Hana yori dango: Fainaru (2008)

Director:

Yasuharu Ishii

Writers:

Yoko Kamio (comic book "Hana yori dango" and characters)
Takayuki Takuma (screenplay)

Release Date:

28 June 2008 (Japan)

Genre:

Drama

Plot Keywords:

Rich Kid | Schoolgirl | Tokyo Japan | Working Class Girl | Violinist

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Mao Inoue	...	Tsukushi Makino
Jun Matsumoto	...	Tsukasa Doumyouji
Shun Oguri	...	Rui Hanazawa
Shota Matsuda	...	Soujiroh Nishikado
Tsuyoshi Abe	...	Akira Mimasaka
Aki Nishihara	...	Yuki Matsuoka
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Cynthia Cheston	...	Journalist
Robb Conner	...	Croupier
Nicholas Dombrovskis	...	Reporter
Erina
Naohito Fujiki	...	Kazu Kaburagi
Aki Fukada	...	Erika Ayuhara
Mako Ishino	...	Chieko Makino
Debitto Itô	...	Nishida
Mariko Kaga	...	Kaede Doumyouji
Tomohiro Kaku
Takako Katoh	...	Yukiyo Sengoku
Natsuki Kato	...	Shigeru Okawara
Kinya Kitaoji	...	Mysterious Gentleman
Susumu Kobayashi	...	Haruo Makino
Emiko Matsuoka	...	Minako Yamano
Gregory Pekar	...	Auctioneer
Bruce Perkins	...	Celebrity Guest
Mayumi Sada	...	Shizuka Todo
Sumie Sasaki	...	Tama
Megumi Satô	...	Sakurako Sanjo
Hiromasa Taguchi
Naoto Takenaka
Satoshi Tomiura	...	Susumu Makino
Shingo Tsurumi	...	Ken Uchida
Laura Windrath	...	Jazz singer
Courtney Wu	...	Chinese Mafia

Also Known As:

Boys Over Flowers: Final (International: English title)

Runtime:

131 min | South Korea:130 min | Japan:165 min (Director's Cut)

Country:

Japan

Language:

Japanese

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

South Korea:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Singapore:PG

Company:

J Storm

Movie Connections:

Follows "Hana yori dango" (2005)

Unbelievably bad.

I just can't comprehend how bad this movie is. The level of acting in this movie is below acting school level. Maybe it's because I kind of figured out who was behind everything from the beginning, but story was extremely poorly written and felt draggy.

This movie is so corny that if someone came to me with this script and asked me to make it cornier, I would be stumped. They just decided to put everyone who ever appeared in Hana Yori Dango dorama series.

A lot of money was wasted for this garbage, and I can't believe this movie was number one grossing live action Japanese movie for the year.

Avoid this movie unless you're a fangirl.