‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’ Season 2 Confirmed With Lead Cast and Storyline
One of K-drama’s most infamous storylines is getting a second season. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon is a classic in the romance department starring Park Hyung-sik and Park Bo-young in the leading roles. Despite having premiered in 2017, the K-drama is considered a classic that fans hoped would return. Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Season 2 has been confirmed, but this time it will be titled Strong Woman Kang Nam Soon.
What is ‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’ Season 1 about?
A commercial hit and one of Korean cable TV’s highest-rated K-dramas, Strong Woman Do Bong Soon fulfilled every major trope in the best way possible. Do Bong-soon (Park) has a secret. For generations, the women in her family have been passed down the gift of superhuman strength. But they keep it hidden. Bong-soon desperately wishes she was dainty and girly to attract her crush, police officer In Guk-doo (Ji Soo).
She also dreams of developing a video game inspired by her powers. Bong-soon happens to find herself the bodyguard of a chaebol heir and CEO of the gaming company, Ahn Min-hyuk (Park).
No K-drama is complete without a little drama as kidnapping cases start to occur in the area where she lives. The kidnappings soon threaten Min-hyuk and Bong-soon’s closest friend. Along the way, Bong-soon’s crush starts to go away as she opens her eyes to Min-hyuk.
The K-drama was popular for many reasons. It has romance, thriller aspects, fantasy, and comedy. Now fans get to see Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Season 2 but told by another family member.
Is there part two of ‘Strong Woman Do Bong Soon’? Season 2 has a new main character
According to Soompi, multiple media outlets confirmed Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Season 2, but under a new title, Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon. The new season did not continue the storyline of Bong-soon and Min-hyuk after the finale. Instead, fans meet Bong-soon’s distant cousin, Nam-soon, who possesses the same superhuman strength.
Nam-soon’s story is strikingly different than the first season. The character went missing in Mongolia as a child and finds herself returning to Gangnam for answers. Her mother, Hwang Geum-joo, is wealthy and lives a good life in Gangnam. But she has been doing everything possible to find her lost daughter.
The new second season portrays the reality of drug crimes and distribution in Gangnam. Detective Kang Hee-sik leads a secret investigative team that cracks down on drugs in the city. He also becomes Nam-soon’s crush.
Lee Yoo-mi plays Nam-soon in ‘Strong Woman Nam-soon’
In the title role for Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon is a recently familiar face. Fans will recognize Lee Yoo-mi as she captured attention by playing a minor role in the globally famous K-drama Squid Game. The actor played the role of Ji-yeon, Player 240. Many fans fondly remember the character sacrificing her life during the marble game so Sae-byeok could win.
Lee also gained fame as one of the most hated characters in the popular zombie K-drama, All of Us Are Dead. She will now star as Nam-soon in Strong Woman Do Bong Soon Season 2. Actor Kim Jung-eun will star as Nam-soon’s mother. Playing the role of Nam-soon’s grandmother is veteran actor Kim Hae-sook, recently known for her role as the Emperor in Tomorrow.
Rising actor Ong Seong-woo will star as Detective Kang and Nam-soon’s love interest. The role of the K-drama’s central villain is actor Byun Woo-seok.
Strong Woman Kang Nam-soon is currently available on Netflix.
