Lee Yumi saves the day as Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon

by tccolb

Even in the current sea of K-drama superheroes, we don’t see too many females armed with super strength. But rest assured, JTBC is here to fill that void with not just one but three (!) super ladies in the spin-off Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon.

Starting up their promo engine with the fantasy-comedy’s first teaser, we open with a quick jump back in time to 2017, for the viewers who missed out on the adorable Park Bo-young (Doom at Your Service) in the original series Strong Woman Do Bong-soon.

As the teaser’s captions explain, Do Bong-soon kept an eye on the Dobong district. But the Gangnam area is now getting its own protector with Lee Yumi (Mental Coach Jegal) announcing her arrival as our heroine Kang Nam-soon.

According to the story’s mythology, the gift of super strength follows a strictly matriarchal line in their family (Nam-soon and Bong-soon are second cousins), and the power gets passed down from mothers to daughters. However, Nam-soon was adopted as a child by a family in Mongolia and she has now returned to South Korea to find her biological parents.

We’re thus treated to three generations of strong women when Nam-soon is reunited with sword fighter and chaebol mom Kim Jung-eun (My Dangerous Wife), together with the fashion fabulous grandma Kim Hae-sook (Revenant). Thankfully, there aren’t any serial killers in sight (yet) and the main mystery that our trio set out to solve involves dramaland’s recent favorite crime: drugs.

Although not yet featured, the spin-off also stars Ong Sung-woo (Would You Like a Cup of Coffee), Byun Woo-seok (Moonshine), and Lee Seung-joon (Behind Your Touch) as Nam-soon’s dad.

On the production side, directing is being helmed by PD Kim Jung-shik (So Not Worth It) and PD Lee Kyung-shik, with scripts by the original series writer Baek Mi-kyung (Mine). Coming to our screens this fall on October 7, JTBC’s Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon follows Behind Your Touch in the weekend slot.