[J-Drama]Hana Yori Dango

Details

Title: 花より男子
Title (romaji): Hana Yori Dango
Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
Format: Renzoku, across two seasons
Genre: Romance
Broadcast network: TBS
Air time: Friday 22:00
Related dramas: Meteor Garden, Boys Before Flowers, Liu Xing Yu

Season 1
Hana Yori Dango

Episodes: 9
Viewership rating: 19.6 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-21 to 2005-Dec-16
Theme song: WISH by Arashi
Insert song: Planetarium by Otsuka Ai

Synopsis

Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4's bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.

Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a "tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.

Cast


Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
Sato Megumi as Sanjo Sakurako
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
David Ito as Nishida
Sada Mayumi as Todo Shizuka
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)

Guests

Ito Kazue as Yamanaka Minako
Nakayama Masei as Terada Junji (Class 2C)
Ikeda Kaori as Morioka Mizuki
Kaku Tomohiro as Sawatari Shingo (ep1)
Sano Kazuma as Kimoto Takayuki (ep1)
Hasegawa Tomoharu (ep1)
Igarashi Shunji (ep1)
Handa Kento as Ryuji (ep4-5)
Gashuin Tatsuya (ep4-5)
Takuma Takayuki (ep4-9)
Oshinari Shugo as Nakatsuka (ep6-7)
Mitsuya Yoko as Nakatsuka's other girl (ep6-7)
Sakai Ayana as Kurimaki Ayano (ep8-9)
Hankai Kazuaki as TOJ's emcee (ep8-9)
Shibuya Momoko as a TOJ participant (ep8-9)
Suzuki Sotaro (ep9)


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Season 2
Hana Yori Dango 2

Episodes: 11
Viewership rating: 21.7 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16
Theme song: Love So Sweet by Arashi
Insert song: Flavor of Life by Utada Hikaru

Synopsis

This second season of Hana Yori Dango picks up right after Domyoji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyoji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyoji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyoji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.

Some time later, Domyoji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyoji and announce something very important. Domyoji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir, Shigeru. The only difference is that they are to be wed soon. What will Makino do?

On the side, Rui begins to fall in love with Makino... will this become a love... square?

Cast

Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuuki
Kato Natsuki as Okawahara Shigeru
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako
Sada Mayumi as Toudou Shizuka
David Ito as Nishida
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)
Sato Yuuichi

Guests

Ikuta Toma as Oribe Junpei (ep1)
Yanagisawa Takahiko as Junpei's older brother (ep1)
Nakae Daiki as Oribe Shingo (ep1)
Kaku Tomohiro as Sawatari Shingo, the bully student (ep1)
Fujisaki Yurie as Maeda Miki (ep1)
Hagiwara Kazuki (ep1)
Oomasa Aya as student of class 3-C
Saito Michi as student of class 3-C
Tsurumi Shingo as Uchida Ken (Domyoji Group employee, ep1-10)
Suigetsu Mai (水月舞) as Uchida Ken's wife (ep1-6)
Hashida Honoka (橋田歩果) as Uchida Ken's child (ep1-6)
Miyazaki Midori (宮崎翠) as Uchida Ken's child (ep1-6)
Asaoka Satoshi (朝岡聡) (ep1,2)
Nishimura Tomomi as Akira's mother (ep3)
Kitayama Imari (北山伊万里) as Akira's sister (ep3)
Kitayama Himawari (北山向日葵) as Akira's sister (ep3)
Kanjiya Shihori as Hinata Sara (ep3-7)
Sasaki Katsuhiko (佐々木勝彦) as Shigeru's father (ep3,8)
Mitani Yumi (三谷侑未) as Shigeru's mother (ep3,8)
Misuzawa Nako as Miyuki (ep5)
Sasaki Sumie as Tama (ep6,9)
Asanuma Shinpei (浅沼晋平) as the principal of Hidenori Gakuen (ep6)
Yatsu Isao (ep6)
Yasuda Yoko (安田洋子) (ep6)
Saito Yukino (斉藤幸乃) as a friend of F4 (ep6)
Morita Konomi (森田このみ) as a friend of F4 (ep6,7)
Tanaka Kei as Hinata Sara's fiance (ep7)
Yakura Akira (矢倉亮) as the husband of Tama (ep8)
Tanaka Natsuko (田中夏子) as young Tama (ep8)
Okayama Hajime as Yuuki's father (ep9)
Hiki Rie as Yuuki's mother (ep9)
Yamamoto Kei (ep10)
Toda Erika as Nakashima Umi (ep10,11)
Higashino Kouji as a member of the rescue team (ep11)
Komoriya Toru (小森谷徹) as the reporter (ep11)
Matsumoto Tamaki


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Profile

Movie: Boys Over Flowers: Final
Romaji: Hana yori dango: Fainaru
Japanese: 花より男子ファイナル
Release Date: June 28, 2008
Runtime: 131 min.
Genre: Drama / Romance
Distributor: Toho

Plot

Based on the popular Japanese comic of the same name about an average girl's high flying romance and friendship with F4 or four handsome heirs. High school sweethearts Tsukasa and Tsukusi are finally getting married. Tsukasa gives his fiancee a precious family heirloom ― but only to see a robber disappear with it. Tsukasa and three other F4 friends reunite for the globetrotting search.

Cast

Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
Aki Nishihara - Yuki Matsuoka
Aki Fukada - Erika Ayuhara
Megumi Sato - Sakurako Sanjo
Natsuki Kato - Shigeru Okawahara
Mayumi Sada - Shizuka Toto
Emiko Matsuoka - Minako Yamano
David Ito - Nishida
Shingo Tsurumi - Ken Uchida
Sumie Sasaki - Tama
Takako Kato - Yukiyo Sengoku
Satoshi Tomiura - Susumu Makino
Susumu Kobayashi - Hatuo Makino
Mako Ishino - Chieko Makino
Kinya Kitaoji - mystery man
Naohito Fujiki - Kazu Kaburaki
Mariko Kaga - Kaede Domyoji
Akira - Sani
Becky - stewardess
George Takahashi

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