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Korean Hana Yori Dango (F4) cast revealed

72 Commentsjohnnydorama in News | 02 Oct 2008 - 01:35 AM

Tags: kim hyun joong, kim bum, hana yori dango, lee min ho, kim joon, f4

F4 Hana Yori Dango

The cast for F4 (Korean version of Hana Yori Dango) was revealed today.

Coolsmurf states:

Actor Lee Min Ho is casted as Goo Joon Pyo (Tsukasa Domyoji), Kim Hyun Joong as expected is Yoon Ji Hoo (Rui Hanazawa), Kim Bum is So Lee Jung (Sojiroh Nishikado) while relatively unknown Kim Joon of T-MAX is Song Yu Bin (Akira Mimasaka). No mention of who is playing the female Makino yet.

Casting for the rest will be finalized soon and filming will commence in mid-October with an overseas shoot. The 24 episode drama will be shown after “The World That They Live In” in the Mon-Tue timeslot towards the end of December.


I've never watched the Japanese version of this, so I'm not even going to attempt to act like I know what I'm talking about. Yes children, even the almighty johnnydorama is not all knowing. Someone fill me in on why this is so highly anticipated. And by someone I mean a hot chick in person, cause I don't really care much for the explanation, I just needed a good excuse to corner you into a room with me. I'm such a smooth operator.

F4 Hana Yori Dango

 

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02 Oct 2008 - 01:37 AM1. procrastinator

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LOL “smooth operator” indeed.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 01:43 AM2. Chickensalad

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KIM BUM! <333 Holy crap I love that boy, he can act AND he is absolutely adorable. I remember watching him play the lead character’s teenage son in Rude Women back in the day, and now he’s all grown up. He’ll make an excellent Nishikado.

And Hyun Joong’s always struck me as more of the pretty and aloof Rui type, so he should do alright as that. I’ve never heard of Lee Min Ho and Kim Joon, though, but they look pretty enough to make a believable F4.

I’d be so excited about this if I didn’t hate the HYD storyline. The Japanese one was sappy and melodramatic enough, so we can definitely expect even more angst and cheese from the Korean version. Sorry Johnny, all the chicks will probably be too busy drooling over Hyun Joong and Kim Bum, so it’ll be a while before you can corner any raspberry

 

02 Oct 2008 - 01:43 AM3. ashleylovesxiah

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OMG I LOVE KIM BUM!! <3<3<3

 

02 Oct 2008 - 01:52 AM4. procrastinator

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cheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeese XD hahaha

 

02 Oct 2008 - 01:54 AM5. Hiroshi

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Oh please no more HYD remakes.  I’ve had enough with the badly done live actions already.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:01 AM6. jeenybeeny

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oh my seriously looking forward to this. i haven’t seen any of the lives and the manga got boring. hahhaa. this cast certainly is yummy though :D hmmmmm for lead female actors.. i think yoon eun hye would be pretty good. with longer hair. hahaha. or at least somewhat. i think the girl who played choonhyang in sassy girl choon hyang wouldn’t be bad either. although her age doesn’t really fit. i just want someone who can act.
i’m glad kim bum is in there. at least people with acting experience with things that aren’t like whatever movie superjunior tried to film. some of them can act…but…still…i’m kind of wishing the two unknowns had been shiwon and heechul raspberry just because i love them. haha. especially heechul.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:02 AM7. trinad

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wows.. awesome.. i actually liked the live hyd.. meteor garden killed though.. it dragged on for ages, and you eventually end up hating barbie who played makino. i hope they choose a good makino, not ugly but not the hottest girl but feisty.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:04 AM8. jeenybeeny

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i know hyori isn’t a good actor…but the whole feisty thing fits (: then again… i am biased towards hyori. one of the best kpop females out there. in my opinion. even girls acknowledge her hotness. haha.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:12 AM9. procrastinator

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^ yeah but isn’t hyori too old, these people are in high school right?

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:20 AM10. jeenybeeny

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yeahhh thats true. then again. who thinks she looks 30? but still a bit too old “/ hahaha.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:20 AM11. milangurl89

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KIMBUM! HOLY CRAP…. XDDDDD
yes! no kibum! manseh!!!!!!!
i wonder who the girl will be. hopefuly its not sohee. cant imagine she kiss hyungjoon.. *gag* yoon eunhye has done goong too..
is it gonna be yoona?
but why do i get a feeling that its gonna be go ara?

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:21 AM12. ChiChi06

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Yoon Eun Hye as Makino <33 all the way baby . . .I’m not digging the cast that much I was hoping Jo In Sung Or Kim Dong Won . . now that I will get hot and bothered for<3 skeet

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:22 AM13. jeenybeeny

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OH MY GOOD. it better not be sohee. i will fucking throw away my computer before i watch that. i hate sohee. disgusting. i don’t think go ara would be bad either. at least she can act. yeahhh kibums too busy doing chunja’s happy events(:

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:24 AM14. milangurl89

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@ procrastinator:
lol no theyre in college. hyungjoon is 86er, minho is 87er, and kimbum is 89er. idk bout the other one. funny though.. his name will be yoobin. lol

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:25 AM15. jeenybeeny

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meh. jo in sung. sorry not feeling it. can’t really see why everyone is crazy about him. kim dong wan is pretty cute though. hahhaa. but they’re all too old “/ its supposed to be teenagers.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:33 AM16. milangurl89

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@ jeenybeeny:
lmao XD
u dont like sohee too?

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:39 AM17. jeenybeeny

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oh my goodness. hate soheee. ugly & she can’t sing. definitely isn’t cute. gross.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:49 AM18. Kelly-chi

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Super Excited for a K-version of HYD. I loved the J-version. It should be good. More than likely more dramatic however.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 02:51 AM19. jeenybeeny

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hahaha planning on trying out the J version if this one is okay. the thought of oguri shun is rather tempting, but the overload of drama isn’t doing too much for me.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:10 AM20. milangurl89

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@ jeenybeeny:
j version is the best one; give it a try. if u like the tw version, you’ll like the j vers more smile
i think sohee is too young for the role too. lol
and she’s not cute.. even moon geun young is cuter than her. haha

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:22 AM21. jeenybeeny

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ughhh. i just don’t like the sound of chinese “/
j version is best? hrmmmmmm.
sohee. ugh. she is NOT cute. moon geun young is definitely cuter.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:22 AM22. procrastinator

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Hold on I think I saw parts of the japanese version of this show when i was in china. Was there a girl who has straight fringe and a guy with kind of curly hair and liked beating people up and the girl defended herself with mop and he bought her a dress something like that or is another show?

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:42 AM23. photogeneric

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Procrastinator, i don’t think that was Hana Yori Dango. haha~
I don’t remember the mop thing. But then again, I could be wrong, or you could be talking about the Taiwanese one. I derno.

& I find it funny that Akira’s name will be Yu Bin. d0=
Yubin to me is a Wonder Girl. d0=

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:44 AM24. photogeneric

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I’m a bit excited for this… but I don’t want to have to wait for subs and everything. agggh~

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:58 AM25. Bluecat

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WTFFFF KIM BUM?
Arrrgh, he should have gotten a bigger role! i love that guy : D
and and…Kim Hyung Joon as hanazawa rui? T___T Sorry, but I dont think anyone can ever beat Oguri Shun in that role. But we’ll see :]
they all look alright…but it’s probably because im such a big fan of the J version thats why im a little sceptical about this :l

 

02 Oct 2008 - 04:15 AM26. jyyjc

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i think yoon eun hye or go ara would fit as makino.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 04:35 AM27. JennyKim319

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Kim Hyung Joong from SS501?! ZOMG!!!!

The reason this is such a big thing is because the manga (Japanese comic) supposedly is a really good story and was even made into an anime (along with a J-drama). I don’t really know since I was never interested in the story, but since it’s going to be a Korean drama (drama, right? Or is it a movie?) and my fave SS501 member is one of the cast, I’m definately going to read the manga and try to watch the anime if I like it enough.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:01 AM28. puffie

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@milangurl89- i know sohee’s cute and all(well for me) but why’d you have to mention that..ohno T_T lol i can’t sleep O_O

i so love HYD and i can’t wait to watch this version~ can’t wait to see more of Lee Min Ho..he looks unbelievably hot in that pic..
of course, hyun-joong and kim bum are the ones i’ll be stalking in this series. don’t know who’s Song Yu Bin though.. All i know is he’s qualified to be in F4 and he looks better than his counterparts in taiwan and japan.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:16 AM29. crazyfrog

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i’m also one of the few who hasn’t seen the Jap or Taiwanese one. yes i know there’s a taiwanese one. but that’s about all i know. but i know they’re highly anticipated because the guys are usually, well, very drool worthy. other than that… i don’t know. i kind of never watched them because i was so sick of my friends drooling all over them…

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:28 AM30. m3mi

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lols i wonder how this one will turn out. I loved the taiwanese one a lot. The jap one was prettty good too. But i think this cast has the best faces. but i dont think the korean version will live up to the hype of the taiwanese verison. When that show first aired(i think it was like 6 years ago???) the 4 guys turn from nobody to instint stardom. Good old times.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:39 AM31. laady_kpop00

HOLY CRAP!!!!!
THEY’RE ALL SO EFFIN HOT!!!!!!!! XD dang, it’s gonna be hard for me to pick sides when i watch the drama lolz
That guy at the end kinda looks funny(but not ugly)... like Brian from Fly to the Sky

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:40 AM32. reina

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i will be waiting for these

 

02 Oct 2008 - 05:42 AM33. Alice (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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Now I want to know who will have the chance to play “Makino” lol.
I hope this version will be as good as the japanese version, and even more !
I love HYD and will watch every versions !

 

02 Oct 2008 - 06:13 AM34. k127

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isn’t Yun Eun-Hye rumored to play Makino? cant wait to watch it…

 

02 Oct 2008 - 06:19 AM35. ChubbieBunnie

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yoo sm messed up how come he didnt get any of their boys in
ahh wellz..prolly wont watch unless im blocked in somewhere

 

02 Oct 2008 - 07:30 AM36. Meepstio

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I’ve watched the Taiwanese ver waaaay back. I was hoping there would be a korean ver and its finally happening^^

 

02 Oct 2008 - 07:53 AM37. cocomo101

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O-M-G
I’m sooo watching this XDD
They’re cute ^^

 

02 Oct 2008 - 08:00 AM38. corrakun

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My anticipation for this was drained half a year ago…

I only care about Hyunjoong and Kimbum, kekeke <3

I probably won’t watch it though…

 

02 Oct 2008 - 08:07 AM39. RandomLuv

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ohhhh i think this cast is the cutest xD
honestly i never finished the drama, any version and i didn’t like the art in the manga.
it’s probably so highly anticipated because of it’s popularity in other countries and the fact that 4 attractive guys are in it.
I’ll try and watch the first episode if it’s subbed.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 08:09 AM40. JennyKim319

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IKR, RandomLuv! I didn’t like the manga art style so that sorta made me not want to watch the Taiwanese and Jap. ver of this @_@

 

02 Oct 2008 - 08:50 AM41. person

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As long as they don’t stretch this out like 1000000 episodes like the Taiwanese version, I’m ok with it. And of course the girl better not look 12 like in the TW vers.
Living up to the Japanese version? Who knows. Can’t say I love this cast.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 08:59 AM42. calen

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I watched both seasons so I obviously liked it, but I thought the Japanese live action was overly dramatic and dragged on and on (and on…). K-dramas tend to be longer and even more full of drama than J-dramas. Even with KHJ and Kim Bum, I don’t know if I can handle that, lol.

 

02 Oct 2008 - 09:10 AM43. angelz

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@ procrastinator I think you watched HYD season 2. Lol yes the curly hair guy likes to beat ppl or get others to do it for him.

anyways as long as it doesn’t stretch like the other versions which I started watching but never finished. plus only reason I watched the Taiwanese one was cause Vic Zhou & Vaness Wu was in it, then Jerry Yan was in 2nd season. The only good looking cast in the Japanese one is Oguri Shun, the less important roles in that one did have good looking guys too I have to admit ie. Handa Kento as Ryuji(ep 4 & 5).

 

02 Oct 2008 - 09:18 AM44. Mangy (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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omg. hot cast already. <3 kim hyun joong makes a good rui ^^

 

02 Oct 2008 - 09:36 AM45. Adesi_loveu

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i prefer the japanese version though,the guys are good looking, but i dont know… they should use yoobin as makino!

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:16 PM46. JaeJoong

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i wz hopin JaeJoong to play Hanazawa Rui… :@

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:16 PM47. yeli

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the male cast seems like a good choice…Kim Bum!!! Kim Hyun Joong!!!...and the male lead is actually an experienced actor so thats good….

so far so good….but i hope they do not ruin it by casting a girl band member as makino..i will really hurt someone if they do….i dont care if they pick an unknown actress, just as long as she can play her role well and she is NOT a girl band member

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:19 PM48. yeli

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i find it kinda funny that in all three versions the best looking guy is always Rui <3
maybe this time i will actually finish the damn drama…i couldnt make myself finish the jap or taiwanese versions…i just skipped all the way to the last ep just to see how it ended cause they became such a pain to watch LMAO

 

02 Oct 2008 - 03:43 PM49. evanesco

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HYUN JOONG IS GONNA BECOME HUUUUGE AFTER THIS >o<

 

02 Oct 2008 - 04:12 PM50. nice! (Unregistered User? Sign Up!)

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Liking the male cast. Now for the girl… if it’s Yoon EunHye… oh HAIL no. As long as it’s not her, I’ll probably watch it. haha
No offense to YEH. Just don’t like her, for some reason.

 

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