I am so excited!! Though I hope they copy the storyline exactly. Since they've got more episodes, I really want to see them expand the Soujiro and Yuuki story, which they probably will since kdramas love their romance.

oh fark~~ now i'm way too much excited! everybody looks great!

i guessed right! Ahn Seok-hwan (who played a father in My Sassy Girl) will be Jandi's dad! haha i wished they got his wife at my sassy girl (and Madam Noh on Hong gildong) to play as the mother. they are farking hilarious. :D

KIM HYUN JOONG! look sizzling hot! *dies* he's way too perfect for the role. he has this certain prince-y look. *dies again*

lee minho looks a lot like jerry yan (dao ming zi from taiwan f4) it's because of that infamous permed hair. gahh~~

hope we wouldn't get disappointed with the acting and the story line. :DD

*even the store owner looks cute! ahaha dorks rulee.

*edit: Oops...I meant, i hope they "didn't" copy the storyline. It would be kinda pointless.

ahhh everyone's faces are being blended together.
hyunjoong looks FAB in that coat.

edit: as for it possibly being an exact copy of the japanese version.. it don't matter for me because i never watched it! :D

I second that...please give us somthing new with this story this time around and not a carbon copy!

North Korean pornography?!? WTF Conan LOL?

Anyhoo, oh happy day!!!!

Let's review the look of the cast:

Jun-Pyo/Doumyoji: Wow, I love the look. Doumyoji's curly hair has always looked ludicrous (there, the 80ish-ness of the manga is really obvious) when done live, but here it's just done right. Arrogant, stern, a little sad. I love it.
Ji-Hoo/Rui: OMG he's beautiful. I mean, Kim Hyun-joong has always been really pretty, but damn this bitch is BEAUTIFUL!!! Love the aloofness in the 2nd picture. That's Rui. Sigh. Can we have MakinoxRui?
Yi-jung/Sojiro: I really liked Soujiro in the J-drama, partially because Matsuda Shota has a fairly "Canto" vibe about him. But this is closer to how I imagined Sojiro from the manga.
Akira/Woo-Bin: Eh. This one is a miss for me.

Han Chae-young/Shizuka: I didn't like the J-drama version of Shizuka, and as you said, it looks like they're using the same interpretation. That said, the casting is so spot-on for that Shizuka that it's almost Han Chae Young playing Han Chae Young.

Lee Shi-young/Sakurako: Her part in Kingdom of the Wind is kinda typical, so I can't say how her Sakurako will be. I really hope they don't use the J-drama version of Sakurako here. She's a fun character, but her character, as originally conceived in the manga, can be re-interpreted into a lot more (and relevant given the popularity of plastic surgery among teenagers.)

Can't wait for BBF !!
I was over-excited be4 the cast was chosen..and even more now !!
Hope we won't be disappointed.

Nice coverage! Not much for me to complain so far.

Wow, bloggers are even keeping track of the filming! I can't wait! (x1000)
Very beautiful cast... But I remembered I really hated that trio of girl b's in Hanadan. The whiny voices! Argh! Haha, I forgot Lee Min Ho had to get a perm. He doesn't look so bad but I guess I'll have to watch him in action lo love his hairdo. Right now I have to stifle a a laugh like when I first saw MatsuJun in a perm... XD

"but her makeup was way too white. "

she's known to have skin white as snow -_-;;;

Ohh thanks for the infos and pictures ! Boy, Hyun Joong as Rui is a wonderful choice *___* !! ^^
I als hope it won't be a replica, according to the pictures it's kind of the same scens.. the arrival of shizuka, the departure of Rui ? will there be an apple story ?? LooL

looking forward to it!!!!!!!!!!

I've seen Lee Shi-young's acting in Kingdom Of The Winds and it's quite impressing.
can't wait for this drama.

Wow, Kim Soeun is so pretty >w<

Kyaa! kim bum! Although for some reason I always think the actor that portrays Akira is Soujiro and vice versa.... I don't really like the style they chose for Kim Bum clothes though.

Hey, so a curly hairdo that isn't weird! I really want to watch this now.. and it has to be somewhat different right, since the setting is super different.

Lee Min-ho looks surprisingly adorable with that curly hair, but why such long bangs on Kim Bum? You don't cover up a beautiful face like that, silly production team!

OMG, I can't wait for this!! Everybody looks great. I'm afraid I have my hopes up too much because I absolutely loved HYD - especially Season 1, which I thought was perfect!

Kim Hyun-joong sure is a prettier Rui than his Japanese counterpart.

I wonder how long it will take me to call them by their Korean names and not Makino, Domyoji and Rui. :-)

I got the family cast right!

i'm SO excited for this drama to air!! I really can't wait for this to air, and good thing is that it's airing during holidays<333

Kim KiBang?? yay!!! i love him

Jenny -That right Shun Is a high Quality actor amongs Rui's Cast he is the Best Potraying Rui even Physically i like Vic Chou ~ for Face ..

Thank you so much for posting this! At least now I'll know when it'll be released though I have no idea how soon it'll be posted online with English subs ;D
I've been waiting forever for updates on the Korean adaptation as I really enjoyed the Japanese version. Can't wait!

I watch Kingdom of the Winds every week, but I can't figure out who exactly who Lee Shi Young is... Can Someone help me out? Maybe its because I'm not korean so I know people by their characters and not so much by full name.

Sorry Everyone.

I'm waaay beyond excited considering there's still some time before this comes out!
Omg, I really do hope that they manage to pull this off, if not make it better :D
The boys are looking so pretty, heh.

I like them pulling in newbies for the supporting cast, and Yuki looks potentially compatible with KimBum :D

@Mimi
I love both the TW and Jap cast for Rui so far. Not loving HyunJoong, but he does look awfully Rui.

its really turning out well imo.
im getting even more excited.
that lucky blogger!!

lol.. wow min ho does look like Doumyoji!!
and jihoo's look by hyunjoong is sooo nice..
and lastly i love kim bum's look... and of course im excited about his role.

from the jap versions, i really like rui and soujiro characters the best.
so im excited for them.
but im happy that doumyoji part is cast well.. appearance wise.

aaahhhh so excited.
i know there will be comparisons. i hope these guys will be able to accept the critique but also sort of the reality of it all. i hope they all do a good job and do it the best they can.

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! Kim Hyun Joong is smexyyyyyyyyy lol
is it just me or do all the girls look very similar to one another? i cant really tell them apart...hehe

I think these guys look better than the Japanese F4. The Jap F4 looked a little too feminine to me. The Korean F4 has a more manly feel to them. Can't wait.

This should be interesting. I'm tempted to watch the other version to compare, but at the same time thinking about waiting so I won't. Hmmm...

You can never talk about "Boys Before Flowers" too much. EVER. Keep us updated. December 1 is not coming fast enough if you ask me. So excited!!!

I just hope it's not the same EXACT storyline...

I couldn't handle watching the same story three times...not once...not twice...but three times!

+_+" I must say I really like the Japanese version more than the Taiwanese one but I hope that this version won't let me down.

*Hoping that it will be unique in its own sense.*

Oh, geez... I am seriously going CRAZY waiting for this!!! I can barely wait--December seems so far away!!

And if his hair looks that good permed--I wonder how hot it'll look wet, lol. They all look fantastic. ^_^

For some reason, whenever TPTB film a drama based off a manga, the actors' clothes make me LOL hard.

That said, this looks promising

AARRRGGHHH!!!
Kim Bum looks SO adorable!!!!
I laughed my head off at the perm cuz I didn't think they would incorporate it into the Korean version...loll...i guess I was wrong...I absolutely despised Matsujun's perm in HYD...it looked like a small animal crawled onto his head and died...I guess JunPyo's perm is done a little more tastefully...
Loving the hair on Kim Hyun Joong, so careless but so handsome! He's REALLY skinny though...look at his waistline!!!
The F4 look really good! I wonder how Hye Sun is going to match up...

The cast looks really good but I don't like the girl who play Tsukushi's role, she's a bit too old, and her face is too plastic...

"You can never talk about “Boys Before Flowers” too much. EVER. "

EVER.

"I laughed my head off at the perm cuz I didn’t think they would incorporate it into the Korean version…loll…i guess I was wrong…I absolutely despised Matsujun’s perm in HYD…it looked like a small animal crawled onto his head and died…"

Yeah, but Douymouji's curls are what they are; you can't really get around it. It also speaks to Kamio-sensei's fashion and pop influences really coming from the 80s (esp. in the sheer excess that you see in the story) when she started writing the manga. It's ironically a better fit now in 2005 or 2000.

Also -- and it could be the completely inappropriate heat today in SoCal warping my brain -- with the hair and the clothing choices, he looks a little bit like Leslie Cheung in Days of Being Wild.

"she’s a bit too old, and her face is too plastic…"

Goo Hye Sun is all natural, but she wears circle lenses, which enhances her ullzang look.

@kirara,

"but I can’t figure out who exactly who Lee Shi Young is…"

She is Prince Yeo-jin's girlfriend/Kim Hye Ri's slap doll in the show.

oh man! I actually got chills looking at the pictures. Absolutely loving the way the F4 guys are dressed. Very very cool.

Perm on boys is gonna be so in once this drama starts! I hope the lead F4 actor acts good as he looks... Can't wait!

omfg!!!! i'm literally jumping in my seat!!!!! i can't WAIT!!!!!!!!!! *breath* just one more month!!! the F4 clothes are AMAZING!!!!!

"Perm on boys is gonna be so in once this drama starts!"

I think perms are already in general (see Rain and Philosopher King Yonsama.) But I think Kim Hyun-joong's JE-style haircut will be the sensation, and it'll officially mark the beginning where SM/YG boy idols start adopting the Johnny Boy look.

So far, K-pop boy bands have been fairly successful in Japan, but mostly among housewives and such. (40-year old okasans and Big Bang? Yup.) THIS Rui will break into the Johnny fangirl audience. And if not, Taiwan will be HIS!

well, I have been looking for to HYD and it is fairly exciting
but....I know Im being really superficial right now etc. but...all the F4 look so ...UGLY
ahhh
Whenever I look at them I cant help but cringe. ick.
I just hope it looks better on screen then in photos.

the first picture of Lee Min Ho is like looking at the very image of the real Tsukasa for me that is..the unapprochable and high-and-mighty "ORESAMA" look!
Kin Hyun Joong does look the part of RUi..oh that sad face! haha

well we can't help but compare it with the Jap version coz that one was successful enough that nobody would think of another version would come up again..

let's just wait...

"I know Im being really superficial right now etc. but…all the F4 look so …UGLY"

hmm, although i would've liked to see some other actors in these roles, i don't necessarily think they're...well...UGLY. kim bum is so cute! :P

i'm starting to get more excited about this drama as well. i WAS against Kim Hyun Joong in the role of rui but seeing him on WGM and seeing these scene shots of him as the character has changed my mind. however, i still don't see Goo Hye Sun as makino. she's a good actress but i don't think she fits the role physically...i hope she proves me wrong! :) i have a feeling i might be more interested in the yuki/soujiro storyline in this series than the main characters! i just love me some kim bum!

Thanks Belleza... I figured that's who it was, since it couldn't be Muhyul's love interest Yeon..

Your choice of words are interesting though... SLap Doll?? .. then again.. oh yah.. the queen's always giving her a hard time...

"Your choice of words are interesting though… SLap Doll?? .. then again.. oh yah.. the queen’s always giving her a hard time…"

"you ran away with Yeo Jin again!" *WAP*
"I'm so mad at Yeo Jin that I'm going to slap you instead!" *WAP*
"my tea is cold!" *WAP*
"you're looking at me funny!" *WAP*
"yes, these are real!" *WAP*

me!! lol i've been telling all my friends who've watched HYD that this is coming
but sadly they dont seem too exccited >.<

but i can't wait!!! :]

ahh i'm excited =)
wasn't kim ki bang in my name is sam soon?

OMG I CANT WAIT >__<
IT LOOKS SO GOOD
Kim Hyun-joong, Kim Bum,Lee Min-ho,Kim Joon looks so handsome =]

i can not wait
thanks for the information