High Kick Season 2 coming in September

July 3rd, 2009 // by javabeans


The young cast of “Unstoppable High Kick” Season 1

Hmm….. When it was announced that the popular family sitcom Unstoppable High Kick was thinking of another season, I was skeptical that it would actually happen, if only because a great part of its charm was its hot young cast of new faces, and they’ve all gone on to bigger things. They include: Jung Il-woo (Return of Iljimae), Kim Bum (Boys Before Flowers), Kim Hye-sung (Boy Meets Boy), and Park Min-young (Ja Myung Go).

And yet, production is indeed under way for a second season, and will bring back gruff grandpa Lee Soon-jae — but switch the rest of the actors. Among them are Jung Bo-seok (La Dolce Vita, Dae Jo Young) in the dad’s role (acted in the original by comedian Jung Jun–ha) and Oh Hyun-kyung (First Wives Club) in the mom’s role (originally acted by musical actress Park Hae-mi). Grandma Na Mun-hee will not return, and the season will start fresh with new storylines. The series is currently auditioning for its new set of fresh faces.

Season 2 is not yet on MBC’s official fall schedule, but it looks like a promising follow-up to the currently airing sitcom Tae-hee, Hye-gyo, Ji-hyun.

I don’t know about this. I have a lot of affection for Unstoppable High Kick, but without any of my favorite characters returning, it seems like just a weak excuse to slap a successful name onto a new sitcom, doesn’t it?


Jung Bo-seok, Oh Hyun-kyung

Via JK News, OSEN

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17 Comments

  1. 1 2PMLove - Jul 3, 2009 at 5:42 pm

    what about chansung? =o

  2. 2 That guy - Jul 3, 2009 at 5:43 pm

    They should just do another season of New Nonstop… and put Dara in the show.

  3. 3 nileey - Jul 3, 2009 at 6:04 pm

    um, give them a chance?

  4. 4 ohyehbb - Jul 3, 2009 at 6:51 pm

    So basically it’s a brand new sitcom… with the same name? :P

  5. 5 Christinaaar - Jul 3, 2009 at 7:21 pm

    when i saw the title of this article, my face immediately brightened up…

    but then it mentioned a new cast and my face fell almost as suddenly.

    *sigh*
    i loved the adorable cast in season 1. i really don’t want them to ruin the good name of high kick with different people because the original was and always will be the best

  6. 6 otk - Jul 3, 2009 at 7:23 pm

    so…Jung Il Woo won’t return ?

    OMG Parl Hae Mi & Na Mun Hee !!!!!! They were my favourite characters!
    At least this sequel will get the HD treatment.

    But seriously ?! why make a sequel if it’ll have fresh storyline and none of the old and funniest characters will be back?

    MBC America should seriously release this on DVD, it’s been 2 years and I’m still mad over this issue

  7. 7 kmovie - Jul 3, 2009 at 7:36 pm

    좋은기사가 많네요 ㅎㅎ

  8. 8 kmovie - Jul 3, 2009 at 7:37 pm

    so…Jung Il Woo won’t return ?

    OMG Parl Hae Mi & Na Mun Hee !!!!!! They were my favourite characters!
    At least this sequel will get the HD treatment.

    But seriously ?! why make a sequel if it’ll have fresh storyline and none of the old and funniest characters will be back?

    MBC America

  9. 9 fobulous - Jul 3, 2009 at 8:13 pm

    i LOVED unstoppable high kick!!!! and was sooooo sad that the subbing stopped. :(

  10. 10 sue - Jul 3, 2009 at 8:14 pm

    na moon-hee was absolutely THE BEST! ahahahaha i love her!

  11. 11 chris - Jul 3, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    hi

  12. 12 Biscuit - Jul 3, 2009 at 11:13 pm

    I seriously loved High Kick, but what’s the point of having the rest of the cast replaced and only have the grandpa? I want the old cast, but I guess I’ll just have to try to like the new one (if I do watch it, that is).

  13. 13 chajjye - Jul 3, 2009 at 11:50 pm

    hey, maybe the new season will have wittier cast? it seems like a launchpad for young actors.

    but i haven’t seen first season, so i’m just optimistic. :)

  14. 14 ruthie - Jul 4, 2009 at 1:03 am

    ahahah yeah most of the kids from the original casts are big stars now…

    i still cant believe its was chansung who played the annoying kid from the school
    he looks totally different..but in a good way bcoz he looks hot now!

    high kick is totally love…its gonna be a tough ride to follow it. esp with a different casts coz comparison cannot be prevented. ^^

  15. 15 yuu - Jul 4, 2009 at 11:24 pm

    hwang chansung! 8D hahah..so he was in High Kick before XD he looks so different…xDD

  16. 16 anna - Jul 5, 2009 at 8:07 pm

    Hmm, are some of them standing on something? Or Kim Bum is that short.

  17. 17 Keytoinfinity - Jul 6, 2009 at 1:23 pm

    hi^^
    sorry for the stupid question, but i’m really desperate…
    i want to watch the firs season…but i just cant find any englisg subtitle T___T , only for the first 5 episodes…

    i want to watch it badly so please help me!!!

    if u could help me please write me a mail to hikaru-manu@hotmail.com

    thank you ^^

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