High Kick Through the Roof was a popular South Korean situation comedy revolving around the life of the Lee family.

Cast

Soon-jae's House

Se Kyeong's House

Se-kyung and Shin-ae's father. Although he lives with his daughters in what Se-kyung accurately describes as Stone-age farming conditions in the mountains, he is quickly found by debt-sharks after being photographed on a blog and essentially drops from the story after his daughters arrive in Seoul.

Ja-ok's House

Other characters

Director of Lee Soon-jae F&B. He is fluent in Japanese, so he usually interpret between Korean and Japanese. He has sent his daughter to read the violin in the United States. Hae-ri and Shin-ae's elementary school teacher. The Principal of Jun-hyeok's high school, and a rival for Ja-ok's attentions. Lee Soon-jae F&B's official chauffeur. A contract P.E. instructor. Secretary to Lee Soon-jae, and thus subject to Soon-jae's explosive and smelly gas attacks. Jun-hyeok's former English Tutor. Although they initially had a firm connection, Jae-won is a moocher whose uselessness (true even in comparison to Jung-eum) leads Jun-hyeok to re-evaluate Jae-won's character. Fired early on for failing to raise Jun-hyeok's poor grades. Ji-hoon's colleagues.

Guest and cameo appearances

Minho, the elder brother of the Unstoppable High Kick Lee family, makes a cameo appearance in the first episode. He and his friend Hyeong-wook are lost in the Taebaek Mountains. They are found and taken in by the Shin family. After developing a close relationship, he takes a picture of them and uploads it to his blog. This allows the loan sharks to find Shin Dal-ho and forces Se-kyung and Shin-ae to run away to Seoul, setting the plot in motion. Also a Seoul college student. Student at Jun-hyeok's high school. One of Ji-hoon's early blind dates, set up for him by Hyun-kyung. Unfortunately, Yeo-eun is exposed to Ji-hoon's less-than-charming social obliviousness as he notes her jaundiced eyes and inquires in public whether her urine is brown and bubbly. Her cameo ends with her furious reaction to Ji-hoon as he ignores her to watch an important baseball game of SK Wyverns. Bo-seok's father, who (in a flashback) refuses to acknowledge his son's low IQ. Jeong Jun-ha, who played an unemployed father in Unstoppable High Kick!, cameos as an incredible baseball player who was Bo-seok's rival for Hyun-kyung in college. He obviously lost Hyun-kyung's affections (having never obtained them), but went on to be a star baseball player. A competition coordinator. Ji-hoon's friend. An alum of Hyun-kyung's University, and parody of Queen of Housewives. Owner of a sundae and tteokbokki shop in front of Hae-ri and Shin-ae's elementary school; Kyu-soo keeps Shin-ae captive for one day after Shin-ae unthinkingly eats a mass of food for his shop without knowing Hae-ri had not paid for it. Chorok Hospital Chief of Surgery. A ]Veterinarian at the animal hospital. Hae-ri's temporary boyfriend, a Gu Jun-pyo-type character whose extravagant ways belie his youth. Although he initially pursues Hae-ri, Kyo-bin instantly falls for Shin-ae, and the elementary-school love triangle results in a Temptation of the Wife parody. Original main character from High Kick!'s first season, Il-woo portrays Jung-eum's first love and the original owner of her dog. Although he left her to ostensibly travel the world, his character suffered from a terminal illness and died. Acquaintance of Shin-ae's when she is addicted to the doll-draw machine. A mentally-ill man who convinces Bo-seok that he is an agent from the year 2109, when robots have taken over the world. A tough, ulzzang high schooler who crushes on Jun-hyeok. After being rejected by him, however, she persistently pursues him until he desperately has Hwang Jung-eum pose as his girlfriend. Ji-hoon's colleague at the hospital and friend. Bo-seok friend's girlfriend who emigrated to the United States; Ga-eun is Bo-seok's first love. A Korean American Second Language teacher who taught Korean to Julien, she is a Julien's friend. Elders who helps Jung-eum and In-na install electronics. Knows Kwang-soo and In-na. Hip Hop Bo-seok in the liver of the club DJ. A cast-member from the first season; Kim Bum is an engineering student. A homeless person who received Christmas present from Hwang Jung-eum which originally was for Lee Ji-hoon. an Owner and Chef of a prime-rib restaurant. Younger brother of Soon-jae. Ji-hoon's friend. Ji-hoon's friend. Chorok Hospital head nurse. Grandmother with dementia. Ji-hoon's first love and heartbreak. Kim Ja-Ok's junior. Kwang-soo's friend. Appears in In-na's music video.

Awards and nominations

Original soundtrack

International broadcast

It aired in Japan on cable channel KNTV. It aired in Vietnam on HTV3 in 2010. However, due to unknown reasons involving HTV3 and TVM Corp, the network temporarily lost the rights to the series. It was broadcast again in 2013. It aired in Panama on RPC-TV in 2019. It is set to air in Myanmar on SKYNET International Drama in upcoming 2020.

Remake

A Vietnamese adaptation of the show, Gia đình là số 1 - Phần 2, aired on channel HTV7 in 2019. It was distributed by Điền Quân Media and Entertainment.