Hana Yori Dango
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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
- Related dramas: Meteor Garden I 2001 Taiwanese version
Season 1
- Episodes: 9
- Viewership Rating: 19.68%
- Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-21 to 2005-Dec-16
- Air time: Friday 22:00
- 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 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 Doumyouji Tsukasa
- Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
- Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Soujiroh
- Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
- Sato Megumi as Sanjou Sakurako
- Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki
- Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
- Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
- Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
- Sada Mayumi as Toudou Shizuka
- Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
- Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
- Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
- Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
- Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)
- Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
- David Ito as Nishida
- Oshinari Shugo as Nakatsuka
- Sakai Ayana as Kurimaki Ayano
- Handa Kento
- Kaku Tomohiro
Production Credits
- Original writing: Kamio Yoko
- Screenwriter: Satake Mikio (サタケミキオ), Fujimoto Yuki (藤本有紀), Takahashi Natsuko (高橋ナツコ), Arai Shuuko (荒井修子)
- Producer: Setoguchi Katsuaki
- Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Yamamuro Daisuke, Katayama Osamu
- Music: Yamashita Kosuke (山下康介)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: 宣戦布告!!お金より絶対に大切なモノ / Declaration of war! The thing which is absolutely more important than money
- Ep 02: 最悪のファーストキス!! / The worst first kiss!
- Ep 03: 涙!!サヨナラ大好きなヒト / Tears! Good-bye to the person I like
- Ep 04: 初めての朝帰り!? / First time coming home in the morning
- Ep 05: 命がけの愛の告白 / Confession of life-threatening love
- Ep 06: 大波乱一触即発の三角関係 / A love triangle of a roller-coaster ride hair-trigger crisis
- Ep 07: バトルF4解散!! / Battle F4 dissolution!
- Ep 08: いざ女子高生日本一決定戦 / Now the female high school student's "Top of Japan" decision war
- Ep 09: 最高のラストプレゼント / The greatest last present
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 18.3 | 14.5 | ??.? |
| 02 | 19.3 | 19.6 | ??.? |
| 03 | 20.5 | 19.7 | ??.? |
| 04 | 20.7 | 21.1 | ??.? |
| 05 | 19.0 | 19.7 | ??.? |
| 06 | 19.7 | 20.0 | ??.? |
| 07 | 17.3 | 15.5 | ??.? |
| 08 | 19.9 | 21.3 | ??.? |
| 09 | 22.4 | 22.5 | ??.? |
| average | 19.68 | 19.32 | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
Awards
- 47th Television Drama Academy Awards : Best Actress (Inoue Mao)
- 47th Television Drama Academy Awards : Best Supporting Actor (Matsumoto Jun)
Season 2
- Episodes: 11
- Viewership rating:
- Broadcast period: 2007-Jan-05 to 2007-Mar-16(?)
- Air time: Friday 22:00
- 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 Domyouji leaves for New York. After confessing to Domyouji, Makino has not spoken to him for a year. Rui and the other members of F4 try and help Makino meet Domyouji again by going to New York for the christmas holidays. Though F4 and Makino meet Domyouji again, he has become a completely different person, and so they leave for Japan.
Some time later, Domyouji's mother annouces that they will be returning to Japan. There, they hold a giant super-rich and classy birthday party for Domyouji and annouce something very important. Domyouji, like in the first season, is engaged to a rich girl and heir. 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?
Rui --> Makino --> Domyouji --> Shigeru (fiancee of Domyouji)
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)
Guests
- Tsurumi Shingo as Uchida Ken (Domyouji Group employee, ep1-6)
- Ikuta Toma as Oribe Junpei (ep1)
- Nishimura Tomomi (西村知美) as mother of Akira (ep3)
- Kitayama Imari (北山伊万里) as sister of Akira (ep3)
- Kitayama Himawari (北山向日葵) as sister of Akira (ep3)
- Kanjiya Shihori as Mukahi Sara
- Misuzawa Nako as Miyuki (ep5)
- Tomohiro Kaku as The bully student
- Oomasa Aya as student of class 3-C
- Saito Michi as student of class 3-C
- Tanaka Kei as fiance of Mukahi Sara
- Toda Erika as Nakashima Umi
Production Credits
- Original writing: Kamio Yoko
- Screenwriter: Satake Mikio (サタケミキオ)
- Producer: Setoguchi Katsuaki, Miki Shinichi (三城真一)
- Director: Ishii Yasuharu, Tsuboi Toshio, Takei Atsushi
- Music: Yamashita Kosuke (山下康介)
Episode Titles
- Ep 01: あれから1年…今夜遂に復活!! 今度の舞台はニューヨーク!! 大波乱の恋と友情の新展開つーかハッピーエンドじゃなかったの!?
- Ep 02: 最強のライバル / The strongest rival
- Ep 03: ばいばいバカ男
- Ep 04: 命がけの修羅場
- Ep 05: おまえが好きだ / We like you
- Ep 06: 告白は大波乱!! / Confession turns Chaotic!!
- Ep 07: 一期一会の初恋 / Once-in-a-lifetime First Love
- Ep 08: 四角関係に決着 / The Love Square is Settled
- Ep 09: 切ない雨の別れ / Painful Goodbye in the Rain
Episode Ratings
| Episode | Kanto | Kansai | Nationwide |
|---|---|---|---|
| 01 | 19.4 | 20.7 | ??.? |
| 02 | 20.1 | 19.6 | ??.? |
| 03 | 19.2 | 19.9 | ??.? |
| 04 | 23.1 | 20.6 | ??.? |
| 05 | 20.3 | 19.5 | ??.? |
| 06 | 21.0 | 20.1 | ??.? |
| 07 | 21.0 | 21.1 | ??.? |
| 08 | 22.7 | 20.8 | ??.? |
| 09 | 22.3 | 20.8 | ??.? |
| 10 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
| 11 | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
| average | ??.? | ??.? | ??.? |
Source: Video Research, Ltd.
External Links
- Official Site
- Official Site (Season 2)
- JDorama.com
- Season 1 review at J-Fan.com
- Season 1 discussions at D-Addicts.com