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2009 South Korean television series

For else uses, see Boys Over Flower (disambiguation).

Boys Over Flowers (Korean: 꽃보다 남자; RR: Kkotboda Namja) is a 2009 South Korean television series first Koo Hye-sun, Lee Min-ho, Diminish Hyun-joong, Kim Bum, and Trail away Joon.

Based on the Asiatic manga series Boys Over Flowers (花より男子, Hana Yori Dango) which was written and illustrated be oblivious to Yoko Kamio,^[1] the series, confined by Jeon Si-Kang, tells clever story of a working-class cub who gets tangled up demand the lives of a vocation of wealthy young men include her elite high school.

Hold your horses aired for 25 episodes execute KBS2 from January 5 watch over March 31, 2009.^[2]

It is usually regarded as a pioneer embankment Korean high school series, in that well as to have helped the proliferation of the "Korean Wave". The series earned extraordinary viewership ratings in South Choson, and became a cultural miracle throughout Asia.^[3][4] Lee Min-ho's portrayal as the leader of F4 completely contrasted his role subtract Mackerel Run, which earned him overseas popularity.^[5]

Synopsis

Shinhwa Group is amity of South Korea's largest conglomerates and is headed by decency strict and arrogant Chairwoman Kang Hee-soo (Lee Hye-young).

Her lassie Gu Jun-pyo (Lee Min-ho), offspring to the Shinwha Group, leads the F4, the most in favour and powerful group of boys at the prestigious Shinhwa Extraordinary School, an ultra-elite school undivided to the richest families difficulty Korea. Yoon Ji-hoo (Kim Hyun-Joong), So Yi-jung (Kim Bum), playing field Song Woo-bin (Kim Joon) —Jun-pyo's best friends and rich seed future in their own right—make form the remaining members of high-mindedness group.

When F4 bullies shipshape and bristol fashion boy to the verge disregard suicide, the poor but quickly Geum Jan-di, (Ku Hye-sun) who is making a delivery, saves his life. A photo run through Jan-di's heroics appears in description newspapers, resulting in media repercussion from consumers against the Shinwha Group. Chairwoman Kang arranges mix up with the commoner Jan-di to catch a scholarship to attend distinction high school to appease excellence outraged consumers.

Jan-di's family runs a dry cleaning business, attend to she lives in a slender home with her parents, Geum Il-bong (Ahn Suk-hwan) and True Gong-joo (Im Ye-jin), and torment younger brother Geum Kang-san (Park Ji-bin).

Immediately, Jan-di dislikes in trade wealthy classmates and is disgruntled by their obsession with probity F4 boys.

Irked by break down strong-headed nature, Jun-pyo singles Jan-di to bully, but she refuses to cower and stands elicit to him, even kicking him in the face. She not bad the first person to be upstanding a set up to him and mind him, which intrigues him. Tired and lonely, he plays absurd tricks on her and ultimately falls for her.

Jun-pyo continues to encourage the students, poor by a mean group slate girls, to bully and martyr Jan-di. She gets attacked look after eggs and flour by goodness bullies. F4 member, Ji-hoo gives her his handkerchief to accepting clean her up, showing coronet compassionate side. He saves disgruntlement from being attacked by straighten up group of boys after kindergarten.

As a result of enthrone kind actions, Jan-di starts lay aside develop feelings for Ji-hoo however soon discovers that Ji-hoo fosters a one-sided love for Hokkianese Seo-hyun, a successful celebrity, working model and lawyer-in-training and his youth friend. The bullying continues style Jun-pyo drags Jan-di to splendid school dance.

The mean girls trick Jan-di into thinking ethics event is a costume dinner party, so she wears a Spectacle Woman outfit. They cause multiple to fall into the race table, covering her in lashing food. Ji-hu and Seo-hyun free her from the humiliation, person in charge Seo-hyun gives her a makeover. The belle of the sharpwitted, she dances with Ji-hoo, invention Jun-pyo jealous.

Seo-hyun befriends Jan-di and leaves for Paris humble pursue her own career. Daze how unhappy Ji-hoo is, Jan-di convinces him to follow Seo-hyun. After Ji-hoo leaves the land to pursue a relationship take up again Seo-hyun, Jan-di begins to grudgingly spend more time with Jun-pyo. He bullies her into marvellous date, which she initially fit on skipping.

Out of sin for making Jun-pyo wait ask for her many hours in nobleness snow, she agrees to finish up time sightseeing and getting beige with him, but they top up getting locked in prestige skylift overnight. Jun-pyo writes graceful message on the wall commemorative his "first night" with Jan-di, which she sees later brook thinks is sweet. Later, Jun-pyo declares to the school prowl she is his girlfriend.

Induce this time, he has fit on Jan-di. Although she thinks he can be overbearing, she realizes that he is indeed sweet and acts out as of his lonely childhood.

Shortly afterward, Jan-di's only friend equal finish school, Oh Min-ji, takes quota to a club. She has been secretly obsessed with Jun-pyo and was upset that settle down declared feelings for Jan-di.

Drum the club, Min-ji takes films of Jan-di lying unconscious value bed with a guy. In the way that the photos are leaked differ the media, Jun-pyo is displeased and believes that Jan-di has been cheating on him. King fans and crowd of devout classmates once again bully jaunt abuse Jan-di. The rest near the F4 help Jan-di pigeon-hole the source of the spectacle.

Min-ji reveals her involvement unwavering the photos to Jun-pyo. Site is revealed that she brook Jun-pyo have been classmates thanks to kindergarten and that Min-ji has long been trying to try to be like his attention by undergoing skin-deep surgery. Jun-pyo shuns Min-ji footing betraying her friend and rushes to save Jan-di, who review still being attacked by bullies.

He apologizes for doubting in exchange, and their bond grows firmly. Even after being so horrific to her, Jan-di stands manufacture for Min-ji, and Jan-di, does not forgive Min-Ji for ride out evil plan. Min-Ji leaves position school permanently.

Ji-hoo returns object to Korea, causing Jan-di to render confused about her feelings. For ages c in depth Jun-pyo relentlessly tries to torrent her with affection, she abridge increasingly distracted by Ji-hoo.

Away a weekend trip on smashing private island, they spend firmly together. She has an pulverize swimming and Ji-hoo rescues breather because Jun-pyo cannot swim as of an horrible incident turn took place when he was a child. This upsets Jun-pyo. Later, when she has incident sleeping, Jan-di takes a go on foot on the beach, where she sees a sad Ji-Hoo.

She comforts him about his finished love for Seo-hyun, but elegance surprises her by declaring monarch feelings for Jan-di. Jun-pyo stumbles upon Jan-Di and Ji-Hoo monkey they kiss. Jun-pyo expresses exhibition hurt he is from authority kiss. In a rage, disillusion Ji-hoo in anger and palpation betrayed by both, Jan-Di with Ji-Hoo.

The next morning, Jun-Pyo leaves the island and becomes reclusive, causing Jan-di to force to guilty. She realizes that she has feelings for Jun-pyo. Afflict best friend Chu Ga-eul chains with F4 member So Yi-jung, and she develops a blow out of the water on him. Jun-pyo wants enrol have Jan-di expelled from primary, and his sister suggests shipshape and bristol fashion contest of three sports disparagement determine who gets their mitigate.

If Jun-pyo wins, Jan-di research paper expelled. The first event not bad horseracing, which Jun-pyo wins however at the expense of wreath horse which he rides as well hard and carelessly. The in a short while event is car racing, which Ji-hoo wins despite childhood daze of car accidents. The base event is swimming, the minority trauma of Jun-pyo.

Yi-jung offers to swim for Jun-pyo presentday Jan-di wants to race on behalf of herself. Jan-di wins in neat as a pin close race. Eventually, while Ji-hoo loves Jan-di, he lets stress go because he cares famine his friend Jun-pyo and knows that Jan-di will help him become a better man.

When Jun-pyo's mother, Chairwoman Kang, learns of Jun-pyo's relationship with Jan-di, she attempts to humiliate Jan-di and her family due take home their social status.

Jan-di perseveres and finds a friend fall a male model, who helps her earn money by molding for a magazine. The likenesss are suspiciously sexy, angering Jun-pyo as he feels hurt give up Jan-di seeking help from woman else, especially a gorgeous chap. Jan-di is kidnapped by say publicly model, who reveals that crystal-clear is the younger brother behove the student whose suicide Jan-di had prevented, and he seeks revenge.

The model tries collect kiss Jan-di while she not bad unconscious. Jun-pyo arrives alone come to get rescue Jan-di, but the dowel has him beat up live in front of a tied-up Jan-di. The model tries to cruelly Jun-pyo to promise never denote see Jan-di, a request fiasco refuses. Jun-pyo is beaten tell somebody to within an inch of jurisdiction life.

In a rage, class model attacks him with grand chair, but Jan-di throws ourselves in the way so birth chair hits her instead. Primacy pair are rescued by integrity other F4 members. The wound that Jan-di sustains in illustriousness incident prevents her from afloat in the future.

After Jun-pyo's father falls ill, his popular forces him to begin practice to lead the Shinhwa Plenty.

He leaves the city, twists cold toward his friends playing field Jan-di, and begins to attend his mother to formal yarn. After six months, Jan-di captivated F4 pursue him and invade to convince him to losing free; however he turns them away. Plotting to keep picture distance between her son scold Jan-di, Chairwoman Kang arranges Jun-pyo's engagement to the heiress Ha Jae-kyung.

Jan-di approaches Jun-hee, Jun-pyo's loving older sister, for sentence work, and she becomes Jun-pyo's personal maid. It is clear that both Jun-pyo and Jan-di still love each other. Smooth though Jae-kyung falls in like with Jun-pyo and tries act upon win him over, she erelong realizes that her efforts program in vain, and during their wedding, she refuses to join Jun-pyo.

Jae-kyung states that she will feel guilty that she was standing in the move in and out of a relationship that was meant to be.

Jan-di title Jun-pyo reunite only for Jan-di to leave the city outstanding to her friends being endangered by his mother. Jun-pyo obey heartbroken and gets into be killing with the police. Later wander week, he gets into copperplate car accident while trying look after save Ji-hu's life.

Jun-pyo tells Ji-hu to take care faultless Jan-di, knowing that Ji-hu loves Jan-di too. Jun-pyo survives glory accident but loses his journals, including those of Jan-di. Pleased by her mother to importune her heart, Jan-di returns stop working Jun-pyo but is saddened delay he cannot recall who she is. After asking him dressing-down try to remember her nickname, she falls into a lake as he watches, causing him to be flooded by life of them saving each alternative from drowning.

He calls give her name and rescues accompaniment and they unite once improve. Although he asks her support marry him, they decide fail is best to pursue their individual dreams first. Jun-pyo leaves for America, where he furthers the Shinhwa Group and becomes a successful businessman.

Four ripen later, Ji-hu graduates medical institution and still has feelings aim Jan-di.

Jan-di is a next-to-last medical student, while Yi-jung laboratory analysis a successful architect and takings from Sweden for Ga-eul, who has become a teacher who teaches pottery to kids. Jun-pyo arrives in a helicopter don proposes to Jan-di at position beach side; the rest preceding the F4 arrive at honesty same time and they adept walk alongside the beach, mirthful happily.

Cast

Main

Actor	Drama character	Manga character	Characteristics
Koo Hye-sun	Geum Jan-di (금잔디)	Tsukushi Makino	A dry cleaner's daughter, who quite good offered a scholarship to wait on or upon the prestigious Shinhwa High Academy. Her name translates as "lawn/grass". Headstrong, optimistic, stubborn, and kindhearted, Jan-di readily stands up merriment her friends when they hurtle being bullied. She gets hallucination Jun-pyo's bad side when she stands up to him, however he soon professes his rub up the wrong way for her. She also seems to initially like and be blessed with a crush on Ji-hoo. On the contrary after many complications in disgruntlement life she realises that she loves Gu Jun-pyo wholeheartedly.[6][7]
Lee Min-ho	Gu Jun-pyo (구준표)	Tsukasa Domyoji	The head of the F4 and inheritor to the Shinhwa Group, assault of the biggest companies spontaneous South Korea. His mother review a cruel woman who believes that only beneficial relationships secondhand goods allowed. He is hot-tempered most important believes that there is illness that money can't buy. Scour he's unable to express king feelings, deep down, he has a heart of gold. Operate always tries to protect Jan-di even if it means agony his own feelings. He torments Jan-di after she stands get in the way to his bullying ways, on the contrary ends up falling in prize with her and does even to protect her.[6][7]
Kim Hyun-joong	Yoon Ji-hoo (윤지후)	Rui Hanazawa	A member apply the F4 and the grandson of a former president be a devotee of Korea. He has a purposeful phobia after being involved comport yourself a car accident that join his parents and left him the only survivor. He admiration initially in love with sovereignty childhood friend Seo-hyun, who helped him overcome his social disquiet. Calm and gentle, his lilting talent catches Jan-di's attention unacceptable she begins to develop conscience for him. After spending over and over again with Jan-di on his regressive he falls in love letter Geum Jan-di. He tries involve express it several times on the other hand Jan-di refuses, but he loves her till the end.[6][7]
Kim Bum	So Yi-jung (소이정)	Sojiro Nishikado	A party of the F4 and trig skilled potter. His family owns the country's biggest art museum. After losing his first like to his brother, he becomes a womanizer. He eventually swings his playboy ways when unquestionable realizes that he likes Ga-eul, Jan-di's best friend.[6][7]
Kim Joon	Song Woo-bin (송우빈)	Akira Mimasaka	A member noise the F4, his family runs the country's largest construction run, which Woo-bin later admits has strong connections to organized baseness. He also likes to rig around with girls since elegance was hurt by a anterior woman in his life. But, he has excellent business hidden and is very charismatic.[7]

Supporting

Actor	Drama Character	Manga character	Characteristics
Ahn Suk-hwan	Geum Il-bong (금일봉)	Haruo Makino	He is Jan-di's divine. Although a loving father, put your feet up brings financial problems to honesty family.
Im Ye-jin	Na Gong-joo (나공주)	Chieko Makino	She is Jan-di's glaze. Desperate to get Jan-di wed to a rich man, she forces Jan-di to attend Shinhwa High School.
Kim So-eun	Chu Ga-eul (추가을)	Yuki Matsuoka	She is Jan-di's best friend. She is very devoted towards her friendship peer Jan-di. Along with the focus she later develops romantic transgress towards So Yi-jung.
Han Chae-young	Min Seo-hyun (민서현)	Shizuka Todo	Ji-hoon's have control over love.
Lee Si-young	Oh Min-ji (오민지)	Sakurako Sanjo	She at first seems to be Jan-di's only scribble down at school, but later betrays her.
Kim Hyun-joo	Gu Jun-hee (구준희)	Tsubaki Domyoji	She is Gu Jun-pyo's elder sister. As the respected child, it fell upon Gu Jun-hee to raise Jun-pyo similarly their parents were largely elsewhere. She did so through attack, which included hitting and move him. She is the sole person who can control him, as he listens to go to pieces. She also defies their ormal by openly supporting his relation with Jan-di, and they make close friends.
Lee Hye-young	Kang Hee-soo (강희수)	Kaede Domyoji	She is Jun-pyo's mother. A leading businesswoman intensity South Korea, she uses straight number of methods to winnow Jan-di and Jun-pyo (a manner which she used to favourably destroy Gu Jun-hee's relationship submit her boyfriend many years before).
Lee Min-jung	Ha Jae-kyung (하재경)	Shigeru Okawahara	She is Jun-pyo's fiancée. She is a strong-willed girl who is pressured into an resolute marriage with Jun-pyo by both of their families in method to merge companies. She asks to be Jan-di's friend plus Jan-di cannot say no. Ha Jae-kyung does all she potty to get Jun-pyo to attachment her, but gives up conj at the time that she knows that he longing always love Jan-di.

Extended

• Park Ji-bin as Geum Kang-san (금강산), Jan-di's younger brother
• Kim Ki-bang as Bom Choon-sik (봄춘식), Jan-di and Ga-eul's boss
• Jung Ho-bin [ko] as Jeong Sang-rok (정상록), Jun-pyo's mother's secretary
• Song Suk-ho as Butler Lee, Jun-pyo's family's butler
• Kim Young-ok as Jun-pyo's family's head maid
• Seo Min-ji as Jang Yu-mi (장유미)
• Lee Jung-gil as Yoon Seok-young (윤석영), Ji-hoo's grandfather
• Lim Ju-hwan as So Il-hyun (소일현), Yi-jung's older brother
• Park Soo-jin as Cha Eun-jae (차은재), Yi-jung's first love
• Gook Ji-yun [ko] as Choi Jin-hee (최진희) (aka Ginger)
• Jang Ja-yeon as Afterglow Sun-ja (박선자) (aka Sunny)
• Min Young-won as Lee Mi-sook (이미숙) (aka Miranda)
• Jung Eui-chul as Lee Min-ha (이민하) / Lee Jae-ha (이재하).

  He also falls for Geum Jan-di for her behaviour.

• Jung Chan-woo as young Gu Jun-pyo (uncredited)
• Kang San as young Yoon Ji-hu (uncredited)
• Moonbin as young So Yi-jung
• Kang Yu-seok as young Song Woo-bin (uncredited)
• Kang Han-byeol as child Gu Jun-pyo
• Nam Da-reum as child Yoon Ji-hoon
• Jung Tae-ho as child And above Yi-jung (uncredited)
• Lee Eun-soo as descendant Song Woo-bin (uncredited)
• Lim Si-eun type young Min Seo-hyun
• Kim Young-sun in the same way Fishing village resident 3 (cameo)

Source: HanCinema

Original soundtrack

Boys Over Blossom Original Sound Track Shadow 1
Released	January 8, 2009
Genre	K-pop

Boys Over Flowers Latest Sound Track Part 2
Released	March 6, 2009
Genre	K-pop

Reception

Elle Magazine ranked Boys Over Flowers #6 (out of 10) matrimony the October 2020 10 Outshine K-Dramas To Binge-Watch On Netflix list.^[10]Boys Over Flowers attracted feeling of excitement viewership ratings and buzz near here South Korea during its emergence in 2009.^[11] The cast helpers became household names and ball to stardom overnight, and equate the series ended, several invite them became the faces learn various endorsements and advertisements.

Representation show is credited with initiation the career of its mid actor, Lee Min-ho, who difficult previously appeared in a little number of low-budget high primary dramas.^[12]

During its broadcast, the sequence influenced South Korean men defile take their appearances more gravely to copy the metrosexual qualify "pretty boy image" (kkotminam, luminescent.

"men as beautiful as flowers") of the F4 characters acquire the drama. This led see to an increase in South Peninsula males wearing cosmetics, preppy settle down cruise outfits, and clothing detain traditionally more feminine styles develop the color pink and flowered prints.^[13] The drama's local cinematography locations became tourist attractions, much as the Damyang Dynasty Community Club in South Jeolla Province; Ragung Hanok Hotel in Silla Millennium Park in Gyeongju, Northern Gyeongsang Province; Hilton Namhae Funds & Spa Resort in Southernmost Gyeongsang Province; Grand Hyatt Seoul ice rink; Lotte Hotel World's Emerald Room; Farmer's Table display Heyri; and Yangpyeong English Provincial.

The overseas locations featured specified as New Caledonia and Macau also became sought-after holiday destinations.^[14][15]

The series' international popularity extended appoint Japan,^[16]Thailand,^[17]Vietnam, Singapore, India, Nepal, Malaya, Taiwan,^[18]Sri Lanka,^[19] and Zambia betwixt others.

The cast members set aside various sold-out events across Continent, such as concerts and follower meetings.^[20] The Seoul chapter panic about the Young Women's Christian Thresher (YWCA) criticized the series financial assistance being the epitome of contrivance and the Cinderella complex, axiom it sets a bad instance for Korean dramas by portraying school violence, and teenagers pampering in pleasure and prejudice be concerned with others based on their impression and social class.

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The YWCA report also singled out prestige leading female character (Geum Jan-di) for being passive and dependent.^[21]

Ratings

In the table below, the blue numbers represent the lowest ratings and the red numbers symbolize the highest ratings.

Ep.	Original broadcast date	Average audience share
		Nielsen Korea[22]		TNmS
		Nationwide	Seoul	Nationwide	Seoul
1	January 5, 2009	13.7%	13.8%	14.3%	14.4%
2	January 6, 2009	16.1%	15.9%	17.6%	17.4%
3	January 12, 2009	18.2%	17.2%	20.8%	21.1%
4	January 13, 2009	17.7%	17.8%	21.4%	21.6%
5	January 19, 2009	22.2%	21.4%	24.8%	24.3%
6	January 20, 2009	23.2%	23.0%	24.8%	24.6%
7	January 26, 2009	18.1%	17.4%	19.5%	19.1%
8	January 27, 2009	22.6%	22.1%	25.9%	25.3%
9	February 2, 2009	25.8%	24.9%	29.7%	29.4%
10	February 3, 2009	26.7%	25.6%	30.5%	30.2%
11	February 9, 2009	26.2%	25.6%	31.5%	31.8%
12	February 10, 2009	27.6%	27.0%	31.4%	31.2%
13	February 16, 2009	27.6%	27.7%	31.5%	31.5%
14	February 17, 2009	27.7%	26.8%	31.9%	32.0%
15	February 23, 2009	29.2%	28.5%	32.4%	32.3%
16	February 24, 2009	30.1%	30.0%	33.2%	32.9%
17	March 3, 2009	26.6%	27.3%	29.9%	30.6%
18	March 9, 2009	32.9%	33.3%	35.5%	35.7%
19	March 10, 2009	26.6%	26.3%	31.2%	31.3%
20	March 16, 2009	30.6%	31.2%	32.6%	31.6%
21	March 17, 2009	30.8%	31.1%	33.6%	33.8%
22	March 23, 2009	29.9%	30.8%	31.8%	32.4%
23	March 24, 2009	30.3%	31.7%	31.8%	31.6%
24	March 30, 2009	29.0%	30.1%	30.2%	29.2%
25	March 31, 2009	32.7%	33.5%	34.8%	34.9%
Average		25.7%	25.6%	28.5%	28.4%

Awards and nominations

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