Boys Before Flower

    Back to SS501, kali ini aku ingin membahas tentang salah satu drama dari member SS501 yang Paling Fenomenal & mencatat Rating TINGGI di KOREA sana.. Yup, tidak lain dan tidak bukan adalah "BOYS BEFORE FLOWER" yang sudah di putar di Indonesia berulang-ulang tapi tetep aja, aku nggak bosen hahahaha... Bagaimana aku bisa bosan memandang wajahmu "YOON JI HOO" ???? wkwkkwk,, Lebay kumat..

    Yup, satu-satunya alasan aku tetap terus setia menonton drama Korean yang 1 ini adalah tidak lain dan tidak bukan karena aku SANGAT MENYUKAI Karakter YOON JI HOO sekaligus aktor yang memerankannya yaitu KIM HYUN JOONG, SS501 LEADER... bwahahaha,, secara gue Leader Bias gtu *wink*

                                                      " Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo "

    Tapi emang dari awal sejak Komik Hana Yori Dango diangkat ke Layar Kaca dalam Versi Taiwan... Gue emang LEBIH SUKA ma Karakter HANAZAWA RUI aka YOON JI HOO versi Korea.. YOON JI HOO adalah Karakter PANGERAN BERKUDA PUTIH IMPIAN semua gadis, termasuk aku sendiri. 

    Aku suka banget tipe cowok Pendiam, sabar, setia, selalu ada dalam suka dan duka, gak pernah marah, pengertian, gak pernah main tangan, apalagi klo di tambah Kaya dan tampan,, tipe gue banget tuh.. Makanya dlm versi apapun, gue lebih suka Karakter RUI dibandingkan yang lainnya.

     Diatas adalah foto Hanazawa Rui dalam berbagai versi : Hanazawa Rui (versi Jepang), Hua Che Lei (versi Taiwan) dan YOON JI HOO (versi Korea). Lihat kan ?? Versi Korea-lah yang menurut gue PALING TAMPAN hehehe,, Orang berhak punya selera, tapi menurut gue YOON JI HOO-lah yang paling tampan.

NO OFFENSE !!!! Hehehe..

So, Here Wo Go Once Again.. Inilah, Boys Before Flower : 

TAKEN FROM : WIKIPEDIA, the free encyclopedia

 " Boys Before Flower "

Boys Over Flowers (Hangul: 꽃보다 남자; Hanja: 꽃보다男子) is a South Korean television drama series starring Ku Hye Sun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Hyun Joong of SS501, Kim Bum, Kim Joon of T-Max and Kim So Eun. It premiered on Korean Broadcasting System (KBS2) on January 5, 2009 on KBS2 and ended on March 31, 2009 after 25 episodes.

It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series, Boys Over Flowers (花より男子 Hana Yori Dango^?), written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the fifth television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II and the Japanese Hana Yori Dango and its sequel Hana Yori Dango Returns.

Also known as	꽃보다 남자
Genre	Comedy, Romance, Drama
Format	Television series
Created by	Kamio Yoko
Written by	Yoon Ji Ryun
Directed by	Jun Ki Sang
Opening theme	"Paradise" by T-Max
Ending theme	"Because I'm Stupid" by SS501 (Season 1) "Making a Lover" by SS501 (Season 2)
Country of origin	South Korea
Language(s)	Korean
No. of episodes	25
Production
Location(s)	Korea, Macau
Running time	Mondays & Tuesdays at 21:50 (KST)
Broadcast
Original channel	KBS2
Original run	5 January 2009 – 31 March 2009
Chronology
Related shows	Meteor Garden Hana Yori Dango
External links
Boys Over Flowers official homepage

 

PLOT  

ShinHwa School is a school for rich people, attended by Goo Jun Pyo, the heir of the global corporation ShinHwa Group, Yoon Ji Hoo, Soh Yi Jung, and Song Woo Bin which form a gang called F4. Goo Jun Pyo, the leader of F4, is the main ruffian.

Geum Jan Di, who is not from rich family, ends up attending ShinHwa School when she saves a boy from jumping off the rooftop and is given a scholarship to quiet down all the publicity the incident has caused. The entire school worships the F4 except for Geum Jan Di. However, she holds a certain soft spot for Yoon Ji Hoo, who appears to be different from the other three. Geum Jan Di finally speaks up against F4 to defend her friend. From then on, she becomes Goo Jun Pyo's main rival. Almost every time Geum Jan Di is bullied, she is helped by Yoon Ji Hoo in some way. Geum Jan Di and Goo Jun Pyo's rivalry intensifies, but at the same time it is a source of amusement for him as Geum Jan Di has now caught his attention.

The story develops and Goo Jun Pyo slowly starts falling for Geum Jan Di. On the other hand, Geum Jan Di's attention is on Yoon Ji Hoo, her savior, but ultimately, as the story progresses, her heart is with Goo Jun Pyo. The couple faces many obstacles as they continue to struggle for their love.

Cast

• Ku Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di

Geum Jan Di is the headstrong daughter of a dry cleaner. While on a delivery run to Shinhwa High School, she saves a bullied student from committing suicide. Geum Jan Di is offered a scholarship to attend the prestigious school, and ends up getting on the bad side of Goo Jun Pyo.

• Lee Min Ho as Goo Jun Pyo

Goo Jun Pyo is the leader of F4 (the most popular guy at Shinhwa High) and heir to the Shinhwa Conglomerate. Being the hottest of the group, he torments Geum Jan Di after she stands up to his bullying ways, but ends up falling for her instead. In the end of the drama, he was portrayed proposing to Geum Jan Di. He was involved in a car accident that caused his "amnesia".

Jang Geun Suk mentioned in an interview that he was originally offered the role Goo Jun Pyo, but he chose instead to take on Beethoven Virus.

• Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo

Yoon Ji Hoo is a member of F4 and grandson of the Korean former-president. His musical talent catches Geum Jan Di's attention and she begins to develop feelings for him. In the end, he developed feelings for her. He was involved in a car accident which leaves him the only survivor for his both parents have died in the accident. He has a "Driving Phobia" due to the accident.

• Kim Bum as So Yi Jung

So Yi Jung is F4's Casanova. He is a skilled potter and his family owns the country's biggest art museum. He eventually changes his playboy ways when he realizes that he is in love with Chu Ga Eul (Kim So Eun).

• Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin

Song Woo Bin is known as F4's Don Juan. His family runs a large construction company and has important connections to an underground organization, hinted to be the mafias.

• Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul

Geum Jan Di's best friend and works with her at the porridge shop. She eventually told So Yi Jung that she liked him and he, eventually, reciprocates those feelings.

Extended cast

• Kim Hyun-joo as Goo Jun Hee - Goo Jun Pyo's elder sister, and one of the only people he listens to. She wants the best for her brother and constantly shows him the error of his ways.
• Lee Hye-young as Kang Hee Soo (aka President Kang) - Goo Jun Pyo's mother and President of the Shinhwa company. She vehemently opposes to her son being with Geum Jan Di and does everything in her power to stop them.
• Ahn Suk-hwan as Geum Il Bong - Geum Jan Di's father and a dry cleaner. His friend takes out loans under his name, and as a consequence he is chased by loan sharks.
• Im Ye Jin as Na Gong Joo - Geum Jan Di's mother. She is very money-minded and constantly pressures Geum Jan Di to attract and marry a rich man.
• Park Ji Bin as Geum Kang San - Geum Jan Di's younger brother and is very technologically inclined.
• Han Chae-young as Min Seo Hyun - Yoon Ji Hoo's first love and a famous Korean model. He is still hung up on her when Geum Jan Di develops feelings for him.
• Lee Min-jung as Ha Jae Kyung - a successful CEO's daughter and ends up being Goo Jun Pyo's fiancee. Although the engagement was arranged by their parents, she develops feelings for him but unfortunately he doesn't feel the same. Because of that, she backs out of the wedding.
• Lee Jung-gil as Yoon Seok Young - the former-president of Korea and Yoon Ji Hoo's grandfather. He believes that he caused Yoon Ji Hoo's parents' fatal car accident and has been too guilt-ridden to face his grandson ever since.
• Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Ruk - President Kang's Chief Secretary. He is sympathetic towards Goo Jun Pyo and often helps him out when it comes to Geum Jan Di.
• Lee Si-young as Oh Min Ji - Geum Jan Di's first and only friend when she transfers to Shinhwa High. However, she harbors deep feelings for Goo Jun Pyo and ends up sabotaging Geum Jan Di to get closer to him.
• Gook Ji Yun as Choi Jin Hee (aka Ginger) - one-third of the Mean Girls Trio (Jin Sun Mi).
• Jang Ja-yeon as Park Sun Ja (aka Sunny) - one-third of the Mean Girls Trio (Jin Sun Mi).
• Min Young Won as Lee Mi Sook (aka Miranda) - one-third of the Mean Girls Trio (Jin Sun Mi).
• Im Joo Hwan as So Il Hyun - So Yi Jung's estranged elder brother. He leaves the family home and abandons So Yi Jung in order to live a normal life.
• Yumei Mei as Soo Min - Goo Jun Pyo's childhood bestfriend
• Park Soo Jin as Cha Eun Jae - So Yi Jung's childhood friend and his first love. She winds up teaching pottery and crosses paths with So Yi Jung after disappearing for 3 years.
• Kim Min Ji as Jang Yu Mi - a patient at the same hospital Goo Jun Pyo is admitted to. She pushes her way into Goo Jun Pyo's life by taking advantage of his amnesia.
• Jung Eui-chul as Lee Min Ha (suicidal student)/Min Jae Ha (model Haje) - two characters played by the same actor. The first is the suicidal student that Geum Jan Di saves, and the later his vengeful brother who vows revenge against Goo Jun Pyo by hurting Geum Jan Di.
• Haiming as Ming - Yoon Ji Hoo's friend from Macau

Cameo:

• SS501 special performance, "UR MAN" in episode four

Manga

• In the manga, the characters are in high school in season 1, but F4 (minus Domyoji) attends Eitoku University in season 2. In the Korean version, the characters are also in high school, but the F4 move on to Shinhwa University from episode 13 onwards. Shinhwa High School and Shinhwa University are located within the same campus.
• The relationship between the two characters Sojiroh and Yuki (Yi Jung and Ga Eul in the Korean version) is merely hinted. In the Korean version, their relationship gradually develops throughout the series, having their own significant plotline instead of acting as a subplot.
• Yoon Ji Hoo has a more significant role in Geum Jan Di's life than the Taiwanese and Japanese versions, more strongly depicted as a romantic companion for most of the drama.
• Yoon Ji Hoo is depicted as an orphan in the Korean version, where as in the Japanese and Chinese versions as well as the manga he has a family and is set to follow in the family business
• Woobin's family does not appear in this version, nor is he only interested in older women.
• How Geum Jan Di came to attend the same school as F4 is changed completely. In the manga version, Makino's parents sent her to Eitoku against her wishes to attend another high school with her middle school friends because they thought in order to increase chances for Makino to marry a rich guy, she will need to go to a school full of rich people. In the Japanese TV series, Makino decides to apply for Eitoku after seeing Shizuka Toda at the briefing session, wanting to become an amazing person like her. Yet in the Korean version, Jan Di saves a student from committing suicide while delivering laundry (her family owns a dry-cleaning business), and in order to subdue the negative press from the incident Shinhwa group offers her a scholarship to the school. Geum Jan Di is reluctant to attend and at first declines, but complied because of parental pressure and because the school has a state-of-the-art swimming pool (she is a competitive swimmer).

Reception

The series became a huge hit, creating another Korean wave throughout Asia and the cast members shooting to super-stardom overnight. After the series ended, several of the actors and actresses became the faces of various endorsements and commercial advertisements.

Boys Over Flowers became a hit throughout South Korea during its broadcast, to the point of influencing the behavior of the public. The drama series influenced men to take their appearances even more seriously and try to gain the "pretty boy" image that existed among the F4 characters in the drama. More South Korean males started to wear cosmetics and viewers in South Korea and beyond started to notice the overseas filming locations of the drama as possible holiday destinations.^[1]

The series became a hit beyond South Korea in other states in Asia, including Thailand, Japan, Vietnam, Singapore, Nepal, Philippines, the northeast Indian state of Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Mizoram and Taiwan, amongst others, and the actors and actresses that played the main characters shot to super-stardom, and held various events, often Boys Over Flowers-related, across Asia. The show is credited with launching the career of its lead actor, Lee Min Ho, who had previously appeared in a small number of low budget high school dramas.^[2]

International Broadcasts

• In the Philippines, the ABS-CBN network acquired the TV rights to air this series. It premiered on May 11, 2009 in the primetime spot, and it aired from Mondays thru Fridays.
• The series was also aired on Malaysia's free-to-air television 8TV(ASTRO channel 708), started from December 16, 2009.
• Taiwan's CTV has also acquired the rights to air the series and started from 10 May 2009, on Sundays at 10pm. GTV will also air the series starting from 16 May, on every Saturday at 9pm.
• Mediacorp's Channel U in Singapore has also acquired the rights to air the series, and it will be aired every Saturday at 9.30pm, starting from 16 May 2009, together with Taiwan's GTV (Channel U broadcast the Taiwan version).
• Hong Kong's biggest television network, Television Broadcasts Limited, gained the rights to broadcast the drama, and it was aired on its channel intended for a younger audience TVB J2, and started airing in 2009.
• Indonesia's TV channel Indosiar acquired the rights to air the series, and will be aired every Monday and Tuesday at 10.30 pm, starting from 1 June 2009.
• Thailand started airing on 4 July 2009, every Saturday and Sunday at 9.15 am. Broadcaster is BBTV Channel 7 Bangkok.
• Vietnam started airing on June 24, from Monday to Thursday every week at 9pm on H1 (Hanoi Television). The copyright was held by TVM and was legally aired on HTV3 every weekends at 9:00 pm from August 22, 2009 until now.
• Asia's Xing Kong aired BOF on July 8, 2008, as part of BOF Trilogy along with the Taiwan and Japanese versions.
• Canada: Aired in Vancouver on SHAW Multicultural Channel (119) weekdays from 7:30-8pm (local time) with English sub-titles.
• Israel: Started airing on September 3, 2010 on Viva Platina Channel, every Friday 2 episodes.
• United States: Hulu started streaming full 25 episodes on August 2010.^[3] All 25 episodes are also available on Netflix as instant streaming.
• Peru: Started airing on May 5, 2011 on Panamericana Televisión
• Panama: Started airing on June 19, 2011 on SERTV, Channel 11
• Botswana: Started airing from January 2011 on BTV
• Ecuador: Currently airing on Ecuador TV
• Romania: Started airing on October 12, 2011 on Euforia Lifestyle TV
• Puerto Rico: Started airing on October 19, 2011 on Puerto Rico TV
• Kazakhstan: Aired on El Arna
• Chile: Started airing on April 16, 2012 on Etc...TV and later on at the sister station MEGA where it became a rating success during its current timeslot

Music

Album #	Album Info	Tracklisting
1st	Boys Over Flowers Original Soundtrack: Part 1[5] Artist: Various Released: 23 January 2009 Label: Doremi Media Co Ltd Language: Korean Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: K-pop	Tracklisting[show]
2nd	Boys Over Flowers Original Soundtrack: Part 2 Artist: Various Released: 16 March 2009 Label: Doremi Media Co Ltd Language: Korean Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: K-pop	Tracklisting[show]
3rd	Boys Over Flowers OST 2.5 - F4 Special Edition Artist: Various Released: 18 March 2009 Label: Mnet Media Co. Language: Korean Format: Studio album (CD) Genre: K-pop	Tracklisting[show]

Awards

Award	Category	Recipient	Ref
2009 KBS Drama Awards	Excellence Award - Actress (Mid Length Drama)	Koo Hye Sun
	Netizen Award	Koo Hye Sun
	Best New Actor Award	Lee Min Ho
	Best New Actress Award	Kim So-eun
	Best Couple Award	Lee Min Ho and Koo Hye Sun	[6]
Seoul International Drama Awards 2009	Best Actor Award (Popular Prize)	Kim Hyun Joong	[7]
	Best Drama Award (Popular Prize)	Boys Over Flowers
45th PaekSang Arts Awards	Best New Actor Award	Lee Min Ho
	Popularity Award	Kim Hyun Joong