2009-03-14
Boys Before Flowers ( 꽃보다 남자 / Kgotboda Namja )
Title: 꽃보다 남자 / Kgotboda Namja
Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
Genre: Romance, comedy
Episodes: 25
Broadcast network: KBS2 [Note: If you're in Indonesia, Boys Before Flowers playing on KBS (channel #68 @ Indovision Cable) with schedule : Every Sunday @ 10:40 - 13:00, Every Monday & Tuesday @ 20:00 - 21:10 (WIB)]
Related Series: Hana Yori Dango, Meteor Garden
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, F4, when she delivers laundry to the school one day. After saving a boy from committing suicide, she is admitted into the school. An incident involving Jan Di's friend, Min Ji, forces her to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.
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 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)
Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di's best friend)
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 Si Young as Oh Min Ji
Gook Ji Yun as Choi Jin Hee / Ginger
Jang Ja Yeon as Park Sun Ja / Sunny (she committed suicide on 7th March T.T )
Min Young Won as Lee Mi Sook / Miranda
Lee Jung Gil as Yoon Seok Young (Ji Hoo's grandfather)
Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Rok (Kang Hee Soo's Chief Secretary)
Kim Ki Bang as Bom Chun Sik (Jan Di and Ga Eul's boss)
Song Suk Ho (송석호) as Butler Lee
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 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
Notes
The cast and crew spent a week filming in the South Pacific in New Caledonia and on Waiheke Island. Filming also includes Macau.
Due to Koo Hye Sun's injury, Group Eight has decided to air a Special on 02-Mar-09 and the 17th Episode would air on the day after.
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