Strong Woman Do Bong Soon

Details

Title: 힘쎈여자 도봉순 / Himssenyeoja Do Bong Sun
Also known as: Strong Girl Bong-Soon
Genre: Fantasy, action, romance, comedy
Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: JTBC
Broadcast period: 2017-Feb-24 to 2017-Apr-15
Air time: Friday & Saturday 23:00
Original Soundtrack: Strong Woman Do Bong Soon OST
Related TV shows: Strong Girl Nam Soon (2023)

Synopsis

Do Bong Soon is a young woman born with superhuman strength, who breaks everything she touches if she's not careful. However, she desperately wants to become a willowy and elegant woman, which is the ideal type of her crush In Guk Doo . Thanks to her strength, she gets the job of a bodyguard, to a spoiled rich heir An Min Hyuk, the boss of a gaming company. Opposite of Guk Doo, Min-hyuk is a crazy and odd man who is imperious and has no regard for rules.

One day, Bong-soon, Guk-doo and Min Hyuk gets caught up in a serial murder case that breaks in their neighborhood, and end up reluctantly living together for security purposes. A series of misunderstanding occur when Guk-doo mistakens Min Hyuk's affection.

User/Viewer Ratings

5.00

(11 votes)

Cast

Relationship Chart

Main Cast

Park Bo Young as Do Bong Soon
- Shin Bi as young Bong Soon
- Go Na Hee as child Bong Soon
Park Hyung Shik as Ahn Min Hyuk
- Choi Seung Hoon as child Min Hyuk
Ji Soo as In Gook Doo
- Choi Min Young as child Gook Doo

People around Do Bong Soon

Ahn Woo Yeon as Do Bong Ki (Bong Soon's twin brother)
Shim Hye Jin as Hwang Jin Yi (Bong Soon's mother)
Yoo Jae Myung as Do Chil Goo (Bong Soon's father)
Park Bo Mi as Na Kyung Shim (Bong Soon's friend)
Baek Soo Ryun as Mrs. Sun Shim (Bong Soon's grandmother)

People around Ahn Min Hyuk

Jun Suk Ho as secretary Gong
Han Jung Gook (한정국) as Ahn Chul Do (Min Hyuk's father)
Yun Young Ju as Min Hyuk's stepmother
Kim Sung Bum as Ahn Dong Ha (Min Hyuk's older half-brother)
Hoon Ki as Ahn Dong Suk (Min Hyuk's older half-brother)
Lee Se Wook (이세욱) as Ahn Kyung Hwan (Min Hyuk's half-brother)

People at Baek Tak Group

Im Won Hee as Baek Tak
Kim Min Kyo as Ah Ga Ri ('Jaws')
Kim Won Hae as Kim Kwang Bok
Kim Ki Moo as Hwang Hyun Dong

People around In Gook Doo

Sul In Ah as Jo Hee Ji (Gook Doo's girlfriend)
Yoon Ye Hee as Jung Mi Hwa (Gook Doo's mother)

Ainsoft Employees

Kim Won Hae as Oh Dol Bbyeo

Do Bong Police Station Criminal Team 3

Choi Moo In (최무인) as Team leader Yook
Oh Soon Tae (오순태) as Bulgom ('Brown Bear')
Yang Joo Ho as Neokboi ('Knock Boy')
Choi Hyung (최형) as Hullaengi ('Hell Angel')
Kim Won Suk as Dotbogi ('Magnifying Glass')

Others

Jang Mi Kwan as Kim Jang Hyuk (kidnapper)
Son Hyo Eun (손효은) as Jung Hyang Sook (murder victim)
Choi Hyun Seo as Kim Ji Won (kidnapped woman)
Choi Young Shin (최영신) as (kidnapped dance instructor)
Min Ji Hyun as (kidnapped woman)
Kim Young Choon as bully student leader (high school boy)
Yoo In Soo as Kang Goo (high school boy)
Choi Won Myung as bully student
Lee Jung Kwi (이정귀) as high school boy
Kim Hyun Mok as bullied student (ep 2)
Hong Ye Ri (홍예리) as Ho Soon Yi (Do Bong Walnut shop employee)
Kim Tae Soo (김태수) as Oh Hyun Joong (contract killer)
Lee Ho Chul (이호철) as Team Leader Cho (Oh Hyun Joong's associate)
Hapkie (핲기) as gangster
Kim Won Joon as subway molester
Jun Byung Chul (전병철) as Lee Woo Jin
Ahn Chang Hwan as Jung Joon Tae
Kim Mi Hwa as Myung Soo's mother

Guests

Kang Ji Young as JTVC announcer (ep. 2, 8, 10, 13)
Lee Chul Min as fortuneteller (ep. 4, 7)
Kim Won Hyo (김원효)
Song Won Geun as Song Won Geun (theater actor) (ep. 7, 8)
Yoon Sang Hyun as Charles Go (ep. 8)
Lee Soo Ji as voice phishing expert
Jung Chan Min (정찬민) as voice phishing expert
Jang Sung Kyu (장성규) as JTVC announcer
Kwon Hyuk Soo as Nizamuddin/Jo Dal Bong (fake Indian monk) (ep. 12–14)
Lee Sang as Ainsoft receptionist (ep. 14)
Clara as dental hygienist (ep. 16)
Seo Sung Jong (서성종)

Production Credits

Production Company: Drama House, JS Pictures
Producers: Lee Jin Suk, Park Joon Seo (박준서)
Director: Lee Hyung Min
Screenwriter: Baek Mi Kyung

Episode Ratings

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Recognitions

2017 The Seoul Awards: Best Actress - Drama (Park Bo Young)
2017 Seoul International Drama Awards: Best Actress for Hallyu Drama (Park Bo Young)

Reviews

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Notes

Filming began October 2016 and completed on 12th April 2017.
This drama was specially aired on jTBC for the broadcast channel's 5th year anniversary.
The first script reading took place on October 29, 2016. And filming started around the same month.
This is the second time Park Hyung Sik, Kim Won Hae and Yoo Jae Myung have worked together. The first was in Hwarang: The Beginning.
Park Bo Young and Kim Sung Bum had already worked together on tvN's Oh My Ghost.
In episode 3, when they are playing, Do Bong Soon sings "Loser" from BIGBANG to Ahn Min Hyuk.
In episode 4 they are watching the movie Logan.
In episode 8, Do Bong Soon changes the wallpaper on her laptop to one by actor Jo In Sung.

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