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Weightlifting Fairy Kim Bok-Joo (2016)
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Original name: 역도요정 김복주
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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A spunky female weightlifter and free-spirited male swimmer meet on campus, only to find out their pasts may be intertwined.
Style:
romantic, dorama, touching, sweet, captivating, humorous, uplifting, anime
Plot:
weightlifting, friendship, college, childhood friend, teen romance, dream, friends, direction and purpose, sport, teenage life, youth, follow your dream, adolescence, love, father daughter relationship, teenager, college student, romantic triangle, mother son relationship, coping, aspiration, problem solving, athlete's life, happy ending, korean ...
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