High Kick!
{{Short description|South Korean situation comedy}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2016}}
{{Infobox television
| image = High Kick 1 TV poster.jpeg
| caption = Promotional poster
| genre = Situation comedy
| camera =
| runtime = 30 minutes
| creator = Kim Byeong-wook
| company = Chorokbaem Media
| developer =
| director = Kim Byeong-wook
Kim Chang-dong
Kim Young-ki
| writer = Song Jae-jeong
Lee Young-chul
Lee So-jeong
Choi Jeong-hyeon
Bang Bong-won
| executive_producer = Chung Eui-chan
Jeong Wang-gyo
| producer = Kim Ki-bum
Kim Gwan-gil
Jung Yong-wook
Kim Young-gyu
| presenter =
| starring =
Lee Soon-jae
Na Moon-hee
Jeong Jun-ha
Choi Min-yong
Park Hae-mi
Shin Ji
Kim Hye-seong
Jung Il-woo
Seo Min-jung
Park Min-young
Kim Bum
| voices =
| narrated =
| theme_music_composer =
| opentheme = "Unstoppable High Kick" by Moogadang
| endtheme =
| country = South Korea
| location =
| language = Korean
| network = MBC TV
| first_aired = {{start date|2006|11|06}}
| last_aired = {{end date|2007|07|13}}
| num_seasons = 1
| num_episodes = 167
| list_episodes =
| related = {{hlist|High Kick Through the Roof|High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged}}
}}
{{Infobox Korean name
|hangul=거침없이 하이킥
|hanja=
|rr=Geochimeopsi Haikik
|mr=Kŏch'imŏpsi Haik'ik
}}
High Kick! ({{Korean|hangul=거침없이 하이킥}}; {{lit.}} "High Kick without Hesitation" or "Unstoppable High Kick") was a South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family.{{cite web|author1=Hong Soo-hyun|author2=Lee Ho-jeong|title=Sitcom maestro has the right formula for laughter unlimited|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2007/01/15/features/Sitcom-maestro-has-the-right-formula-for-laughter-unlimited/2871363.html|website=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=January 15, 2007|archive-date=September 28, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240928144939/https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2007/01/15/features/Sitcom-maestro-has-the-right-formula-for-laughter-unlimited/2871363.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Chun|first=Su-jin|title=TV Review: Happy? Watch High Kick and ask again|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2871846|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=January 30, 2007|url-status=usurped|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629135559/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2871846|archive-date=June 29, 2013|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last=Kim|first=Tae-jong|title=TV Sitcom Wins Over Viewers With Unconventional Characters|url=http://www.hancinema.net/tv-sitcom-wins-over-viewers-with-unconventional-characters-8606.html|work=The Korea Times via Hancinema|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=February 6, 2007|archive-date=June 25, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220625154912/https://www.hancinema.net/tv-sitcom-wins-over-viewers-with-unconventional-characters-8606.html|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Kang|first=Hye-ran|title=Director keeps sitcoms all in the family|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2878413|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629140829/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2878413|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=July 25, 2007}} It aired in South Korea from Monday through Friday, in sitcom format.
The show led to the sequels High Kick Through the Roof, which aired in 2009–2010, and High Kick: Revenge of the Short Legged, which aired in 2011–2012.
Characters
There's a fact that almost all of the character's name is their actor/actress real name - some of the characters just change their last name.
=Main=
- Lee Soon-jae as Lee Soon-jae,{{cite web|title=Internet Generation Discovers Pre-TV Age Actor|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/01/26/2007012661030.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=January 26, 2007|archive-date=April 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230407000907/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/01/26/2007012661030.html|url-status=live}} the head of the Lee family, who works alongside his daughter-in-law at his Korean medicine hospital. He graduated Medical school and read Acupuncture and Moxibustion as specialties. The oldest in the family, he can be strict and aggressive toward his family members, and thinks only about himself. In flashback scene, He used to be Moon-hee's master
- Lee Tae-ri{{efn|Credited as Lee Min-ho.}} as young Lee Soon-jae
- Na Moon-hee as Na Moon-hee, Soon-jae's wife. She does all of the cooking and cleaning, and looks after Joon (Min-yong's baby). In flashback scene, she used to serve Sunjae's family as maid
- Jeong Jun-ha as Lee Jun-ha, son of Soon-jae and Moon-hee, a huge man with an enormous appetite. Laid off from his job, he spends his time at home as an unsuccessful investor and depends on the earnings of his wife, who is the main doctor at his father's hospital.
- Choi Min-yong as Lee Min-yong, the late-born son of Soon-jae and Moon-hee, who graduated Normal College and became PE teacher at Pungpa High School where his nephews attend. Returning to his parents house after a short-lived marriage with Shin Ji, he lives in an expanded and modified storeroom upstairs, which is connected with the main house with a firemen's pole.
- Park Hae-mi as Park Hae-mi,{{cite web|last=Yang|first=Sung-hee|title=A high kick into top gear for a new star|url=http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2878982|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130629142520/http://koreajoongangdaily.joinsmsn.com/news/article/article.aspx?aid=2878982|url-status=usurped|archive-date=June 29, 2013|work=Korea JoongAng Daily|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=August 8, 2007}} the wife of Lee Joon-ha, she is a Traditional Korean Medicine doctor that works with Lee Soon-jae. In flashback she married Lee Junha to seek revenge after her breakup with her boyfriend.
- Kim Hye-seong as Lee Min-ho, the eldest and smart son of Lee Joon-ha and Park Hae-mi.
- Jung Il-woo as Lee Yoon-ho, the youngest son of Lee Joon-ha and Park Hae-mi, who narrates the story of the show.
- Shin Ji as Shin Ji a.k.a. Shin Bong-hee, an unemployed small-time singer. Lee Min-yong's former wife and the mother of Joon who wants to study music in Russia but was conned. She and Hae-mi are not in good terms.
- Seo Min-jung as Seo Min-jung,{{cite web|title=Newlywed Seo Min-jung to Retire from Acting|url=http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/08/27/2007082761008.html|work=The Chosun Ilbo|access-date=May 29, 2013|date=August 27, 2007|archive-date=December 15, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215065959/http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2007/08/27/2007082761008.html|url-status=live}} a clumsy English teacher at Pungpa High School, and the homeroom teacher of Min-ho, Yoon-ho, Bum, Chan-sung and Seung-hyun. She rented the apartment that Min-yong and Shin Ji used to live in, and lives there with Shin Ji after her return from the short and unsuccessful attempt to study in Moscow.
- Kim Bum as Kim Bum, Lee Min-ho's best friend, who desires to become a member of the family.
- Park Min-young as Kang Yoo-mi, an unintelligent girlfriend of Lee Min-Ho, daughter of Hae-mi's friend.
=Minor=
- Lee Su-na as Lee Su-na a.k.a. Gaeseong-daek and Lee Yu-na, Na Moon-hee's best friend, currently in prison for murdering her sister.
- Yeom Seung-hyun as Yeom Seung-hyun, another classmate of Min-ho and Yoon-ho, and the rival of Yoon-ho.
- Hwang Chan-sung as Hwang Chan-sung, Yum Seung-hyun's friend and one of Yoon-ho's rivals. He later befriends Yunho.
- Go Chae-min as Lee Jun, Min-yong and Shin Ji's infant child.
- Na Hye-mi as Na Hye-mi, a classmate of Yoo-mi, transferred from a different school in later episodes.
- Jeong Shin-woo as Nurse Yu
- Park Seung-chan as Nurse Park
- Hong Sun-chang as Hong Sun-chang, the sarcastic Vice Principal of Pungpa High School.
- Yoon Seo-hyun as Lee Seo-hyun, a detective.
- Roh Joo-hyun as Seo Joo-hyun, Seo Min-jung's father.
- Seo Hyun as Han Young-min, a member of the staff in a musical Shin Ji played in.
- Jo Yeon-hee as Yoga instructor
- Clara Lee{{efn|Credited as Lee Sung-min.}} as Kim Yoon-joo (ep. 64)
- Park Chanyeol as High school student (ep. 71)
- Jo Young-min as Yoon-ho
- Kim Hee-jung as Min-ho's crush (ep. 164)
Notes
{{Notelist}}
Original soundtrack
;Part 1
- Unstoppable High Kick - Moogadang
- Love U Like U - Moogadang
- Why Is It - Moogadang
- Sambuja Song - Moogadang
;Part 2
- Love to Ride - Lee Gyeong-mi
- In Place - Lee Eun-ju
;Special edition
- Love to Ride (Full Ver) - Lee Gyeong-mi
International broadcast
- It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV from May 21, 2007, to January 8, 2008.{{Cite web | url=http://www.kntv.co.jp/prog/detail/?p=1960 | title=韓流No.1 チャンネル-KNTV | access-date=May 31, 2014 | archive-date=April 13, 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413053500/http://www.kntv.co.jp/prog/detail/?p=1960 | url-status=dead }}
- It aired in Vietnam on HTV3 called Gia đình là số 1 ({{literal translation|lk=yes|Family is Number 1}}) from November 11, 2009.
- It aired in the Philippines on TV5 beginning April 5, 2010. Chicosci song Diamond Shotgun was used as the theme song of the series.
Adaptation
- In Vietnam, the series was adapted by Điền Quân Media & Entertainment to be produced in 2016. The first episode was on air on every Monday through Thursday, beginning from January 18, 2017.
References
{{reflist}}
External links
- [https://program.imbc.com/kick High Kick! official MBC website] {{in lang|ko}}
- [https://content.mbc.co.kr/program/drama/2604769_64285.html High Kick!] at MBC Global Media
- {{hancinema film|High_Kick_e_|High Kick!}}
- {{IMDb title|2309828|High Kick!}}
{{Works by Chorokbaem Media}}
Category:MBC TV television dramas
Category:South Korean television sitcoms
Category:2006 South Korean television series debuts
Category:2007 South Korean television series endings
Category:Korean-language television shows
Category:South Korean romance television series