Boys Over Flower
After inspiring an anime series, hit TV dramas in Taiwan and Japan, and a blockbuster movie, Kamio Yoko’s immensely popular romance manga Hana Yori Dango comes to Korean television! KBS’s highly anticipated Boys Over Flowers spins the modern-day Cinderella tale of a poor, but spunky schoolgirl at an exclusive academy who attracts the interests of the four ultra-rich and ultra-handsome princes of the school known as F4. Ku Hye Sun from The Strongest Chil Woo and The King and I stars as the tough-cookie heroine of the drama. As for the male leads, meet Korea’s F4: breakout star Lee Min Ho from school dramas I Am Sam and Mackerel Run, idol heartthrob Kim Hyun Joong from boy band SS501, rising star Kim Bum (East of Eden), and Kim Joon of pop group T-max.
Tough, hardworking Geum Jan Di (Ku Hye Sun) attends an exclusive school, but she finds her shallow, privileged classmates unbearable, especially the notorious F4. Rich, handsome, and arrogant, Goo Joon Pyo (Lee Min Ho), Yoon Ji Hoo (Kim Hyun Joong), Song Woo Bin (Kim Joon), and So Yi Jung (Kim Bum) are the kings of the school and no one, not even the teachers, dare challenge them. No one, that is, except Jan Di. Angry at their rudeness, Jan Di tells off F4 leader Joon Pyo, bringing a world of trouble upon herself. The proud and persistent Joon Pyo falls hard for feisty Jan Di, but she shares a connection with the quiet, sensitive Ji Hoo. Caught between the two friends, who will Jan Di choose?
The runaway hit of 2009, Boys Over Flowers attracted high viewership ratings and buzz throughout its broadcast, turning its young cast into household names and starting off a Kgotboda Namja trend in Korea. Lee Min Ho, Korean entertainment’s newest poster boy, won the Best Newcomer Actor award at the 45th Baeksang Arts Awards, while co-star Kim Hyun Joong took the Popularity Award. Boys Over Flowers also features supporting appearances from Han Chae Young (Tale of Autumn) as Ji Hoo’s first love, Kim Hyun Ju (Glass Slippers) as Joon Pyo’s sister, and Kim So Eun (Sad Love Song) as Jan Di’s best friend.
CAST:
* Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di
F4:
* Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo
* Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo
* Kim Bum as So Yi Jung
* Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin
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 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 (???) 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 (???) as Ming (Ji Hoo’s friend, ep14-15)
* Lee Suk Goo (???) as (Shinhwa’s high school principal)