Scripted series · MBC
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo
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Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
Lee Sung-kyung
Kim Bok-joo
16 eps
Nam Joo-hyuk
Jung Joon-hyung
16 eps
Lee Jae-yoon
Jung Jae-yi
16 eps
Kyung Soo-jin
Song Shi-ho
16 eps
Choi Woong
Kim Ki-seok
16 eps
Ji Il-ju
Tae-kwon
16 eps
Cho Soo-hyang
Soo-bin
16 eps
Cho Hye-jeong
Jung Nan-hee
16 eps
Oh Eui-sik
Bang Woon-ki
16 eps
Lee Joo-young
Lee Sun-ok
16 eps
Choi Mu-sung
Yoon Duk-man
16 eps
Jang Young-nam
Choi Sung-eun
16 eps
An Kil-kang
Kim Chang-gul
16 eps
Kang Ki-young
Kim Dae-ho
16 eps
Jung In-gi
Joon-hyung's Father
16 eps
Lee Jung-eun
Joon-hyung's Mother
16 eps
Yoo Da-in
Ko A-young
16 eps
Kim Ye-jun
Young Joon-hyung
16 eps
Cho Mi-nyeo
Bok-joo's Senior
16 eps
Lee Jong-suk
Jong-suk
1 eps
Byeon Woo-seok
Joon-hyung's Senior
1 eps
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-joo reads strongest on Character Depth, Bingeability and Humour.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
The story
What it's about
A competitive swimmer crosses paths with his childhood friend, a rising weight lifting star, and realizes that she has a secret crush on his cousin.
Where the series peaks
Best Episodes
The hours that define the show, ranked by audience response and editorial signal.
S01E01
What Do We Do About the People We Hate?
One day Bok-joo, the star of the weightlifting club at her sports university, runs into Joon-hyung, a swimmer who is weak under pressure.
- Directed by Oh Hyun-jong
- Written by Yang Hui-seung
Recently aired
Latest Episodes
S01E15
That's How You Become an Adult
- Directed by Oh Hyun-jong
- Written by Yang Hui-seung
S01E13
Round off Love, and It Becomes Jealousy
- Directed by Oh Hyun-jong
- Written by Yang Hui-seung
S01E11
It's the End, It's Not the End
- Directed by Oh Hyun-jong
- Written by Yang Hui-seung
Behind the series
Created by
Showrunners, creators, executive producers and the writers who set the voice of the series.
The craft
Key Crew
Directing, writing, production, camera, music and editing.
Executive production
- Han HeeProducer
Writing
- Yang Hui-seungWriter
- Kim Soo-jinWriter
Direction
- Oh Hyun-jongDirector
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
- Rakuten VikiStreaming
- OnDemandKoreaStreaming
- Kocowa Amazon ChannelStreaming
- KocowaStreaming
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