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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March 17th, 2012 at 2:19 am
I like geum jan di and F4 so much and never will forget them…….
March 17th, 2012 at 9:45 am
love this forever,F4 see you soon,
March 17th, 2012 at 12:03 pm
the best drama so far,no other drama can beat it!
March 17th, 2012 at 12:05 pm
kim bum oppa you look good for your role in this drama^^
March 17th, 2012 at 12:07 pm
I was watch this drama round six time i guess,never boring for watch this
March 17th, 2012 at 12:08 pm
season 2 please!!!
March 23rd, 2012 at 12:10 am
I just learned that I could write a note on this website. I just want to thank everyone who made this movie about F4. My mother passed away about 3 years ago. She liked this movie so much she watched it repeatedly for more than 10 times. I sill remember her laughing and smiling as she watched the movie. In her last days, the movie helped her forget her suffering and made her really happy. I really thank the director, the actors and the actresses for giving moments of joy to my mother in her last days.
March 27th, 2012 at 8:38 pm
i love love love love this thing t makes me happy everytime i c t………. the boys are fyn dammet and so is the whole series i love t…….cnt wait for season 2 i hope you workin on t…
March 28th, 2012 at 9:31 pm
This was stressfull and left me empty. I do not agree with the ending. It is done well or else I wouldn’t have wantrd to see it to the end. My heart was just painfull through this. Jihoo and Jandi were where it was at for me from the begining. I was only irritated with Jun pyo. True his character improves but he just feels like he can buy love and bully people around. I think they should have put him with Monkey, she was a better match and would have “tamed” him even better for the second part of his life.(life and outlooks do change as you get older, high school is not the end all to ones feelings) What is with all of this not letting someoe go, even if it is better and people will be happier in the end….Hello! do you not know what love is? Ji hoo is the only one who truely had real love well except for Yi Jung and Gueaul. The thing is Jun pyo can have anyone and you really don’t get or see him with Jandi as the out come but Jihoo you only ever see him as matching Jandi and you keep hoping that he will tell her because you feel like she feels like she is not pretty enough for him because of the model at the begining. This show has left me not in harmony but disappionted. I to love the characters and the music but hey you got the story wrong. If there is to be a season 2 can you get the story right? They can all sill be good friends.
March 28th, 2012 at 11:11 pm
Seeing as this was made in 2009 there will probably not be a second season. However if there were please keep in mind that Jan di and Jihoo are soul mates the thing that everyone dreams od finding. This is not just an added benifit. Lik Ga eul said if she found hers she would hold on and not let go. Also Jan di was the lotus blosom to Ji hoo and was to help him have a family and now Grandfather is gone and all he wants is Jan di. If Jan di had to live life with out Ji hoo all of her comfort and sunshine would be gone. Joon pyo’s soul mate is monkey I can tell. They understand each other and are in the same way of life. How can Jan di be a doctor and Joon pyo travel the world to take care of buisness. They were seperated for 4 years people change it doesn’t just pick up the same. What if Joon pyo met up with Monkey in the US? Jandi and Ji hoo are soulmates with out each other life would be harder and Jandi should realise this because she just takes Jihoo for granted and dosen’t realize all that he is in her life. He wont stay around forever and her and Joon pyo will not be as happy. To add to it what about Woo bin and Yi jung and thier stories. Here’s another thought Jandi and Ji hoos child can then have a story with Joon pyo and Monkeys child
March 28th, 2012 at 11:14 pm
Also it is still a Cinderella story if Jandi were to marry Ji hoo
March 28th, 2012 at 11:26 pm
Any way just think about it. I think it would be a big hit but this time get the story right. Exspecialy this whole soul mate thing. You can love a lot of people and think your the moon and star but in reality the one who truely cares and understands and loves you should be the one.
March 29th, 2012 at 6:09 pm
what to say about this dramma !!!!!!!!! this is best dramma .
i love this dramma so much and you know i watch this drama 5 times.
March 30th, 2012 at 9:06 pm
this drama is awesome.ji hoon should be jan di ‘s soulmate .gu jun pyo is nice but not jan di’s type .you can’t force someone to like you .kim bum is so cute ..jan di should marry ji hoon …
April 12th, 2012 at 3:26 pm
I love this drama and not just because
Kim hyun joong, Kim bum, lee min ho, and Kim joon
Are in this drama.
This is my #1 in my Korean drama list
And I recommend this drama to all people
Trust me this is the BEST Korean drama ever!
Faiting!!! F4
BOYS OVER FLOWERS 4EVER
April 17th, 2012 at 12:30 am
Love the series…. still watching it…
But I’m not sure why people expect Season 2 lol… this is not American television.
Most of these are one year or three month mini series which only last one season… rarely do Korean Drama go beyond one season unless it’s some type of family drama.
April 17th, 2012 at 6:58 pm
I will surely see this. So sad not watch it yet….:<
April 17th, 2012 at 11:05 pm
WOW.Actors,actresses and the rest of the crew did a very gud job.i luv the drama.pliz release another interesting movie very soon.
April 25th, 2012 at 1:43 pm
I also loved this drama, except the ending. I expected Jan Di to end up
with Ji Hoo. He is so precious, so is she. I have a Korean young man
that I adopted as a nephew, and he looks so much like Ji Hoo. This is
before I watched this drama, can’t wait to tell him. No, I’m not telling
anyone where I’m from.
I’m going to miss seeing everyone from the show everyday, I feel we
became like family. All the young men from F-4 were gorgeous, and
the girls were magnificent!!! I saw Jan Di in “Hearts of 19″, she was
great. Ciao
April 25th, 2012 at 2:13 pm
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April 28th, 2012 at 10:35 am
My God, does Han Chae Young need to be in this film? I hated her in the tv drama ” A man called God”. She was so annoying. And now they have her in this show as a beautiful model? You’ve got to be kiddong me. She is definitely not beautiful. She is plain. Anyone can become beautiful with the right kind of clothes and makeup.
April 29th, 2012 at 2:08 am
What is most irritating this far is Jan di ( who would ever like her? She acts like a 5 year old) and her stupod family. Who would pit up with such characters? Two guys likibg that girl? I don’t think so. Not in real life. Maybe that is what made this series so entertaining. Me being bewildered at how such a thing would happen. It is hardly realistic. Wgat is the appeal anyway about a girl who looks and acts like a five year old and has weird eyes?
April 29th, 2012 at 10:47 pm
Who is the girl that signs the peppy song that sounfs like children are singing? It’s cute.
May 1st, 2012 at 1:51 am
After all that time and what Jandi goes thru, I do not ubderstand her. At the beginning og the series, she is feisty and funny. Then when jinpoh leaves for Macau, she becomes sad and pathetic. Why would Jinhoo stay with someone like that? Maybe because he saw himself when he was with her? And why does Jandi put up with that girl called Monkey? To suffer mote? Pathetic! I wouldn’t put up with that. Quick, pit some poison in jimpoh’s mother’s tea so the witch can die
May 8th, 2012 at 7:10 pm
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