Hana yori dango (2005– )

Tsukushi Makino is a student at the prestigious and very exclusive school- Eitoku Gakuen. This school is attended by the children of Japan's elite society. Since Makino is poor, she is ... See full summary »

Stars:

Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri

Cast

Series cast summary:
Mao Inoue	...	Tsukushi Makino (9 episodes, 2005)
Jun Matsumoto	...	Tsukasa Dômyôji (9 episodes, 2005)
Shun Oguri	...	Rui Hanazawa (9 episodes, 2005)
Shôta Matsuda	...	Sôjirô Nishikado (9 episodes, 2005)
Tsuyoshi Abe	...	Akira Mimasaka (9 episodes, 2005)
Megumi Satô		(9 episodes, 2005)
Aki Nishihara		(9 episodes, 2005)
Saki Seto		(9 episodes, 2005)
Aki Fukada		(9 episodes, 2005)
Emiko Matsuoka		(9 episodes, 2005)
Debitto Itô		(9 episodes, 2005)
Mako Ishino		(9 episodes, 2005)
Mariko Kaga		(9 episodes, 2005)
Takako Katô		(9 episodes, 2005)
Susumu Kobayashi		(9 episodes, 2005)
Satoshi Tomiura		(9 episodes, 2005)
Takayuki Takuma		(6 episodes, 2005)
Nanako Matsushima		(6 episodes, 2005)
Mayumi Sada		(5 episodes, 2005)

Storyline

Tsukushi Makino is a student at the prestigious and very exclusive school- Eitoku Gakuen. This school is attended by the children of Japan's elite society. Since Makino is poor, she is often teased by her classmates. For a girl that is naturally filled with spunk and an independent spirit, she tends to be timid at Eitoku Academy. That is until she has her first face to face encounter with the F4. The F4 (Flower 4) are the four richest and attractive men that attend and own the school. In a brave effort, Makino tries to defend her one and only friend, who accidentally offended the F4's leader Tsukasa Domyoji. Unfortunately she ends up causing the wrath of F4 to fall upon her, instead of her friend. But there was something that the leader of the F4 didn't expect. He didn't expect for her fight back. He didn't expect her to not care about his status. He didn't expect the feelings that began to bloom between Tsukushi Makino and himself, Tsukasa Domyoji. Could there be more to them than ...

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Genres:

Comedy | Romance

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Details

Official Sites:

TBS [jp]

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese English

Release Date:

21 October 2005 (Japan)

Also Known As:

Boys Over Flowers

Company Credits

Technical Specs

Runtime:

45 min 45 min (9 episodes)

Color:

Color

Did You Know?

Trivia

The title Hana yori Dango, more correctly "Boys before Flowers", is a pun on a Japanese saying, "Dumplings before Flowers", "Hana yori Dango" lit. "dango (rice dumplings) rather than flowers"). "Dumplings before flowers" is a well-known Japanese expression that refers to people who attend Hanami, but rather than enjoying the beauty of the flowers, head straight for the food vendor booths, preferring tangible things like food and drink to the abstract appreciation of the flowers' beauty.

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Quotes

Soujiroh Nishikado: If you bother my girl again, I'll rip your guts out through your asshole.

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Connections

Version of Kkotboda namja (2009)

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Soundtracks

"Planetarium"
Performed by Ai Otsuka

User Reviews

And now back to it's original form.

Enough of the "meteoric fever", Hana Yori Dango rocks.

Meteor Garden is overly-rated and too over staged. I personally would say that Hana Yori Dango take a higher notch than it's Taiwanese counterpart.

It seems that Meteor Garden was just a test flight. Yes MG's good, I won't rule out that there are good actors and actresses there (DAO MING FENG perhaps!). But still there's something missing here.

In Hana Yori Dango, however, the actors and actress are efficient, that you could feel their presence.You would learn to hate, adore and love the characters here... That's what adds to the flavor.

I watched HYD's pilot episode and was instantly hooked. Man! the shots are good, the story's good, and their costumes are perfect... What's more to ask.