Strong Girl Nam-soon

Strong Girl Nam-soon (Korean: 힘쎈여자 강남순) is a 2023 South Korean television series starring Lee Yoo-mi in the title role, along with Kim Jung-eun, Kim Hae-sook, Ong Seong-wu, and Byeon Woo-seok. The series serves as a spin-off to the 2017 series Strong Girl Bong-soon. It aired on JTBC from October 7 to November 26, 2023, every Saturday and Sunday at 22:30 (KST). It is also available for streaming on Netflix in selected regions.

The series received audience acclaim, with its final episode recording 10.42% in nationwide ratings.

Synopsis

Gang Nam-soon (Lee Yoo-mi) disappeared in Mongolia as a child. As an adult, she travels to South Korea to search for her parents where she finds her mother Hwang Geum-joo (Kim Jung-eun) who is a billionaire businesswoman, and her grandmother Gil Joong-gan (Kim Hae-sook), in the Gangnam district. Eventually, Nam-soon, her mother, and grandmother become entangled in a drug case that Detective Gang Hee-sik (Ong Seong-wu) is investigating at a company named Doogo ran by Ryu Shi-oh (Byeon Woo-seok).

Cast

Main

• Lee Yoo-mi as Gang Nam-soon / Khan Tsetseg
  • Ahn Tae-rin as Tsetseg / young Gang Nam-soon

Second cousin of Do Bong-soon. Like her cousin, she is born with superhuman strength which she inherited from her mother and grandmother.

• Kim Jung-eun as Hwang Geum-joo

Mother of Gang Nam-soon who is a CEO of Gangnam pawnshop "Gold Blue". Like her daughter, she is born with superhuman strength.

• Kim Hae-sook as Gil Joong-gan

Grandmother of Gang Nam-soon and mother of Hwang Geum-joo. Like her daughter and granddaughter, she is born with superhuman strength.

• Ong Seong-wu as Gang Hee-sik

A lieutenant in the Gangnam Han River District Police Department who specializes in investigating drug cases.

• Byeon Woo-seok as Ryu Shi-oh / Anton

CEO of the distribution and sales company "Doogo", and the main antagonist of the series

Supporting

People around Gang Nam-soon

• Lee Seung-joon as Gang Bong-go

Nam-soon's father and Geum-joo's melodramatic ex-husband who runs a photo studio after divorce.

• Han Sang-jo as Gang Nam-in

Nam-soon's twin younger brother who is an owner of Tarot Cafe in the 1st floor of Geum-joo's building.

• Kim Ki-doo as Hwang Geum-dong

Nam-soon's maternal uncle, Geum-joo's younger brother, and Joong-gan's son.

• Joo Woo-jae as Ji Hyun-soo

A homeless person who becomes entangled with Nam-soon.

• Park Gyeong-ree as Noh Seon-saeng (Teacher Noh)

A romantic homeless person who has no money but has a boyfriend in Hyun-soo.

Gangnam Hangang District Police Station

• Young Tak as Oh Young-tak

A passionate detective who is Hee-sik's partner and senior in the drug investigation team.

• Ryu Ha-seong as Jin Seon-gyu

The youngest member of the drug investigation team.

• Song Jin-woo as Kim Seok-ho

A member of the drug investigation team who is a former bodyguard and taekwondo police officer.

• Jeong Seung-gil as Ha Dong-seok

A former special forces officer and leader of the drug investigation team.

• Kim Si-hyeon as Yeo Ji-hyeon

A police officer at district police station and Hee-sik's fellow.

People around Hwang Geum-joo

• Choi Hee-jin as Ri Hwa-ja / Lee Myung-hee

A lost girl who resembles Nam-soon.

• Oh Jeong-yeon as Jung Na-young

Geum-joo's trusted secretary.

• Akira as Bread Song / Song Soo-hyun

A very sexy and handsome fraudster.

• Lee Joong-ok as Kim Nam-gil

Geum-joo's subordinate at Gold Blue.

People around Gil Joong-gan

• Jeong Bo-seok as Seo Jun-hee

Barista of tarot cafe run by Nam-in.

• Im Ha-ryong as Hwang Guk-jong

Joong-gan's husband who becomes a monk.

People around Ryu Shi-oh

• Yoon Seong-su as Secretary Yoon

Ryu Shi-oh's secretary with fluent English skills who suffers from gaslighting by Shi-oh.

• Konstantin Vlasov as Kyle Alexandros

Ryu Shi-oh's bodyguard who is a Russian jiujitsu champion.

Others

• Tserenbold Tsegmid as Khokho

A Mongolian shepherd who raised Nam-soon.

• Batsumiya Batdorj as Joljaya

A Mongolian shepherd and Khokho's wife who raised Nam-soon alongside him.

Extended

• Lee Chang-ho as Nam Hong-do

Bread Song's secretary.

• Kang Gil-woo as Dr. Choi

A researcher at a drug factory.

• Ha Dong-joon as chief accountant at Gold Blue
• Park Hye-na as Madam Marie Kim
• Lee Hee-jin as Assistant Manager Baek

Special appearances

• Kim Won-hae as polearm seller (Ep. 1)
• Park Bo-young as Do Bong-soon (Ep. 3)
• Park Hyung-sik as Ahn Min-hyuk (Ep. 3)
• Jeon Soo-kyeong as Gang Hee-sik's mother (Ep. 4, 16)
• Lee Hong-nae as Bingbing (Ep. 16)
• Oh Na-ra as Yoon-hee (Ep. 16)

Original soundtrack

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Viewership

References

External links

• Official website (in Korean)
• Production website at SLL (in Korean)
• Strong Girl Nam-soon on Netflix
• Strong Girl Nam-soon at IMDb 
• Strong Girl Nam-soon at HanCinema