Korean Drama Profile: Boys Over Flowers ( 꽃보다 남자 )

Title: 꽃보다 남자 / Kgotboda Namja / Boys Over Flowers
Also known as: Boys Before 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

Geum 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. A modern day Cinderella story with an original Hallyu twist!

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 (송석호) as Butler Lee
Kim Young-ok as Head Maid
Im Ju-hwan as So Il-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 (김종진) 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 (허경환) 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

Production Credits

Original Work: Manga Hana Yori Dango by Kamio Yoko
Production Company: Group Eight
Director: Jun Ki-sang
Screenwriter: Yoon Ji-ryun

Awards

45th Baeksang Awards: Best New TV Actor (Lee Min Ho)
45th Baeksang Awards: Most Popular TV Actor (Kim Hyun Joong)

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