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Promotional poster for Boys Over Flowers
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Also known as | 'Boys Before Flowers' |
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Based on |
Boys Over Flowers by Yoko Kamio |
Written by | Yoon Ji-ryun |
Directed by | Jeon Ki-sang |
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Theme music composer | T-Max |
Opening theme | "Paradise" by T-Max |
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Country of origin | South Korea |
Original language(s) | Korean |
No. of episodes | 25 |
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Production company(s) | Group 8 |
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Original network | Korean Broadcasting System |
Original release | January 5 | – March 31, 2009
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Website | www |
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Revised Romanization | Kkot Boda Namja |
McCune–Reischauer | Kkot Poda Namja |
Boys Over Flowers (Hangul: 꽃보다 남자; Hanja: 꽃보다男子) is a 2009 South Korean television series starring Lee Min-ho, Ku Hye-sun, Kim Hyun-joong (of SS501), Kim Bum, Kim Joon (of T-Max) and Kim So-eun. It aired on KBS2 from January 5 to March 31, 2009 on Mondays and Tuesdays at 22:00 for 25 episodes.
It is based on Japanese shōjo manga series Boys Over Flowers (花より男子? Hana Yori Dango) written by Yoko Kamio. The series is the fifth television adaptation of the manga following the Taiwanese Meteor Garden and its sequel Meteor Garden II, and the Japanese Hana Yori Dango and its sequel Hana Yori Dango Returns. It spins the modern-day Cinderella tale of a poor, but spunky schoolgirl at an exclusive academy who attracts the interest of four rich and handsome guys of the school collectively known as F4.
Hardworking Geum Jan Di (Ku Hye-sun) attends the exclusive Shinhwa High School through a scholarship she obtains. She finds her shallow, privileged classmates unbearable, especially the notorious F4, consisting of four rich and handsome men: the arrogant Gu Jun Pyo (Lee Min-ho), the quiet Yoon Ji Hoo (Kim Hyun-Joong), the charming So Yi Jung (Kim Bum), and the flirtatious Song Woo Bin (Kim Joon). They are considered to be the kings of Shinhwa High School. After Jan Di manages to withstand all of Jun Pyo's pranks, he begins falling in love with Jan Di but she only has feelings for Ji Hoo and Jun Pyo knows it.