Classic Kdrama 2016

Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok Joo (Kdrama Review & Summary)

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• Genre: Modern Romance, Sport, Weightlifting, Swimming, Gymastics, Youth, School
• Release Date: 2016
• Origin: South Korea
• Kdrama: 16 Episodes

 

Cast

• 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
• Cho Hye-jung as Jung Nan-hee
• Lee Joo-young as Lee Seon-ok
• 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
• Ji Il-joo as Jo Tae-Kwon
• Kim Jae-hyun as Kim Jae-hyun
• Kim Woo-hyuk as Kim Woo-hyuk
• Choi Woong as Kim Gi-seok
• Cho Soo-hyang as Soo-bin
• Ray Yang as Sung Yoo-hwi
• Ahn Gil-kang as Kim Chang-gul (Bok Joo’s father)
• Kang Ki-young as Kim Dae-ho (Uncle)
• Jung In-gi as Joon-hyung’s paternal uncle and foster father
• Lee Jung-eun as Joon-hyung’s paternal aunt and foster mother

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Episode 1

Handkerchief,

Pervert

School mates

Episode 2

Chubs and the boy who run the opposite way during relay at sports day

Ex-girlfreing came back.

Episode 3

Thinking where to get money as a deposit for losing weight.

Episode 4

Bok Joo started her weight loss program.

She was really crushing on the doctor but she could not tell him that she was in a weightlifting club so she said that she was a cellist.

Joon Hyung started going to a therapist regarding his mental problem.

Sujo saw Joon Hyung being so joking with Bok Joo . She told Joon HYung she wanted to get back together but he turned her down.

Episode 5

Joon Hyung found out that Bok Joo has a crush on his brother.

He had fun teasing Bok Joo.

Episode 6

The coach had tole Bok Joo’s father that Bok Joo is likely more to win gold if she go up in weight.

This was rather a problem as she was trying to lose weight to impress Jae Yi, the doctor.

Anyway, Joon Hyung had his first try out but he did not win or got into the top three but at least he was not disqualified this time.

Bok Joo found out about Joon Hyung condition and felt rather sorry for him so she went to see him.

They were seen by Si Ho who became jealous.

She was so irate, she searched through Bok Joo’s things and found Bok Joo’s weight diary from the clinic.

Episode 7

All hell broke loose.  Bok Joo’s coaches went to her father to tell him what had been going on.

Episode 8

So Ho was very aggressive despite feeling rather guilty of what she had done.

Jae-i went to the school clinic and found out to see the doctor.

Bok Joo pulled a back muscle so she was at the infirmary at that time.

Episode 9

Despite all the friends working together to make Jae-i not see Bok Joo, they still accidentally meet.

Episode 10

 

Episode 11

Joon Hyung asked Bok Joo to be his girlfriend even if it is only a month’s trial period.

Episode 12

A ghost was scaring the dorm.

It was Siho who was sleepwalking.

Aww finally Bok Joo and Joon Hyung are official.

Episode 13

Bok Joo found Siho collapsed on the floor when she return to their dorm.

She ended up in the hospital and it was Joon Hyung who stood up as her guardian.

They looked so comfortable together that it made Bok Joo redundant looking at them.

Episode 14

The doctor was tired of waiting for Jae-Yi to notice her so she told him she was returned back to her village to work with her father.

It looks like the coaches of the Weightlifting team are having a team so Bok Joo’s uncle finally let go of Coach Choi.

Meanwhile, the girls found out about Bok Joo and Joon Hyung’s relationship.  They made Joon Hyung pay for lots and lots of barbecue meat.

Siho had her final competition.  She bravely finished her career as a gymnast.

Episode 15

Joon Hyung came face to face with his mother.

Once again, he was heartbroken when he found out that his mother did not specifically come back to Korea to see him but to beg money from Uncle and Auntie. His half-sister was very ill.

It took Bok Joo’s influence to learn to get over his hurt and send his mother back to Canada peacefully.

Episode 16

It is a happy ending.

Most of the characters were paired of.

Bok Joo won the gold and Joo Hyung had completely gotten offer his swimming competition phobia.

Bok Joo’s father had his transplant and Uncle had his own romance.

The coaches are now together.

Two years later…

It is graduation time.