Drama Title: High Kick!: Counterattack of The Short Legs
Korean Title: 하이킥 – 짧은 다리의 역습 / 하이킥3
Revised Romanization: Haikik 3 / Ha-i-kik-3, Jjab-eun Da-ri-eui Yeok-seub / Haikik : ZZalbun Dalie Yoksub
Also Known As: HK3 / Hick Kick! 3 / High Kick (Season 3) / High Kick: The Short Legs Counterattack / High Kick: The Short Legs Revenge / High Kick: The Short Legs Strike Back / High Kick: Revenge of the Short Leg
Chinese Title: 短腿的反击 / 短腿的逆袭 / 搞笑一家人3 / 无法阻挡的High Kick 3 / 无法阻挡之High Kick 3 / 不可阻挡的High Kick 3
Genre: Family, Comedy, Romance
Language: Korean
Episodes: 123
Broadcast Place: South Korea
Broadcast Network: MBC
Broadcast Period: September 19 2011 – March 29 2012
Air Time: Monday to Friday 19:45 PM
Preceded By: All My Love
Followed By: Standby
Plot Summary
A sitcom about a family who moves in to the house of wife’s brother due to bankruptcy.
Synopsis
Ahn Nae Sang and Yoon Yoo Sun are middle aged husband and wife. They used to be rich until Ahn’s company went bankrupt. After Nae Sang’s business bankrupted, this couple moves in to live with Yoon Yoo Sun’s younger brother Yoon Kye Sang’s house, who is a health doctor, and the conflict starts. And, Yoon Yoo Sun who turns menopause becomes emotional unstable after the bankrupt of her husband’s company.
Cast
Ahn Nae-sang (안내상) as Ahn Nae-sang (안내상)
Yoon Yoo-seon / Yoon Yoo Sun (윤유선) as Yoon Yoo-seon / Yoon Yoo Sun (윤유선)
Yoon Kye-sang (윤계상) as Yoon Kye-sang (윤계상)
Seo Ji-seok (서지석) as Yoon Ji-seok (윤지석)
Lee Jong-suk (이종석) as Ahn Jong-seok (안종석)
Park Ha-seon / Park Ha-sun (박하선) as Park Ha-seon / Park Ha-sun (박하선)
Go Yeong-wook / Ko Young-Wook (고영욱) as Go Yeong-wook / Ko Young-Wook (고영욱)
Park Ji-seon / Park Ji-sun (박지선) as Park Ji-seon / Park Ji-sun (박지선)
Yoon Geon / Yoon Gun (윤건) as Yoon Geon / Yoon Gun (윤건)
Krystal Jung Soo-Jung (크리스탈) as Ahn Soo-jeong / Ahn Soo-jung (안수정)
Kim Ji-won (김지원) as Kim Ji-won (김지원)
Julien Kang (줄리엔 강) as Julien (줄리엔)
Baek Jin-hee (백진희) as Baek Jin-hee (백진희)
Lee Juk / Lee Juck (이적) as Lee Jeok (이적)
Kang Seung-yoon (강승윤) as Kang Seung-yoon (강승윤)
Jin Ji-hee (진지희) – Special cameo appearance
Sin Se-kyeong (신세경) – Special cameo appearance
High Kick! 3 Characters Description
Production Credits
Director: : Kim Byung-wook (김병욱)
Screenwriter: Lee Young-cheol (이영철)
Production Company: Chorok Baem Media (Green Snake Media)
Episode Ratings
Date | Episode | Nationwide (TNmS) | Seoul (TNmS) | Nationwide (AGB) | Seoul (AGB) |
September 19 2011 | 1 | 10.2 | 11.9 | 12.4 | 12.9 |
September 20 2011 | 2 | 10.4 | 12.4 | 12.2 | 13.5 |
September 22 2011 | 3 | 9.5 | 10.9 | 10.8 | 11.3 |
September 23 2011 | 4 | 11.2 | 13.1 | 11.5 | 11.9 |
September 26 2011 | 5 | 9.8 | 11.2 | 11.7 | 12.7 |
September 27 2011 | 6 | 9.7 | 10.5 | 11.4 | 12.2 |
September 28 2011 | 7 | 10.9 | 11.9 | 11.4 | 12.1 |
September 29 2011 | 8 | 10.6 | 12.5 | 10.4 | 10.8 |
September 30 2011 | 9 | 11.1 | 12.0 | 11.2 | 11.9 |
October 3 2011 | 10 | 12.7 | 13.7 | 12.7 | 13.7 |
October 4 2011 | 11 | 11.4 | 12.8 | 11.0 | 12.2 |
October 5 2011 | 12 | 9.9 | 11.1 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
October 6 2011 | 13 | 10.7 | 11.8 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
October 10 2011 | 14 | 9.7 | 11.0 | 11.4 | 12.3 |
October 12 2011 | 15 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.8 | 12.8 |
October 13 2011 | 16 | 10.7 | 11.7 | 10.9 | 12.3 |
October 14 2011 | 17 | 12.5 | 13.3 | 11.8 | 12.5 |
October 18 2011 | 18 | 10.1 | 12.1 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
October 19 2011 | 19 | 11.1 | 12.8 | 11.8 | 13.6 |
October 20 2011 | 20 | 10.7 | 12.6 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
October 21 2011 | 21 | 11.1 | 12.9 | 12.5 | 14.0 |
October 24 2011 | 22 | 11.0 | 12.0 | 11.7 | 12.1 |
October 27 2011 | 23 | 10.7 | 13.4 | 10.7 | 12.0 |
October 28 2011 | 24 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 11.0 | 11.9 |
October 31 2011 | 25 | 9.3 | 11.0 | 10.1 | 11.5 |
November 1 2011 | 26 | 9.9 | 11.4 | 9.6 | 10.2 |
November 2 2011 | 27 | 10.9 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 12.2 |
November 3 2011 | 28 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 11.2 | 12.2 |
November 4 2011 | 29 | 10.2 | 12.4 | 11.8 | 12.7 |
November 7 2011 | 30 | 10.2 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
November 8 2011 | 31 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 10.1 | 11.3 |
November 9 2011 | 32 | 13.0 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 13.6 |
November 10 2011 | 33 | 11.7 | 12.5 | 12.0 | 13.6 |
November 11 2011 | 34 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 13.1 | 14.6 |
November 14 2011 | 35 | 11.4 | 12.1 | 13.4 | 14.8 |
November 15 2011 | 36 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 12.3 |
November 16 2011 | 37 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 14.5 |
November 17 2011 | 38 | 12.3 | 13.9 | 12.9 | 14.0 |
November 18 2011 | 39 | 15.2 | 17.1 | 14.0 | 13.9 |
November 21 2011 | 40 | 11.4 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 14.0 |
November 22 2011 | 41 | 10.4 | 11.6 | 10.9 | 12.5 |
November 23 2011 | 42 | 11.4 | 13.9 | 11.7 | 12.6 |
November 24 2011 | 43 | 11.2 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 11.6 |
November 25 2011 | 44 | 12.1 | 13.2 | 12.9 | 13.4 |
November 28 2011 | 45 | 10.9 | 12.1 | 11.9 | 13.2 |
November 29 2011 | 46 | 10.9 | 10.9 | 11.9 | |
December 1 2011 | 47 | 11.7 | 12.3 | 10.8 | 11.0 |
December 2 2011 | 48 | 11.4 | 12.9 | 11.2 | 12.1 |
December 5 2011 | 49 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 10.8 | 11.7 |
December 6 2011 | 50 | 10.2 | 13.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 |
December 7 2011 | 51 | 12.8 | 14.7 | 10.8 | 12.1 |
December 8 2011 | 52 | 10.9 | 13.5 | 12.0 | 11.8 |
December 8 2011 | 53 | 12.4 | 13.8 | 13.1 | 14.9 |
December 12 2011 | 54 | 10.3 | 12.2 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
December 13 2011 | 55 | 10.6 | 12.7 | 12.1 | 13.8 |
December 14 2011 | 56 | 12.9 | 14.5 | 11.7 | 12.5 |
December 15 2011 | 57 | 12.8 | 14.3 | 12.0 | 12.8 |
December 16 2011 | 58 | 12.4 | 14.0 | 14.5 | 15.8 |
December 20 2011 | 59 | 11.5 | 13.8 | 12.3 | 13.4 |
December 21 2011 | 60 | 11.4 | 13.2 | 11.9 | 13.2 |
December 22 2011 | 61 | 12.1 | 12.8 | 11.9 | 12.6 |
December 23 2011 | 62 | 11.7 | 13.1 | 12.3 | 12.8 |
December 26 2011 | 63 | 10.9 | 12.8 | 12.3 | 13.5 |
December 27 2011 | 64 | 10.5 | 12.1 | 11.3 | 12.5 |
December 28 2011 | 65 | 12.3 | 14.3 | 11.7 | 12.2 |
December 29 2011 | 66 | 12.3 | 12.9 | 12.8 | 14.4 |
December 30 2011 | 67 | 9.7 | 11.4 | 10.8 | 11.0 |
January 2 2012 | 68 | 12.6 | 14.5 | 12.4 | 13.7 |
January 3 2012 | 69 | 12.5 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 13.9 |
January 4 2012 | 70 | 14.5 | 16.6 | 13.0 | 14.0 |
January 5 2012 | 71 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 12.7 | 13.6 |
January 6 2012 | 72 | 12.2 | 14.7 | 12.9 | 14.6 |
January 9 2012 | 73 | 12.7 | 14.9 | 12.7 | 14.3 |
January 10 2012 | 74 | 12.9 | 15.8 | 12.5 | 13.8 |
January 11 2012 | 75 | 14.2 | 16.8 | 14.1 | 15.7 |
January 12 2012 | 76 | 13.7 | 15.7 | 12.7 | 13.8 |
January 13 2012 | 77 | 13.2 | 15.6 | 13.2 | 14.0 |
January 16 2012 | 78 | 12.7 | 14.6 | ||
January 17 2012 | 79 | 12.7 | 13.9 | 13.6 | 15.6 |
January 19 2012 | 80 | 12.1 | 13.3 | 12.5 | 14.2 |
January 20 2012 | 81 | 11.8 | 12.8 | 15.5 | 17.9 |
January 25 2012 | 82 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 13.9 | 16.1 |
January 26 2012 | 83 | 12.0 | 13.6 | 12.7 | 14.0 |
January 27 2012 | 84 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 14.0 | 15.3 |
January 30 2012 | 85 | 11.3 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 12.9 |
January 31 2012 | 86 | 10.9 | 11.3 | 11.6 | 13.0 |
February 1 2012 | 87 | 11.8 | 12.6 | 15.0 | 17.8 |
February 2 2012 | 88 | 11.7 | 13.2 | 13.2 | 14.8 |
February 3 2012 | 89 | 13.5 | 13.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 |
February 6 2012 | 90 | 12.6 | 13.7 | 11.9 | 13.0 |
February 7 2012 | 91 | 12.5 | 14.3 | 12.2 | 13.6 |
February 8 2012 | 92 | 14.1 | 14.2 | 13.8 | 15.8 |
February 9 2012 | 93 | 14.7 | 15.0 | 12.4 | 14.2 |
February 10 2012 | 94 | 14.6 | 17.4 | 13.4 | 14.9 |
February 13 2012 | 95 | 12.5 | 13.5 | 12.5 | 14.2 |
February 14 2012 | 96 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 12.4 | 14.4 |
February 15 2012 | 97 | 12.3 | 11.9 | 13.9 | 13.4 |
February 16 2012 | 98 | 12.9 | 12.4 | 13.1 | 14.9 |
February 17 2012 | 99 | 13.8 | 15.4 | 13.6 | 15.6 |
February 20 2012 | Special | 11.1 | 11.7 | 10.7 | 12.2 |
February 21 2012 | Special | 9.5 | 11.5 | 9.2 | 10.7 |
February 22 2012 | Special | 9.6 | 10.3 | 9.2 | |
February 23 2012 | Special | 8.7 | 9.0 | ||
February 24 2012 | Special | 9.7 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 10.2 |
February 27 2012 | 100 | 11.5 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 11.4 |
February 28 2012 | 101 | 10.1 | 11.0 | 11.1 | 13.1 |
February 29 2012 | 102 | 10.3 | 9.9 | 9.6 | 10.9 |
March 1 2012 | 103 | 12.6 | 14.1 | 10.6 | 12.5 |
March 2 2012 | 104 | 10.4 | 10.3 | 10.6 | 12.2 |
March 5 2012 | 105 | 9.8 | 11.1 | 11.6 | 13.8 |
March 6 2012 | 106 | 10.2 | 11.7 | 10.2 | 11.6 |
March 7 2012 | 107 | 8.7 | 10.5 | 12.6 | |
March 8 2012 | 108 | 10.2 | 10.2 | 9.4 | 10.4 |
March 9 2012 | 109 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 11.0 |
March 12 2012 | 110 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 9.4 | 10.6 |
March 13 2012 | 111 | 8.6 | 9.5 | 9.2 | 10.7 |
March 14 2012 | 112 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 11.3 | 12.6 |
March 15 2012 | 113 | 9.7 | 11.3 | 10.3 | 11.3 |
March 16 2012 | 114 | 10.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 12.5 |
March 19 2012 | 115 | 10.4 | 12.9 | 10.4 | 12.2 |
March 20 2012 | 116 | 8.5 | 9.2 | 9.4 | 10.7 |
March 21 2012 | 117 | 10.0 | 12.4 | 9.8 | 11.4 |
March 22 2012 | 118 | 11.7 | 12.0 | 10.5 | 11.3 |
March 23 2012 | 119 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 11.8 | 13.9 |
March 26 2012 | 120 | 10.6 | 12.3 | 11.1 | 13.3 |
March 27 2012 | 121 | 10.4 | 12.2 | 11.7 | 14.1 |
March 28 2012 | 122 | 9.1 | 10.4 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
March 29 2012 | 123 | 9.3 | 9.8 | 9.9 | 11.3 |
Source: TNmS and AGB Nielson
Trivia
- The contract worth 8.7 billion Korean won ($7.8 million USD) was signed between the production company, “Chorok Baem Media” (Green Snake Media), and MBC to produce 120 episodes of High Kick! 3, including VAX.
- Casting was held from March through April, 2011.
- Sequel (though story plot is independent) to original High Kick! (2007) and High Kick! 2 or High Kick Through the Roof (2009).
- First scene was filmed in New Zealand on August 10, 2011 due to the time backdrop for the scene is in winter season (New Zealand is in winter at the time).
- First shooting in South Korea taken place on August 17, 2011, at a massage parlor in Kangnam, Seoul. The scene involved a comedic chase scene.
Watch online with English subtitle at dramafever.com.
Watch online with Chinese subtitle (not yet available).
News, Interview and Behind the Scene
- Lee Jong Suk Happy Funny Photo with f(x)’s Krystal
- Krystal Turns Blonde Foreigner
- Funny Counterattack of Brain Combined with High Kick 3
- 10 Asia Awards (Best Drama, Director, Screenwriter, Actor) 2011 Winners List
- High Kick 3 Nude Scenes Covered by Smiley Instead of Mosaic
- Baek Jin Hee Exposes Underwear and Buttock in High Kick 3
- Park Ha-sun Almost Expose Underwear
- Lee Jong Suk and Krystal Soo Jung in “Family” Photo
- Reasons to Watch High Kick 3: The Short Legs Strike Back
- High Kick 3 Production Conference Video Clips (with Sneak Preview)
- 6 Actresses of High Kick 3 Have New Image and Personality
- Park Ha Sun Rock Climbing Photos in High Kick 3
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