Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo

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***Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo*** (역도요정 김복주) is a 2016–2017 South Korean television series starring Lee Sung-kyung in the title role, with Nam Joo-hyuk. It is a coming-of-age sports drama, inspired by the life of Olympic gold-medalist Jang Mi-ran. It is directed by Oh Hyun-jong and written by Yang Hee-seung. A talented college weightlifter overcomes the pressures of athletics and love, with a little help from her friends. First-time crushes, kisses, and relationships abound in this college drama filled with freshman athletes going after their Olympic dreams.

## Plot

Kim Bok-joo is a promising collegiate female weightlifter. Her father runs a small chicken restaurant and her uncle wants to become an actor. She has a bright personality and strong sense of justice. Bok-joo and her friends on the female weightlifting team are not popular with the guys and they don't have boyfriends. The weightlifting team and the rhythmic gymnastic team also don't get along at all.

Meanwhile, Jung Joon-hyung is a collegiate swimmer plagued with numerous false start disqualifications. He is 21-years-old and has a free spirit. His uncle and aunt raised him along with his cousin Jung Jae-yi.

One day on campus, Bok-joo bumps into Joon-hyung while he is riding his bicycle. Her face looks familiar to Joon-hyung. After he leaves, Bok-joo picks up a handkerchief left behind by Joon-hyung. The handkerchief is very important to him and he begins looking for it.

Later, Bok-joo cleans and irons the handkerchief. She goes to the school's swimming pool and gives back his handkerchief, but he explodes with anger when he sees that she cleaned it. Bok-joo then falls into the swimming pool and Joon-hyung jumps into the pool to save her. At that moment, Kim Bok-joo and Joon-hyung realize where they have seen each other before. When they were both children, Bok-joo saved Joon-hyung's life by catching him before he fell to the ground.

Kim Bok-joo and Jung Joon-hyung's relationship now begins.

## Cast

### Main

* Lee Sung-Kyung as Kim Bok-joo
* Nam Joo-hyuk as Jung Joon-hyung
* Lee Jae-yoon as Jung Jae-yi
* Kyung Soo-jin as Song Shi-ho

### Supporting

* Cho Hye-jung as Jung Nan-hee
* Lee Joo-young as Lee Seon-ok
* Ahn Gil-kang as Kim Chang-gul
* Kang Ki-young as Kim Dae-ho
* Ji Il-joo as Jo Tae-kwon
* Choi Moo-sung as Yoon Deok-man
* Jang Young-nam as Choi Sung-eun
* Oh Eui-shik as Bang Woon-ki
* Lee Bit-na as Bitna
* Moon Ji-yoon as Sang Chul
* Jo Mi-nyeo
* Yoo Joon-hong
* Noh Yeong-joo
* Lee Ye-bin
* Kim Jae-hyun as Kim Jae-hyun
* Kim Woo-hyuk as Kim Woo-hyuk
* Choi Woong as Kim Gi-seok
* Lee Ji-hoon
* Kim Nam-woo
* Kwon Hyuk-beom
* Cho Soo-hyang as Soo-bin
* Ray Yang as Sung Yoo-hwi, Coach
* Lee Seul
* Oh Ha-nee as Rhythmic gymnast
* Kim Yoo-ji
* Jung Yoo-jin
* Jung In-gi as Joon-hyung's paternal uncle and foster father
* Lee Jung-eun as Joon-hyung's paternal aunt and foster mother
* Yoo Da-in as Go Ah-young
* Park Won-sang as Psychotherapist
* Kim Yoon-ji
* Kim Chae-eun
* Kim Cha-kyung
* Seo Wang-seok
* Kim Hyun-jung as Dormitory's house mistress
* Jung Hyun-seok as Dormitory's house mistress
* Park Jung-min
* Park Gun-lak
* Lee Joon-hee
* Lee Suk-jin
* Lim Seo-jung
* Yoo Yeong-bin
* Lim Uk-jin
* Lim Geun-seo
* Jung Soo-in
* Seo Kwang-jae
* Choi Nam-wook
* Tae Won-seok
* Heo Min-kang
* Jeon Ji-ahn

### Special Appearances

* Yoon Jin-hee as Weightlifting contestant (Ep. 1)
* Kim Jae-hyun as Joonhyung's minion (Ep.2)
* Lee Jong-hwa as Choi Tae-hoon (Ep. 1, 15)
* Lee Soo-ji as Ku Seul (Ep. 1)
* Lee Jong-suk as Jong-suk (Ep. 2)
* Yoon Yoo-sun as Kim Jung-yeon (Ep. 6, 14–15)
* Shin A-young as announcer
* Ahn Il-kwon
* Noh Woo-jin
* Ji Hye-ran as Song Shi-eon (Ep. 8–9, 13)
* Ji Soo as Bok-joo's fellow worker (Ep. 11)
* Seohyun as Hwan-hee (Ep. 12)
* Min Sung-wook as Sang-goo (Ep. 12)
* Kim Seul-gi as Seul-gi (Ep. 15)
* Byeon Woo-seok as Joon-Hyung's senior (Ep. 16)

## References

1. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Weightlifting\_Fairy\_Kim\_Bok-joo
2. ↑ https://www.viki.com/tv/32634c-weightlifting-fairy-kim-bok-joo
3. ↑ https://asianwiki.com/Weightlifting\_Fairy\_Kim\_Bok-Joo