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Weightlifting Fairy, Kim Bok-joo

Broadcasting
Year of Production
2016
Content Type
TV Drama (Short)
Platform
TV Channel
Target Age
Family
Quantity
70(min) 16Quantity Input

Summary

Bok-joo is a weightlifter who is pursuing her dream of winning the gold medal but she then finds romance for the first time in her life. While she is a women who trains with heavy steel weights, she is also very feminine when it comes to relationships. To focus solely on weightlifting would jeopardize her relationship but leaving her weightlifting career for love would keep her from attaining her dreams. Can she find a way to have love as well as glory at the age of 20? The characters within this drama are elite athletes in weightlifting, swimming and rhythmic gymnastics who work hard to reach their goals in life. It covers their coming-of-age stories and relationships through hectic life.

Company Profile

Broadcasting

MBC America

Founded in Los Angeles, California in 1991, MBC America is the official North and Latin American subsidiary of Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation (MBC), one of Korea's leading public broadcasters. MBC America is responsible for the distribution, licensing, format sales, and localization of MBC content across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.

Established in 1961, MBC has been a leading force in the Korean content industry for more than six decades, producing premium dramas, entertainment programs, documentaries, and digital content. MBC's content has been exported to more than 50 countries worldwide, with globally recognized titles including The Masked Singer, Physical: 100, Jewel in the Palace (Dae Jang Geum), and She Was Pretty.

Leveraging MBC's extensive content library and intellectual property portfolio, MBC America actively promotes Korean content throughout the Americas and develops business opportunities with broadcasters, streaming platforms, production companies, and content distributors across the region.

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