Strong Girl Bong-soon (Korean: 힘쎈여자 도봉순) is a 2017 South Korean television series starring Park Bo-young in the title role as a woman with superhuman strength, with Park Hyung-sik and Ji Soo. It aired on JTBC from February 24 to April 15, 2017.
The series received audience acclaim, with its final episode recording 8.96% in nationwide ratings, becoming the "highest viewership rating among JTBC dramas" at that point of time.
Synopsis
Do Bong-soon (Park Bo-young) was born with superhuman strength. Her strength is hereditary and passed along only to the women in her family. She dreams of creating a video game with herself as the main character. She desperately wants to become a delicate and elegant woman, which is the ideal type of her crush, In Guk-doo (Ji Soo), a police officer who is also her childhood friend. Thanks to her strength, she gets a job as a bodyguard to rich heir Ahn Min-hyuk (Park Hyung-sik), the CEO of a gaming company, Ainsoft. A series of kidnapping cases happen in Dobong-dong, the district Bong-soon lives in, and she is determined to catch the culprit who targeted her best friend. With help and training from Min-hyuk, she manages to control her strength to use it for good causes. Min-hyuk and Bong-soon find their relationship growing into something more. Their relationship at work and in pursuit of the kidnapper creates comical and dangerous situations, which bring them closer.
Cast
Main
- Park Bo-young as Do Bong-soon
- Shin Bi as young Do Bong-soon
- A young woman born with superhuman strength who tries not to use her powers but does not hesitate to use them for good when needed. She has had a crush on Guk-doo for a long time but eventually falls for Min-hyuk. She will lose her powers if she harms an innocent with them.
- Park Hyung-sik as Ahn Min-hyuk
- Choi Seung-hoon as young Ahn Min-hyuk
- A chaebol heir and CEO of a video game company who hides his pain underneath his cheeky demeanour. He knows Bong-soon even before the "Bus incident" but is not aware of it until much later.
- Ji Soo as In Guk-doo
- Choi Min-young as young In Guk-doo
- An idealistic rookie detective who is passionate about justice. Known for being crazy and extremely aggressive, he is continuously transferred from one department to another. He was initially unaware of Bong-soon's powers.
Supporting
People around Do Bong-soon
People around Ahn Min-hyuk
People around In Guk-doo
People at Baek Tak Party
Do Bong Police Station Criminal Team 3
Ainsoft Employee
- Kim Won-hae as Oh Dol-ppyeo
- Head of Development Planning Team; doppelgänger of Kim Kwang-bok.
Extended
Special appearances
Production
The drama is written by Baek Mi-kyung, who previously wrote Beloved Eun-dong and directed by Lee Hyung-min of Ms. Temper and Nam Jung-gi. Filming started in October 2016 and finished on April 11, 2017.
The drama serves as a reunion between Park Hyung-sik and Yoo Jae-myung, who previously worked together in the KBS2 drama Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth, as well as Kim Won-hae.
Original soundtrack
Charted songs
Ratings
Awards and nominations
Adaptation and spin-off
Aborted American adaptation
On November 9, 2018, it was announced that an adaptation of the series was in development at The CW from CBS Television Studios and writer Melissa Scrivner-Love, with Ronda Rousey and Ben Silverman also set to executive produce. The project, titled Strong Girl, would have followed "a former war photographer named Rayna who discovers she is indestructible and potentially the strongest woman in the world. Ghosted by [her Special Operations fiancé] when she reveals her newfound power to him, Rayna is hired as a bodyguard by a billionaire named Oliver, who sees her true potential." On February 8, 2019, it was revealed that the script was not picked up to pilot.
Malaysian adaptation
The series has recently been confirmed to be adapted in Malaysia, with no further news on which broadcasters nor the release date was publicly announced.
Spin-off
The spin-off of the series titled Strong Girl Nam-soon (힘쎈여자 강남순; Himssenyeoja Gang Nam-sun), starring Lee Yoo-mi, Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hae-sook, Ong Seong-wu and Byeon Woo-seok, premiered on JTBC on October 7, 2023.
References
External links
- Official website (in Korean)
- Strong Girl Bong-soon at HanCinema
- Strong Girl Bong-soon at IMDb
