea) |
| Ep. | Original broadcast date | Nationwide | Seoul |
| 1 | October 7, 2023 | 4.296% (1st) | 4.822% (1st) |
| 2 | October 8, 2023 | 6.062% (1st) | 5.848% (1st) |
| 3 | October 14, 2023 | 8.002% (1st) | 8.950% (1st) |
| 4 | October 15, 2023 | 9.760% (1st) | 10.547% (1st) |
| 5 | October 21, 2023 | 7.278% (1st) | 7.928% (1st) |
| 6 | October 22, 2023 | 8.096% (1st) | 8.402% (1st) |
| 7 | October 28, 2023 | 7.344% (1st) | 8.395% (1st) |
| 8 | October 29, 2023 | 8.472% (1st) | 9.050% (1st) |
| 9 | November 4, 2023 | 7.139% (1st) | 7.688% (1st) |
| 10 | November 5, 2023 | 8.720% (1st) | 9.292% (1st) |
| 11 | November 11, 2023 | 7.571% (1st) | 7.890% (1st) |
| 12 | November 12, 2023 | 8.474% (1st) | 9.014% (1st) |
| 13 | November 18, 2023 | 7.381% (1st) | 8.294% (1st) |
| 14 | November 19, 2023 | 8.986% (1st) | 9.553% (1st) |
| 15 | November 25, 2023 | 8.989% (1st) | 9.605% (1st) |
| 16 | November 26, 2023 | 10.420% (1st) | 11.108% (1st) |
| Average | Average | 7.937% | 8.524% |
| In the table above, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers represent the highest ratings. This series aired on a cable channel/pay TV which normally has a relatively smaller audience compared to free-to-air TV/public broadcasters (KBS, SBS, MBC, and EBS). ||||