Korean Drama - Boys Over Flowers

Rating: 9.8/10

Cast

Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di
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

About the Drama

Korean drama " Boys Over Flower" based on a hit Japanese comic. Based on the comic series of the same name by Yoko Kamio, it has been made into a live TV series in Japan, Taiwan (Meteor Garden) and even Anime.

The names adepted here is very much different from the comic/Japanese/Taiwan TV series. Geum Jandi (who is supposed to be Makino Tsukushi) a girl-next-door who gets herself tangled up in a relationship with a rich and stubborn boy, and her life takes a turn as she gets involved with him and his friends, or F4.

Goo Hye-seon (Jan-di)
Jan-di is a commoner whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. She is a swimmer of her school which doesn’t even have a swimming pool. One day, she visits Shin-hwa high school, where the top 1% of the wealthy children gets to go, and accidentally saves a student from a suicidal attempt. After this incident, she is scouted to this prestigious school as a swimming athlete. The school itself and the students who go there do not suit her taste, but Jan-di bears the problematic circumstances, as her parents wish her to get close to the rich. She happens to step out for her classmate who is being bullied by four boys, called F4, and gets the ‘Red Card’. As the whole school starts bulling Jan-di, she unexpectedly meets Ji-hu on the stairway. She bumps into Ji-hu, but later Jun-pyo shows his feeling for her and their relationship gets tangled. Will the love triangle disrupt F4 and change their lives forever?

Lee Min-ho (Joon-pyo)
The leader of F4 and the heir of the largest conglomerate in Korea. Raised by servants, instead of busy parents, Jun-pyo’s got the world there is nothing that can not be done. Growing up as the son of the rich family, he has gone through numerous of kidnapping, terror attempt. He is a master of martial arts and self defense skills, but avoids swimming because he experienced drowning when he was kidnapped. His older sister, Jun-hee, is the one who he afraids the most. Ironically, Jun-pyo falls in love with Jandi, who reminds him of his sister. Jun-pyo’s got natural curly hair, hot-tempered, but has an innocent heart. Although he can fluently speak 5 languages, he shows weakness on common sense and Korean vocabulary. Jun-pyo has simple and straight personality and relies upon intuition more rather than being rationalized. He is pure at heart in front of a girl he likes, so he gets hurt when he figures out Jan-di likes Ji-hu, his closest friend among F4.

Kim Hyun-jeong (Ji-hoo)
The grandson of the formal president of Korea, Dr. Yoon Seok-young, and the most attractive guy among F4. Ji-hu is the heir of Su-am Cultural Foundation, Art Center, and Orchestra own by his family, and also a musician. He lost his parents at age of five when he got into a car accident. He overcomes the hardness with his first love, Seo-hyeon. Ji-hu believes that she would be his last love but he can’t get to her completely. Jan-di is the one who encouraged him when he was hesitant to get close to Seo-hyeon. With Jan-di’s support, Ji-hu follows Seo-hyeon to France, but comes back after he realized that his feeling for her was admiration, not love. Ji-hu does not show concern for others, knows what he wants to do, and never sweeps along with others. After Ji-hu becomes a friend with Jan-di, his personality starts to change and conflicts between love and friendship.

Kim Beom (So I-jeong)

The gifted potter and the successor of the prestigious family. Although Yi-jung has gained reputation for his talent for ceramics, he cannot take away the feeling that he is living a life of his brother. Yi-jung’s older brother, who was exceptionally talented and expected to become the heir, left home and also quit working with ceramics. Yi-jung was possessed by a sense of inferiority and this complex made him couldn’t settle down with one love. He is a playboy, but gentle and warm-hearted. Although he didn’t realize about himself yet, Yi-jung is desperately looking for his one true love.

Comments

Totally love this show...the settings, the actors, the actresses and also the school uniforms!

Someone once told me that Koreans are the best actors and actresses, they can show how a person can cry beautifully. Yes! Jandi () she can really cry beautifully.

I love the last episode the most, the part where she tried her best to win back her destiny. Epic!

The actors and actresses really puts in a lot of effort to make this show a sucessful one...actors and actresses are losing weight, lacking sleep and not eating right due to their popularity. Cast members like Lee Minho, Kim Hyun Joong and Goo Hye Sun all have noticeably lost weight.

Lee Minho has lost 8kg (around 18 pounds) and Kim Hyun Joong has lost about 6kg (around 13 pounds) since production began. The agency is working to provide nutritional supplements and keep the cast well-fed but it’s still not enough. Kim Hyun Joong’s back injury from his car accident still ails him and he suffers from fatigue. Goo Hye Sun suffered a head injury during filming and was hospitalized for her injuries from a car accident not too long ago.