Genre: comedy
Year: 2006
Episodes: 167 (+4 special episodes)
Cast: Kim Hye Sung, Jung Il Woo, Kim Bum, Jung Jun Ha, Park Hae Mi
My rating: 9.5/10
“Unstoppable High Kick” was my first daily sitcom Korean drama I ever watched and I have to say that I did watch it because many people said is one (maybe the best) daily sitcom Korea ever had. And I agree.
From the very first episode I laughed so hard because of the story of the characters and because of their stupidness.
It took me a little more time to finish the drama because it’s pretty long (167 episodes + 4 special ones), but it did worth the time spent watching it.
The drama has all that it needs to become a national sensation (which actually did): comedy, some family problems, romance (not that intense, but that little amount of love to make it more delicious) and many, many genres that would please even the most grumpiest person!
The main story concentrates on Lee Yunho (Jung Il Woo) and his older brother, Lee Minho (Kim Hye Sung), both of them portraying the typical Korean teenagers, but in an opposite way. Lee Yunho, is a motorcycle lover and bully-like student, always sleeping or skipping classes. His brother, Lee Minho, is one year older than him, but attending the same class at school as Lee Yunho. He’s a model student, always getting high marks and being number one in everything at school.
The Lee family, a big family with unusual habits, is composed of Lee Soon Jae – the grandfather – a oriental medicine doctor who loves money more than anything in the world, Na Moon Hee – the grandmother – a strong women who does all the cleaning and cooking in the house despite her old age and who always has word-fights with her daughter-in-law, Park Hae Mi. Park Hae Mi, is Yunho and Minho’s mother. She is a respected doctor who works at her father-in-law’s hospital, always proud of her skills and a talkative woman who always has to have the last word in a conversation. Her husband, Lee Jun Ha (Jung Jun Ha), has the nickname “Lord of Gluttony” because he eats nonstop. He lives at home as an unsuccessful investor depending on his wife earnings. As for the rest of the family, Lee Min Yong (Choi Min Yong), Shin Ji (Koyote’s Shin Ji) and Joon (Go Chae Min), I’ll let you discover their story.
The drama goes up and down describing their daily life that is always full of funny moments and unforgettable stories. Even if at first the drama looks like a never ending daily sitcom, actually there’s a story behind all the hilarious moments that will start to develop around episode 50.
Through all 167 episodes you’ll understand the characters and their hard/not so hard life, learning that even if your life is bad and s**ks, there is always someone who’ll be there for you to cheer you up.
KOREA SMILE 