Boys Before Flowers
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Title: 꽃보다 남자 / Boys Before Flowers
Also known as: Boys Over Flowers
Chinese Title : 花样男子
Japanese Title : 花より男子 / Hana Yori Dango
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-05 to 2009-Mar-31
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Synopsis
Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di’s friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4′s shoes, she’s forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.
Cast
Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di aka Makino Tsukushi
F4
Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo aka Domyoji Tsukasa
Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo aka Hanazawa Rui
Kim Bum as So Yi Jung aka Nishikado Sojiro
Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin aka Mimasaka Akira
Extended Cast
Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di’s best friend)
Kim Hyun Joo as Goo Joon Hee (Joon Pyo’s elder sister)
Lee Hye Young as Kang Hee Soo (Joon Pyo’s mother)
Ahn Suk Hwan as Geum Il Bong (Jan Di’s father)
Im Ye Jin as Na Gong Joo (Jan Di’s mother)
Park Ji Bin as Geum Kang San (Jan Di’s younger brother)
Han Chae Young as Min Seo Hyun (F4′s best friend/Ji Hoo’s ex girl friend)
Lee Min Jung as Ha Jae Kyung (JK Group’s CEO’s daughter and Jun Pyo’s fiancee)
Lee Jung Gil as Yoon Seok Young (Ji Hoo’s grandfather)
Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Rok (Kang Hee Soo’s Chief Secretary)
Lee Si Young as Oh Min Ji
Gook Ji Yun as Choi Jin Hee / Ginger
Jang Ja Yun as Park Sun Ja / Sunny
Min Young Won as Lee Mi Sook / Miranda
Kim Ki Bang as Bom Chun Sik (Jan Di and Ga Eul’s boss)
Song Suk Ho as Butler Lee
Kim Young Ok as Head Maid
Im Ju Hwan as So Yi Hyun (Yi Jung’s older brother)
Park Soo Jin as Cha Eun Jae (Yi Jung’s first love)
Kim Min Ji as Jang Yoo Mi
Kim Jong Jin as So Hyun Sub (Yi Jung’s father)
Jung Ui Chul as Lee Min Ha / Min Jae Ha (fashion model)
Kim Hyung Joon as himself (cameo, ep4)
Kim Kyu Jong as himself (cameo, ep4)
Heo Young Saeng as himself (cameo, ep4)
Lee Hae Woo as Host Q (the guy who drugged Jan Di’s drink, ep4)
Lee Jung Joon as Gong Soo Pyo (Ga Eul’s boyfriend, ep9-10)
Heo Kyung Hwan as (Cell phone event MC, ep10)
Lee Jung Sung as radiologist (cameo, ep13)
Hai Ming (하이밍) as Ming (Ji Hoo’s friend, ep14-15)
Lee Suk Goo (이석구) as (Shinhwa’s high school principal)
Jo Soo Bin as announcer
Jang Se Hyun as tied-up student (cameo)
Production Credits
Original Work: Manga Hana Yori Dango by Kamio Yoko
Production Company: Group Eight
Director: Jun Ki Sang
Screenwriter: Yoon Ji Ryun
Awards
- 2009 14th Asian Television Awards: Nominated for Best Drama Series, Best Drama Performance by an Actor (Lee Min Ho), Best Drama Performance by an Actress (Koo Hye Sun)
- 2009 Seoul International Drama Awards: Most Popular Actor (Kim Hyun Joong)
- 2009 45th Baeksang Awards: Best New TV Actor (Lee Min Ho)
- 2009 45th Baeksang Awards: Most Popular TV Actor (Kim Hyun Joong)
Episode Ratings
| Date | Episode | Nationwide | Seoul |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-01-05 | 1 | 14.3 (7th) | 14.4 (6th) |
| 2009-01-06 | 2 | 17.6 (4th) | 17.4 (4th) |
| 2009-01-12 | 3 | 20.8 (4th) | 21.1 (4th) |
| 2009-01-13 | 4 | 21.4 (4th) | 21.6 (3rd) |
| 2009-01-19 | 5 | 24.8 (3rd) | 24.3 (3rd) |
| 2009-01-20 | 6 | 24.8 (3rd) | 24.6 (3rd) |
| 2009-01-26 | 7 | 19.5 (1st) | 19.1 (1st) |
| 2009-01-27 | 8 | 25.9 (2nd) | 25.3 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-02 | 9 | 29.7 (2nd) | 29.4 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-03 | 10 | 30.5 (2nd) | 30.2 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-09 | 11 | 31.5 (2nd) | 31.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-10 | 12 | 31.4 (2nd) | 31.2 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-16 | 13 | 31.5 (2nd) | 31.5 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-17 | 14 | 31.9 (2nd) | 32.0 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-23 | 15 | 32.4 (2nd) | 32.3 (2nd) |
| 2009-02-24 | 16 | 33.2 (2nd) | 32.9 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-02 | Special | 21.8 (3rd) | 22.4 (3rd) |
| 2009-03-03 | 17 | 29.9 (2nd) | 30.6 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-09 | 18 | 35.5 (1st) | 35.7 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-10 | 19 | 31.2 (2nd) | 31.3 (3rd) |
| 2009-03-16 | 20 | 32.6 (2nd) | 31.6 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-17 | 21 | 33.6 (2nd) | 33.8 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-23 | 22 | 31.8 (2nd) | 32.4 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-24 | 23 | 31.8 (2nd) | 31.6 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-30 | 24 | 30.2 (2nd) | 29.2 (2nd) |
| 2009-03-31 | 25 | 34.8 (1st) | 34.9 (1st) |
Source: TNS Media Korea
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December 27th, 2011 at 7:42 pm
i love this series no matter what!!!
gu jun pyo oppa saranghae!! <3
January 7th, 2012 at 8:15 pm
it’s a saying that entry of one person in the life change the life. after watching bof my life changes fully. now i love to live like geum jan di. thanx.
January 15th, 2012 at 2:33 pm
boys over flower is boring try to watch secret garden or 49 days loll ???
January 15th, 2012 at 9:08 pm
Kepengenn punya drama cndrii… ^_^
January 19th, 2012 at 12:12 am
I really love this drama!:)its not boring,its amazing,I think this is the best drama in korean history:)
February 2nd, 2012 at 12:23 am
shivan,sarhang,soran,,,gu jun pyo
February 4th, 2012 at 12:21 am
how does these types of shows get such high ratings? is it because of the actors (their looks rather than their skill). Cuz The emotional dynamic between the characters truly is horrible in this program…
February 4th, 2012 at 12:41 am
oh even though am an indian,,,,i never see this type of love story,,,,i love it,,,,my chara is 100% like gun jun pyo and mu girl is probably like geum jan di
February 7th, 2012 at 12:26 pm
i realy enjoyed this drama…….its very much impressive series…………
February 7th, 2012 at 3:51 pm
I really love this movie.hope to see more of jandi and jihu.love u all!
February 8th, 2012 at 1:44 am
even though iam indian,i really loved bof and city hunter,i really like gun jung pyo(lee min ho)……………
February 9th, 2012 at 4:16 pm
i wnt drama korean,b0ys over flower with malay subtitle..please..thnks.
February 13th, 2012 at 12:29 pm
i hv repeated many times of watching bbf i lov all min ho,kim beom,hyun joong ,ga eul too thanksirul mannago sifayo
February 20th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
I love this series…. infact Kim Hyun Joong more than this series….. He played Ji Hoo so well… He is incomparable…….
February 22nd, 2012 at 8:08 pm
dis drama is vry nice and amazing…it has all d flavors of emotions…gun jun pyo rocks…
February 26th, 2012 at 1:17 pm
love this drama forever
February 27th, 2012 at 7:59 pm
i like this drama,i wish that they can work together again the e4 and jan di,forever e5.
March 7th, 2012 at 4:43 pm
nic drama……………..
March 7th, 2012 at 9:29 pm
I’ve never watched a Korean drama or any film b4, but after watching boys over flowers I have nothing in my mind except this drama. specially after seeing kim hyun joong
March 7th, 2012 at 9:30 pm
I’ve never watched a Korean drama or any film b4, but after watching boys over flowers I have nothing in my mind except this drama. specially after seeing kim hyun joong. though I’m a Maldivian I only love to watch bof
March 9th, 2012 at 12:13 am
i really like this drama, gun jung pyo so hansome boy
March 10th, 2012 at 8:41 pm
LOVABLE DRAMA SO NICE gun jung pyo n jan di SO NICE PAIR
March 15th, 2012 at 4:57 pm
wow! d 1st korean drama i have seen n liked…every1 were doing their best.
March 15th, 2012 at 7:25 pm
Love and miss this show so much!!
I hope they make the season 2!!!
March 16th, 2012 at 6:05 am
wow the show was more than awesome i am dying to see season two. you guys are the best thing… you really have to think about season two……………