Jul

2

2008

“Boys Over Flowers: Final” opened this past weekend in Japan on over 400 screens. The movie topped the Japanese box office charts, bringing in an impressive total of 805,350 movie goers over the weekend. Not so surprisingly, “Boys Over Flowers: Final” did exceptionally well with younger women and teens. 25% of the audience consisted of movie goers between the ages of 16 through 19.

If you’re not familiar with “Boys Over Flowers: Final,” the movie is based off the top selling manga “Hana Yori Dango” written by Kamio Yoko. Yoko’s “Hana Yori Dango” went on to sell 5.8 million copies. That comic book was then turned into the super popular television drama “Boys Over Flowers” in 2005 and then a second season “Boys Over Flowers 2” appeared in 2007. There’s also an anime version of the comic, a prior Japanese live action television drama, and a Taiwanese drama (Meteor Garden) based off the comic and its spin-off F4.

The story itself in “Hanna Yori Dango” (Boys Over Flowers) is a Cinderella like story centered around the elite high school, Eitoku Academy. All of the students at Eitoku Academy come from super rich families, except one student named Tsukushi Makino. The school is ruled by four students known as the F4 (Flower Four). One day, Tsukushi Makino stands up to the F4 in defense of her friend and then becomes the target of the F4. But, Tsukushi Makino also secretly harbors a crush on one of the F4 members, while the group’s leader suddenly falls for the defiant Tsukushi as well.

In “Boys Over Flowers: Final” the movie is set 4 years later, when these students are about to graduate from their university. The movie was also filmed in various locations like Las Vegas, Nevada and in Hong Kong. The film features popular Japanese actors Mao Inoue (Makino Tsukushi), Jun Matsumoto (Doumyouji Tsukasa), Shun Oguri (Hanazawa Rui), Shota Matsuda (Soujiroh Nishikado), and Tsuyoshi Abe (Akira Mimasaka).




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  1. 7 nokan Says: September 4, 2008

    Goshhh…pretty damn good thing..i really love this series..even in Chinese version and also Japanese version..totally great….

  2. 6 Jeong Says: September 4, 2008

    Ah.. It seems I’m the only one here who agrees with KRRJNN … I would have loved Oguri in the part of Domyouji, but then again, I thought he fit the whole at-the-sidelines-emo role very well too, so it’s a dilemma ^^;

  3. 5 Jes-tah! Says: July 24, 2008

    To KRRJNN:
    SAY WHAT?! I totally think the casting director got the cast right. No one else would have filled any of the shoes like that cast did. And anyways, Doumyouji isn’t even supposed to be incredibly good-looking. Have your read the manga? He has curly hair that doesn’t well, make him good-looking. So Matsumoto Jun had to have curly hair (and it didn’t even look THAT bad). He played the role incredibly well, and totally made it believable.
    —
    (CAN’T WAIT FOR PEOPLE TO TRANSLATE THE MOVIE!)

  4. 4 lyangmit Says: July 21, 2008

    i really enjoyed watchin this drama especially hanazawa,how i wish to marry him…
    THE DRAMA IS OSSOM

  5. 3 Jennifer Says: July 18, 2008

    AARE YOU KIDDING ME HE IS PERFECT FOR THE ROLE….I DONT KNOW WHAT YOU WERE WATCHING

  6. 2 KRRJNN Says: July 4, 2008

    I saw both Season 1 and Season 2 of the drama, as well as the manga. No offence to anyone, but I personally do not think Jun Matsumoto is the best fit for the role. He is not handsome and tall enough. Neither does he have the supercilious presence nor the style of a haughty spoilt brat. I prefer Oguri Shun as Doumyouji. Mao Inoue has the perfect protrayal of Makino.

  7. 1 PrincelyLuna Says: July 3, 2008

    hi hi … i love the Japanese dorama of Hana Yori Dango. Jun Matsumoto is just hilarious and i think he really fits that character. i hope the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango will be good if not better than the Japanese one.