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Hana Yori Dango (花より男子)
Genre	Romance Comedy
Directed by	Yasuharu Ishii
Starring	Mao Inoue Jun Matsumoto Shun Oguri Shota Matsuda Tsuyoshi Abe
Theme music composer	Yamashita Kosuke
Opening theme	"Wish" by Arashi
Country of origin	Japan
Language(s)	Japanese
No. of episodes	9 episodes
Production
Producer(s)	Katsuaki Setoguchi
Location(s)	Japan
Broadcast
Original channel	Tokyo Broadcasting System
Original run	21 October 2005 – 16 December 2005
Chronology
Followed by	Hana Yori Dango Returns
External links
Official website

Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese television drama series, broadcast on TBS in 2005. It was one of the most popular dramas of the year and won many major awards. It is the live action version of popular manga Boys Over Flowers.

Plot

Makino Tsukushi is a tough, hard working, and poor student at the prestigious Eitoku Gakuen school attended by the rich. Worse yet, the school is ruled by the handsome, powerful and ridiculously wealthy F4 or Flower 4, whom nobody dares to challenge.

Tsukushi is immersed into the lives of the F4 after defending her friend. She receives a red tag from F4, and as a result, the whole school turns against her. Despite the harassment, Tsukushi, the "tough weed", decides to clean up the F4's act and declares a war back on them. Her defiance ironically causes F4's leader, Domyoji Tsukasa, to fall in love with her, but Tsukushi is in love with the Flower 4's mascot boy, the sensitive Hanazawa Rui.

Cast

Main Cast

• Mao Inoue as Makino Tsukushi(牧野 つくし)
• Jun Matsumoto as Domyouji Tsukasa(道明寺 司)
• Shun Oguri as Hanazawa Rui(花沢 類)
• Shota Matsuda as Nishikado Sojiro (西門 総二郎)
• Tsuyoshi Abe as Mimasaka Akira (美作 あきら)

Supporting Cast

• Aki Nishihara as Matsuoka Yuki (松岡 優紀)
• Mayumi Sada as Shizuka Todo (藤堂 静)
• Megumi Sato as Sakurako Sanjo (三条 桜子)
• Nanako Matsushima as Tsubaki Domyoji (道明寺 椿)
• Mariko Kaga as Kaede Domyoji (道明寺 楓)
• Takako Kato as Sachiyo Sengoku (Okami-San)(千石 幸代)
• Susumu Kobayashi as Haruo Makino (牧野 晴男)
• Mako Ishino as Chieko Makino (牧野 千恵子)
• Satoshi Tomiura as Susumu Makino (牧野 進)

Reception

Awards and nominations

47th Television Drama Academy Awards^[1]

• Winner: Best Actress - Mao Inoue
• Winner: Best Supporting Actor - Jun Matsumoto

Character map of Hana Yori Dango

Template:Hana Yori Dango character map

See also

• Boys Over Flowers
• Hana Yori Dango Returns

External links

• Official TV Drama Website from TBS (Template:ISO 639 name JA)
• Hana Yori Dango
  (花より男子) at the Internet Movie Database
• Hana Yori Dango
  (花より男子) at TV.com

References