Formidable Rivals

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Drama: Formidable Rivals
Revised romanization: Kangcheok deul
Also known as: Powerful Opponents / Rivals / Adversaries
Hangul: 강적들
Director: Han Joon-Seo
Writer: Kang Eun-Kyung
Producer: Hwang Ui-Kyung
Network: KBS2
Episodes: 16
Release Date: April 14 - June 3, 2008
Runtime: 21:55
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea

Plot

Young-Jin, a 27-old-lady with natural born pride and desire to succeed and be recognized is not backed up at all by her poor family; rather she needs to take care of all of messes and fusses that her grandfather, father, and younger brother committed. Having nothing to trust except for her own body and soul, she exerts herself to finally be appointed as a body gourd of the Blue House of Korea. At the Blue House, Young-Jin meets Kwanpil, a smart, excellent, cynical and charismatic colleague, who by instinct recognize each other as formidable rivals. They bump into each other at every course of training, extremely competing to beat the other, and what a mischievous fate! They end up being partner to protect Suho, the only son of Mr. President. Suho is an unstoppable rascal with high intelligence and violent nature. Suho is the key person who discloses the past of Kwanpil and realizes the true virtue of family and love. By describing two vivid characters Youn-Jin and Kwanpil, [Formidable Rivals] shows the life of body guards who by nature cannot be spotlighted. This is the story of the others, non-heros, who support protagonists. They also have their own way of life, own value of family and love.

Notes

"Formidable Rivals" takes over the KBS2 Mon. & Tues. 21:55 time slot previously occupied by "Single Daddy in Love" and will be replaced by "Chilwu, the Mighty" on June 17, 2008

Cast



Chae Rim	Lee Jin-Uk	Lee Jong-Hyeok	Lim Hyeon-Shik	Oh Gwang-Rok
Cha Yeong-Jin	Kang Su-Ho	Yu Kwan-Pil	Cha Il-Sang	Cha Kwang-Su



Kim Shi-Hoo	Kim Hye-Ok	Lee Deok-Hwa	Lee Kyung-Jin	Shin Eun-Jeong
Cha Yeong-Ku	Oh Mi-Ja	Kang Min-Kuk	Shin Ok-Hee	Kang Su-Ryeon



Kim Kwang-Young	Choi Ja-Hye	Ma Dong-Seok	Ko Myeong-Hwan	Lee Ji-Hoon
Park Jin-Ku	Jeong Yu-Min	Pyo Cheol-Ho	Kim Byeong-Wook	Nam Do-Woo

Kim You-Jung

Yu Kkot-Nim

Additional Cast Members:

Park Ha-Sun - Seo Eun-Yeong
Lee Yeon-Doo - Reporter Ko
Song Geum-Sik - Department Head Kim
Jang Joon-Ho - team leader guard
Seung Kyu
Myeong Ji-Yeon
Kim Joo-Young
Park Jung-Sun
Cha Sang-Mi

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Sunmisola Oct 24 2023 6:20 pm I wish I could be able to watch the drama formidable rival If possible it may be upload.pls?? do upload it .

Park Min Apr 03 2023 7:01 pm Decent cast but the story was a massive let down. With every single turning point the writer choose to take the worst possible route. Let alone the story itself wasn't interesting. By the end of episode 5 everything was revealed and there wasn't much to look up for. It's also the worst bodyguard themed drama.

Christina Apr 18 2016 7:27 am As for me, what I like about this story is that the writer was very careful about every characters. I don't even call them villains. A sister was concerned about her father who's the president and her brother who was only 19. What she did can very well be what most people usually will do even if the father isn't a president. A guy who fought so hard to be where he was suddenly find himself not in the loop but some newbies...something Chief Pyo did not handled properly. And I love Chief Pyo. He's so good a boss, so understanding and capable...perfect man. Though the writer ended the story in such a way, I think it's no doubt that Su-Ho is referring to Yeong-Jin about his proposal. Throughout the entire show, Su-Ho had no one else besides Yeong-Jin who had helped him out of his ordeal. Yu-Min's announcement that a date has not been fixed did mislead viewers but being a spokeswoman for the president's family, she can mean anything. From all that I gathered throughout the story, I believe that Su-Ho will wait till his father step down from presidency,when Yu-Min's father power will no longer be needed. Yeong-Jin meanwhile can made a name for herself in her career just as she wanted and Su-Ho can bridge the broken relationship with his dear daughter. Kwan-Pil? He's a upright man but too uptight and proud and just like he said of himself, his head rule. So he's only at best a good partner or a powerful opponent to Yeong-Jin. You-jung very cute here as Kkot-Nim. She was only 9 years old. First time I saw her was in The Moon that embraces the Sun when she's already 13. Very talented indeed.

ferry Mar 28 2016 4:01 am This is my favourite drama！I love Chae Rim and I love the story, a very good K drama ！

dewiq Dec 10 2015 7:16 am The story of this drama was very good, it described how precious of a family, all casts of this drama are good actors/actrees, I love this drama much, worth watching ! Thanks so much, love you all!

dewiq Dec 10 2015 7:08 am I just finished watching this drama, really enjoyed it, the storyline was good and the casts act greatly! Only not really get the he ending , it left open,,, all casts were awesome esp the child actrees Kim You Jung, like her much;-)

dewiq Dec 02 2015 4:05 am I was extremely happy to finally found out the dvd of this old series yesterday;-) After looking for it everywhere for months ,thank God！

dewiq Nov 19 2015 7:35 am anyone has the dvd of this series？I really want to watch it on tv screen，if somebody owns it and does not want it anymore, can I have it ？I have been looking for it everywhere but it is not available anymore :-C

Don Jun 18 2015 11:18 pm just finished watching this old series and can say it is a good one！many life and moral values to be learnt . tks.

Satria Apr 24 2015 5:06 pm I love this drama！

Noah Apr 07 2015 8:24 am This drama is my favorite one, I love character Su Ho, i wish to have a hyung like him:) Peace！

Sarinah Mar 31 2015 7:57 pm This drama was my favorite one , one of the best K,drama ever！I love Chae Rim and Lee Jin Wook here. Wish them both will have another great tv series soom！

Herawaty Mar 26 2015 8:50 am I watched this few yrs ago, I like that Su Ho,the son of president. Now I find him in some tv dramas that I like a lot like Nine, Three Musketeers. I am gonna be his fan “”

Li an Mar 06 2015 3:43 am I love the character of KANG SU HO . PERFECT！This is my first favorite Korea drama！

catrina Feb 12 2015 6:25 am Lee Jin Wook is my favorite korean actor since i watched his series Nine. and now I had a chance to see this his old series. It was awesome drama too. and his acting was great when he was young too. thank youuu，waiting for your newest drama after Three Musketeers. yours，catrina fm Malaysia.

Ronaldo Aug 23 2013 2:42 pm One of the interesting tv series that I had watched. Mixed action, melodrama, comedy and romance. The ending is still good even though they moved on separate ways because that's life, not all the time...we will be ended together with those people we like or love....the important is, we learned and experienced the happiness with them from the past...

Anggun M Larasati (@anggunism) May 06 2013 1:22 am lee jong hyuk?? lee jin wook??

omoooo.. it's a must to see this drama then..

christina escaros Feb 25 2012 12:25 am anytime waiting 4 da answer..

christina escaros Feb 25 2012 12:24 am pleasssssss.... GMA network ipalabas nyo ulet to xa GMA telebabad..

sana po mapanood pa po nmin ulet pleasssssssssssssssssssssssss

hihintayin poh nmin..

so much tnx..

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Mitz Sep 07 2011 6:37 am wow.,......this series is soooo good.....

i love the three of them....

very much happy....

hoping for the sequel..........

kelvin.filipino May 03 2011 1:58 am It was an awesome korean series. But 16 episodes? WOW! I just can`t get enough of yeongjin an gwan pil`s dog and cat love story. :'( Too bad it didn`t last longer than i thought.

rhona May 02 2011 10:29 am i hope chae rim and jang dong gun will reunite in another tv drama... they look together.. like they used to be lover and got broken up for unknown reason and they've reach the age of like 30 something and they're still single and they both ended up hating each other and what a coincidence chae rim will work in the company where jang dong gun is the owner and there, another love hate relationship will rekindle.. it's kinda cheesy but i hope they can have this kind of drama..... PLS?

fati Apr 28 2011 1:13 pm Hi.I really loved this story.....thankyou KBS2. You are the best

TY Apr 24 2011 11:04 pm Lovely and sweet couple, , Chae Rim and Lee Jong Hyeok....Like their acting and characters very much.......

ana lee Apr 23 2011 1:09 pm i super love this drama...hope may part 2...with yeongjin and suho as a couple so with kwanpil with a lovelife <3

syasya Apr 22 2011 3:48 am thank you

syasya Apr 22 2011 3:48 am The last episode happen at 21 st April, that was my birthday (in Malaysia) and now im 15 years old, i cried at the end, i love 'Gwanpil' character the most, hope they made the sequel 'FORMIDABLE RIVALS 2' hahaha, saranghaeyo <3 miss the cast

ymt Apr 19 2011 10:59 pm Hope they make a sequel to it...coz the ending was left open...maybe show what happens in a few years when she returns to work in her old job, as she told Mr. pyo she would return, when she has learned enough...Hope she ends up with Gwanpil, as they are a very compatible match for each other...

ayya Apr 18 2011 7:51 am Hmm.. This is the best story,, I like it and I like kwan-pil, because his heart very nice and always make her heart fine wether sad,, good job!!

Iman Apr 14 2011 9:43 am I really love Korean Drama and Music.I also watch every day.I'm addicted to it.I really like Formidable Rivals it is just unexpected it's comedy , family and you won't get tired of it. I liked it from first part upto now and I can surely say I'll like the next to. And I really want to thank KBS WORLD (KBS2) from the bottom of my heart for bring such fun and educaional Dramas, Musics and entertainments.

lovelyroses Apr 07 2011 1:11 pm i love this movie!!! I think Chae Rim & Lee Jong hyeok most sweet not too showy couple but its the best!!!i already watched Lee Jong hyeok in green Rose he is also good in playing the bad guy!he is my ultimate HUNK!!! Lee Jong Hyeok mysterious but loving!

chaepenn Jan 12 2011 7:56 am i love this chae rim. i bought a copy of this because chae rim is my no. 1 korean actress. she's really cute and a great actress. i love also their tandem w/ lee jin wook. they look cute together.

intan Nov 07 2010 9:42 am i like this movie...but really excited if the end of this movie the character yeongjin couple with suho...nice couple.... but at all this story is very good...keep it up

isha Jun 15 2010 7:32 am many people like chae rim and lee jin wook's love team...but for me i like lee jong hyeok and chae rim's tandem...so cute...maybe many people like Su ho because of his good looking appearance...but in yeong jin's case, i don't think she will fall in love with Su Ho, her personality fits best with Kwan Pil...mature enough, mysterious, and has a hidden soft side that only the kind of yeong jin can make it visible..

chae rim's love interest in the series is lee jong hyeok, but because of the king of work they have, she had to choose between them...chae rim already started developing her feeling for jong hyeok, you can see and feel it while watching the episodes especially the scene where she talked with jin wook about "her blind date" the first thing that came to her mind was jong hyeok..also the scene where chae rim aksed jong hyeok on what does he feel about her...no matter how much he like jong hyeok to answer that he loves her, still it confuses her...making her to choose what's best for her as of the moment...and it's the job! :) :(

i'm happy but at the same time sad about the ending..

mary joyce Jun 12 2010 4:33 am i enjoyed watching it especially in channel 11 which is in tagalog version.super ganda nito. i love korean dramas!!

krisdh Jun 08 2010 9:36 pm @kisa the title of the song is " I'll protect u"..=))

kisa Jun 05 2010 5:32 am ano po ba title ng song nito at sino kumanta?

emiden and emeron Jun 01 2010 9:55 pm ang ganda tlga ng fr!we support russel and toni's loveteam!sana sila ang magkatuluyan!

dhiannah May 23 2010 8:48 pm ...cno la love interest ni Toni?

caia May 21 2010 11:56 am I just like to know what happen to chae rim in the end because in the last part seen she was in hospital and nearly dead,but i dont know why in the last scene she was in the wheelchair beside her father>..and i dont understand korean...honestly

Neri May 20 2010 11:08 am Love to watch this!!!!!

kristine May 18 2010 6:47 am at first im not interested but when su ho kissed yeong jin at the party i feel KIlIG hahaha love so right now im watching it

Aikawa May 14 2010 9:30 pm Yeah, I love Formidable Rivals! Especially the younger brother of Tony. HAHAH! :) He is so cute.

oan marie May 13 2010 7:04 pm i love this story! ;)

Kristina May 13 2010 7:21 am Sino po nakatuluyan ni young-jin?

♥ Lezlyn ♥ May 13 2010 5:55 am █ I ♥ IT so much ..CONGRATS to aLL CAst .. !=) ♥

Aica11 May 12 2010 7:42 am At first,I didn't like to watch it ,but one day I tried after that,I can't stop watching it everyday.I always make sure that I will not miss every episode.I love the trio.

AzuraKira May 12 2010 5:03 am gnda n2.. knkilig aq hahaahahahaha ,,,,

michelle May 11 2010 8:48 pm ............really loved diz..... how beautiful CHAE RIM ACTS!!!!

karylle May 11 2010 3:45 am Korean and Taiwan Movies are my favorites..ang ganda talaga neto , mas mganda kung c russell kang at toni cha ang magka-tuluyan .. wag na c darwin yu .. hehehe

aira sophia May 09 2010 9:22 pm i love toni and russel....sna cla ang mgka2luyan...ehehehe....more power x korean drama....:)

zynca May 09 2010 8:25 pm it's really good.,i like russel kang and tony cha so much.,love their love team.....,more power guys...panoorin nyo din

haneeka May 07 2010 10:27 pm i really like the story...i hope na i palabas din toh sa gma 7 para mas maging popular pa toh....i really love this movie..lagi koh nga tong inaabangan eh...

cha May 02 2010 7:55 am its a really nice show!!!!!its cool and funny!!!i love it!!!

xen Apr 30 2010 8:37 pm i like this !!!! very much toni was such an agressive woman....i am so excited who would be the right man who can win her heart :)

fatima joy Apr 28 2010 6:12 am The story is nice. I like the role of Toni. She's quite aggressive. I wish to be like her.

Chris Bryan Apr 26 2010 7:53 am first time i saw Chae Rim and Lee Jong-Hyeok joining up in one love-action movie, i have been excite because the story is so beautiful but i didn't really finished the story yet because here in phillipines, the story is just beginning but when i saw Chae Rim, i know it is a very very good story so just continue making movie ms. idol Chae Rim and guess what, i will always be your first "FAN." Take Care ^_^V

cherrie Apr 25 2010 8:08 pm i never liked Korean drama...but guess what?i love the show...i enjoyed it..

mary leovic Apr 14 2010 2:01 am ..........i really like the story... more power to all of you guys..........

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