Sinopsis-Personal Taste

Details

• Title: 개인의 취향 / Kaeinui Chwihyang
• Also known as: Kae In's Taste / Personal Taste
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Episodes: 16
• Broadcast network: MBC
• Broadcast period: 2010-Mar-31 to 2010-May-20
• Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
• See inserts: Personal Preference OST

Synopsis

Jeon Jin Ho is a straight guy who pretends to be gay in order to become Park Kae In's roommate. His hobbies include organization and ironing, and he’s known for his stoic poker face. He’s a stickler for cleanliness, but he also has a talent for figuring out a women’s feelings. Kae In is very trusting even though she has a habit of being betrayed. However that doesn't stop her from giving people the benefit of doubt and Jin Ho is no different. How will Kae In react when she finds out that her gay roommate is not actually gay at all and that he has fallen for her? --Source: Javabeans

Cast

• Son Ye Jin as Park Kae In
• Lee Min Ho as Jeon Jin Ho
• Kim Ji Suk as Han Chang Ryul
• Wang Ji Hye as Kim In Hee
• Choi Eun Seo as Na Hye Mi
• Im Seul Ong as Kim Tae Hoon
• Jo Eun Ji as Lee Young Sun
• Jung Sung Hwa as No Sang Joon
• Ryu Seung Ryong as Choi Do Bin
• Park Hae Mi as Jin Ho's mother
• Ahn Suk Hwan as Han Yoon Sub
• Jang Won Young as Secretary Kim
• Kang Shin Il as Park Chul Han
• Yoon Eun Hye as Eun Soo (cameo, ep8)
• Bong Tae Kyu as Lee Won Ho (cameo)
• Jung Chan as bridegroom (cameo)
• Song Sun Mi as bride (cameo)
• Julien Kang as Chang Ryul's foreign friend (cameo)
• Park No Shik as Goo Joon Pyo (cameo)
• Kim Joon Ho (cameo)
• Kim Na Young (cameo)
• Kim Nam Gil (cameo)

Production Credits

• Production Company:
• Chief Producer: Choi Yi Seob (최이섭)
• Director: Son Hyung Suk, No Jong Chan (노종찬)
• Original writing: Novel "Personal Preference" by Lee Sae In (이새인)
• Screenwriter: Park Hye Kyung (박혜경)

Recognitions

• 2010 MBC Drama Awards: Excellence Award, Actor (Lee Min Ho)

Sinopsis-Boys Before Flowers

Details

• Title: 꽃보다 남자 / Kgotboda Namja
• Also known as: Boys Before Flowers / Boys Over Flowers
• Genre: Romance, comedy
• Episodes: 25
• Broadcast network: KBS2
• Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-05 to 2009-Mar-31
• Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
• Related TV Series: Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango, Liu Xing Yu
• See inserts: Boys Before Flowers OST, Boys Before Flowers OST 2, Boys Before Flowers OST 2.5

Synopsis

Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di's friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4's shoes, she's forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo. What will happen though, when she falls in love with someone from the F4 and Goo Joon Pyo start feeling something for her too? Will the love triangle disrupt F4 and change their lives forever?

Cast

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• Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di

F4:

• Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo
• Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo
  • Nam Da Reum as young Ji Hoo
• Kim Bum as So Yi Jung
• Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin

Extended Cast

• Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di's best friend)
• Kim Hyun Joo as Goo Joon Hee (Joon Pyo's elder sister)
• Lee Hye Young as Kang Hee Soo (Joon Pyo's mother)
• Ahn Suk Hwan as Geum Il Bong (Jan Di's father)
• Im Ye Jin as Na Gong Joo (Jan Di's mother)
• Park Ji Bin as Geum Kang San (Jan Di's younger brother)
• Han Chae Young as Min Seo Hyun (F4's best friend/Ji Hoo's ex girl friend)
• Lee Min Jung as Ha Jae Kyung (JK Group's CEO's daughter and Jun Pyo's fiancee)
• Lee Jung Gil as Yoon Seok Young (Ji Hoo's grandfather)
• Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Rok (Kang Hee Soo's Chief Secretary)
• Lee Si Young as Oh Min Ji
• Gook Ji Yun as Choi Jin Hee / Ginger
• Jang Ja Yun as Park Sun Ja / Sunny
• Min Young Won as Lee Mi Sook / Miranda
• Kim Ki Bang as Bom Chun Sik (Jan Di and Ga Eul's boss)
• Song Suk Ho as Butler Lee
• Kim Young Ok as Head Maid
• Im Ju Hwan as So Il Hyun (Yi Jung's older brother)
• Park Soo Jin as Cha Eun Jae (Yi Jung's first love)
• Kim Min Ji as Jang Yoo Mi
• Kim Jong Jin as So Hyun Sub (Yi Jung's father)
• Jung Ui Chul as Lee Min Ha / Min Jae Ha (fashion model)
• Kim Hyung Joon as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Kim Kyu Jong as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Heo Young Saeng as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Lee Hae Woo as Host Q (the guy who drugged Jan Di's drink, ep4)
• Lee Jung Joon as Gong Soo Pyo (Ga Eul's boyfriend, ep9-10)
• Heo Kyung Hwan as (Cell phone event MC, ep10)
• Lee Jung Sung as radiologist (cameo, ep13)
• Hai Ming (하이밍) as Ming (Ji Hoo's friend, ep14-15)
• Lee Suk Goo (이석구) as (Shinhwa's high school principal)
• Jo Soo Bin as announcer
• ?? as Goo Bon Hyung (Joon Pyo's father)

Production Credits

• Original Work: Manga Hana Yori Dango by Kamio Yoko
• Production Company: Group Eight
• Director: Jun Ki Sang
• Screenwriter: Yoon Ji Ryun

Episode Ratings

see Boys Before Flowers/Episode Ratings

Recognitions

• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Excellence Award Drama (Koo Hye Sun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Male Newcomer Award (Lee Min Ho)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Female Newcomer Award (Kim So Eun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Best Couple Award (Lee Min Ho and Koo Hye Sun)
• 2009 KBS Drama Awards: Netizen Award (Koo Hye Sun)
• 2009 14th Asian Television Awards: Nominated for Best Drama Series, Best Drama Performance by an Actor (Lee Min Ho), Best Drama Performance by an Actress (Koo Hye Sun)
• 2009 Seoul International Drama Awards: Most Popular Actor (Kim Hyun Joong)
• 2009 45th Baeksang Awards: Best New TV Actor (Lee Min Ho)
• 2009 45th Baeksang Awards: Most Popular TV Actor (Kim Hyun Joong)

Notes

• The cast and crew spent a week filming in the South Pacific in New Caledonia and on Waiheke Island. Filming also includes Macau and Jeju Island.
• Due to Koo Hye Sun's injury, Group Eight decided to air a Special on 2009-Mar-02 and the 17th Episode aired the day after