Hana Yori Dango


Season 1

Hana Yori DangoEpisodes: 9
Viewership rating: 19.6 (Kanto)
Broadcast period: 2005-Oct-21 to 2005-Dec-16
Theme song: WISH by Arashi
Insert song: Planetarium by Otsuka Ai

Synopsis

Makino Tsukushi is the only poor student at Eitoku Gakuen, the school of the ridiculously rich and privileged that is ruled by Flower 4 or F4, a group of four boys who come from extremely powerful families: Domyoji Tsukasa, the leader and heir of the Domyoji World Finance Group; Hanazawa Rui, the introverted son of a large company; Nishikado Sojiro, a player who is the heir of a tea ceremony school; and Mimasaka Akira, a madam killer with ties to the underground. If a student gets on the F4’s bad side, he/she gets a red notice and is bullied and driven out of school.

Makino hopes to pass her days quietly-- without drawing any attention to herself-- but one day, she stands up to Domyoji in defense of her friend. The next day, Makino gets the dreaded red notice. Even though she is harassed, Makino decides to keep going to school because she is a "tough weed". She declares war right back on the F4. Her resolve gets the attention of her crush Hanazawa Rui and oddly enough, rouses romantic feelings in her worst enemy, Domyoji Tsukasa.

The series is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.

Cast

Inoue Mao as Makino Tsukushi
Matsumoto Jun as Domyoji Tsukasa
Oguri Shun as Hanazawa Rui
Matsuda Shota as Nishikado Sojiro
Abe Tsuyoshi as Mimasaka Akira
Sato Megumi as Sanjo Sakurako
Nishihara Aki as Matsuoka Yuki
Seto Saki as Asai Yuriko
Fukada Aki as Ayuhara Erika
Matsuoka Emiko as Yamano Minako
David Ito as Nishida
Sada Mayumi as Todo Shizuka
Kato Takako as Sengoku Sachiyo
Tomiura Satoshi as Makino Susumu (brother of Tsukushi)
Kobayashi Susumu as Makino Haruo (father of Tsukushi)
Ishino Mako as Makino Chieko (mother of Tsukushi)
Matsushima Nanako as Domyoji Tsubaki (sister of Tsukasa)
Kaga Mariko as Domyoji Kaede (mother of Tsukasa)

Guests
Ito Kazue as Yamanaka Minako
Nakayama Masei as Terada Junji (Class 2C)
Ikeda Kaori as Morioka Mizuki
Kaku Tomohiro as Sawatari Shingo (ep1)
Sano Kazuma as Kimoto Takayuki (ep1)
Hasegawa Tomoharu (ep1)
Igarashi Shunji (ep1)
Handa Kento as Ryuji (ep4-5)
Gashuin Tatsuya (ep4-5)
Takuma Takayuki (ep4-9)
Oshinari Shugo as Nakatsuka (ep6-7)
Mitsuya Yoko as Nakatsuka's other girl (ep6-7)
Sakai Ayana as Kurimaki Ayano (ep8-9)
Hankai Kazuaki as TOJ's emcee (ep8-9)
Shibuya Momoko as a TOJ participant (ep8-9)
Suzuki Sotaro (ep9)


Production Credits

Original writing: Kamio Yoko
Screenwriters: Satake Mikio, Fujimoto Yuki, Takahashi Natsuko (高橋ナツコ), Arai Shuuko (荒井修子)
Producer: Setoguchi Katsuaki
Directors: Ishii Yasuharu, Yamamuro Daisuke, Katayama Osamu
Music: Yamashita Kosuke