Boys Over Flowers: BOF: The Korean Version of F4

BOF Cast of Characters

Goo Hye Sun : Geum Jan Di(금 잔디) is from a poor family with a fierce and weed-like determination. She is a cleaner's daughter and sometimes works in her family business and works hard at many other jobs. One day, while making a delivery, she stumbles upon a boy about to jump off a building from being severely bullied at Shinwa High. She rescues the boy and gets a full scholarship to attend Shinwa High. A group of 4 rich, handsome boys called F4 rule the school and are idolized by all the girls. Ignoring F4's power over the school, Jan Di stands up to the leader, Gu Jun Pyo, numerous times. She starts getting bullied by getting a "Red Card" from F4 which makes everyone else in the school automatically bully you. Yun Ji Hoo often helps her and rescues her when she is in danger, which made her fall in love with him. Gu Jun Pyo later falls in love with Jan Di and expresses his love to her. As the series goes on, she realizes she has only Jun Pyo who is her soulmate and will be her husband.

Lee Min Ho: Gu Jun Pyo(구 준표) is the hot-headed leader of F4.He is the heir of Shinhwa Group, and after his father [supposedly] passes away, he inherits and begins to run the Shinhwa Group along with his mother. When he was eight,he was kidnapped by his own driver. The car crashed and plunged into a lake, and from then on Jun Pyo had been afraid of swimming. Exasperated by Jan Di's act of defiance, he makes her a target of bullying.But as time passes, he begins to admire Jan di's determination and falls in love with her.

Kim Hyun Joong: Yun Ji Hoo(윤 지후) is a calm and soft-spoken boy who likes to play the violin, piano and guitar and conduct an orchestra. Seo Hyeon was Ji Hoo's first love, after she helped him overcome trauma after the death of his parents when he was little. He attempts to fight for Seo Hyeon's love by following her to France. But then he realizes his love for Seo Hyeon was just worshipping her.When he comes back, he realized that he had fallen for Jan Di. However, Jun Pyo has already announced his love of Jan Di. Ji Hoo decides not to betray his friend by trying to fight for Jan Di. He is a grandson of Korea's former president.

Kim Bum: So Yi Jeong(소 이정) is F4's perennial playboy. Handsome and gifted with a brilliant smile. Yi Jeong also has a habit for making every girl fall for him. Even Geum Jan Di's friend, Chu Ga Eul could not escape his charming ways. He is from a family of well-known artists,and is a reputed potter himself. His family owns an art gallery that exhibits national treasures. He is known for his "5 second kill" which is a technique that leads girls to fall in love with him and kiss him in 5 seconds. According to Ji Hoo, "F4's Casanova".

Kim Joon: Song Woo Bin(송 우빈), from their origin in the underground, his family now runs a prominent construction business. The family owns real estate throughout the country. He is also the very good friend of Yi Jung and a kind hearted person even though he is known as a playboy himself. Aside from his handsomeness, Woo Bin can talk American hip hop very well which, and adds a plus in his charms to the ladies. Sometimes, he is seen betting with Yi Jeong for cellphone numbers of various girls. Ji Hoo calls him "F4's Don Juan".

Kim So Eun: Chu Ga Eul(추 가을), is Geum Jan Di's best friend since kindergarten, with Jan Di, often saving her from bullies. Yi Jeong often describes her as "nice and idiotic". She is also Jan Di's co-worker, as they both work at the Porridge Shop. She eventually develops feelings for Yi Jeong and even agreed to go on "Fake Dates" with him to bring Jan Di and Jun Pyo back together.

Additional Casts

Lee Min Jung; Ha Jae Kyung, is Jun Pyo's fiancee on the latter part of the series. She made her appearance on Episode 13 as a lady in Macau who saved Jan Di from snatchers. She took Jan Di into a tour in Macau to assure that Jan Di won't experience culture shock. She met Jun Pyo in a fashion store buying for an elegant doll shoes; that doll shoes was supposed to be given to Jan Di from Jun Pyo. Coincidentally, Jae Kyung also liked the shoes and wants to have it her own, she and Jun Pyo quarreled but Jun Pyo's secretary asked her to give it to the lad. On Jun Pyo's birthday she was introduced as his fiancee. As time pass by, she falls in love with Jun Pyo and unknowingly hurts Jan Di. She befriends Jan Di and Ga Eul because she doesn't have a friend since she was a child. On their marriage, she gave up Jun Pyo because she knows that Jun Pyo's life would be useless if not for Geum Jan Di.

Jung Eui Chul; Lee Ji Ha/HaJe/Lee Min Ha: He plays a double character here in the series. On the first part, he is a student being victim of bullies particularly the F4. On Episode 11, he appears as HaJe, a mysterious model and also Lee Ji Ha who studies in Shinhwa and befriends Jan Di in order to seek revenge to Jun Pyo.

Lee Shi Yeong; Oh Min Ji, is Jan Di's first friend when she enrolls in Shinhwa High. She is friendly but her dark side was revealed when it was reported that Jun Pyo is dating Jan Di. Because of her love and attraction to Jun Pyo, she frames up Jan Di in order for Jun Pyo to hate her. It was also revealed that she had plastic surgery just to fascinate Jun Pyo. She later goes to America to start a new life.

Kim Min Ji; Jang Yoo Mi, she is a lame girl but eventually recovers after some treatments on the hospital where Jun Pyo was confined. She takes advantage of Jun Pyo's loss of memory because of her attraction to him.

Han Chae Young; Min Su Jin, she is Ji Hoo's first and everlasting love. She comes back to Korea for a short vacation and became friends with Jan Di. She is kind and loving to Jan Di for she believes that whenever Ji Hoo sees Jan Di, a smile appears on him. She left Korea and Ji Hoo later discovered that she was engaged to a prince.

Geum (금) Family:

Ahn Suk Hwan: Geum Il Bong (금일봉)
Im Ye Jin: Na Gong Ju (나공주)
Park Ji Bin: Geum Kang San (금강산)

Gu (구) Family:

Lee Hye Yeong: Gang Hui Su (강희수)
Kim Hyun Joo: Gu Jun Hui (구준희)
Jung Ho Bin: Jeong Seongrok (정성록)

Mean Trio (Jin Sun Mi):

Gook Ji Yeon: 최진희 (known as Ginger)
Jang Ja Yeon†: 박선자 (known as Sunny)
Min Yeong Won: 이미숙 (known as Miranda)

Relationships

Gu Jun Pyo and Geum Jan Di

Geum Jan Di initially hates him and his two friends, So Yi Jung and Song Woo Bin. She is the only one who is strong enough to stand up against Jun Pyo after he attempts to humiliate Min Ji, Jan Di's only friend at the school. Jun Pyo then puts a red card in Jan Di's locker which indicated that she was a victim of the F4. After continuous bullying, Jan Di still won't bow down to him. During this times, Jun Pyo is starting to develop a feeling for Jan Di already. So, he decided to announce to everyone that the only reason why Jan Di is doing what she's doing is because Jan Di likes him and was just embarass. But the truth is Jan Di dislikes him for what he had done to her and she already has taken a liking to Ji Hoo. Jun Pyo tries to force himself to Jan Di continuously. After refusing several times to Jun Pyo's proposal, Jun Pyo decided that he will leave her alone. During these times Jan Di got an oppurtunity to actually go on a date with Ji Hoo. Howerver, on the day of the date itself everywhere they go, everything she sees reminds her of Jun Pyo. The only thing that Jan Di can think of the whole time are the memories she have with Jun Pyo. That's how she realizes that she is indeed starting to fall for him (Jun Pyo). But because Ji Hoo is such a loyal friend to Jun Pyo, when he realized that his friend is still very much inlove with Jan Di, he decided to back off and decided to do a prank on Jun Pyo to finally admit that he is very much inlove with Jan Di. The prank works and Jun Pyo finally admits to everyone his true feelings for Jan Di. Because of that, Jun Pyo persists in showing Jan Di his affections. As their relationship becomes official, Jun Pyo's mother became an obstacle. She does everything possible to prevent Jun Pyo from being with Jan Di, as she believes that her son, Goo Jun Pyo shouldn't be dating a commoner (referring to Jan Di).

Ji Hoo and Geum Jan Di

In the beginning, Jan Di develops a crush on Ji Hoo. The first time Ji Hoo helps her was when she was being bullied and he was the only one to do so. Jan Di persuades Ji Hoo to go to France to follow Seo Hyun, his love interest, despite her regretting to do so. When Ji Hoo returns from France he discovers that he has feelings for Jan Di. Ji Hoo attempts to confess numerous times, one of which Jan Di falls asleep within, the second time she does not hear him and lastly he gives his mother's ring to her. Yet, Jan Di refuses because no matter how hard she tries she cannot forget Jun Pyo. Upon realizing that he cannot have Jan Di, he stays by her side to protect her whenever she needs his help.

Yi Jung and Ga Eul

Ga Eul is Jan Di's best friend since kindergarten. Ga Eul initially thinks of Yi Jung as a guy with "handsome face" who only plays with girls. Later she starts developing romantic feelings for Yi Jung after he helps her get over her boyfriend who just played with her. She realizes that inside Yi Jung is a pure and lovely person. In order to get Jan Di and Jun Pyo together, Yi Jung takes Ga Eul on a fake date. On Valentine's Day, she even makes a present for him to express her gratitude. At first, it's obvious that Yi Jung only thinks of her as a good friend when he says he doesn't like girls that are "nice, idiotic, or involved with his friend". Yet, since Ga Eul helps him through his self-destruction, Yi Jung finds out that Ga Eul, not Eun Jae (his prior love-interest) has always been by his side. He eventually shows some feelings towards her, especially when he promises to visit her first when he returns from Sweden .

Jun Pyo and Jae Kyung

Jae Kyung is Jun Pyo's supposed-to-be wife by means of an engagement. Both their parents planned for their fixed marriage for the merger of the two huge companies in Korea (Shinhwa Group and JK Group). As the series goes on, Jae Kyung falls in love with Jun Pyo while Jan Di being hurt always and realizes that she really loves Jun Pyo. On their supposed-to-be marriage, Jae Kyung gave up her love for Jun Pyo because she knows that Jun Pyo's life would be miserable without Jan Di.

Sypnosis

While delivering a student’s dry cleaning, Geum Jan Di saves the life of a student at the most prestigious school in Korea. Her actions soon become public and exposes the bullying within the school. To silence the public’s attention, Jan Di is offered a swimming scholarship to Shinhwa which she declines but her family forces her to attend.

During her first day at Shinhwa, Jan Di learns of the famous F4 and of the other students' adoration and fixation with the boys in the group. Gu Jun Pyo, Yoon Ji Hoo, So Yi Jung, and Song Woo Bin are the richest and most powerful kids within Shinhwa and Korea. Subsequently, they use their power to terrorize weaker students or those they do not like. Jan Di, instead of being impressed, becomes enraged and fantasizes about confronting Gu Jun Pyo, the leader and initiator of many of the bullying acts. She gains courage to confront him when a friend accidentally spills ice cream on his shoes and he demands the girl lick it off. Jan Di defends her friend and attempts to reason with Jun Pyo’s tyrannical demand. When he refuses to relent, Jan Di turns violent, knocking Jun Pyo to the ground. Engaged by this, Gu Jun Pyo declares war on Jan Di and encourages the other students to bully her. Jan Di, however, is resistant, refusing to apologize to Gu Jun Pyo, and stands by her decision to fight him.

Ironically, Gu Jun Pyo, having never been stood up to, begins to develop feelings for her. He tries unsuccessfully to woo her as she slowly begins to spend more time with Jun Pyo and his friends. Jan Di teaches Jun Pyo that money cannot buy everything and in order to have real friends, he himself must be real or use his heart, but Gu Jun Pyo still does not understand why someone like Jan Di should dislike him. As the story progresses, Jun Pyo falls deeper in love with Jan Di and she learns how to open herself to his love as well.

As love begins to blossom, Jun Pyo’s mother discovers them and deems it unsuitable. She does everything in her power to keep the two apart, even arranging a marriage for Jun Pyo. Other factors keep arising as another member of the group falls in love with Jan Di and in a twist of fate, Jun Pyo loses his memory. In the end, however, Gu Jun Pyo and Jan Di learn that love conquers all and that they are truly soul mates.

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

BOF: The Korean Version of F4

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