#DAOMING SI WAS TAIWAN'S VERSION OF DOMYOUJI TSUKUBA

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PLUS...ACTORS PROFILES #7

Name: JERRY YAN

Nickname/aka: LIAO YANGZHEN

Birthdate: January 1, 1977

Nationality: Taiwanese

Born: Taoyuan, Taiwan [Capricorn]

Career: Actor ▪︎ Singer ▪︎ Model

Debut Role: Spicy Teacher as Hong Minglong in 2000. The role was supporting.

Notable Roles:

2001: TV Series Girl Goes Forward (Cameo Appearance)

2001: TV SERIES: METEOR GARDEN as DAOMING SI (Breakthrough Role)

2001: MINI SERIES: METEOR RAIN as DAOMING SI (SPECIAL with F4 not Shancai)

2002: Love Scar as Zhang Zilin

2002: Come To My Place as Cai Yiye

2002: TV SERIES: METEOR GARDEN 2 as DAOMING SI

2006: The Hospital as Su Yihua

2008: Hot Shot as Dong Fangxiang

2009: Starlit as Cheng Yue

2010: Pandamen as Policeman Chen (Cameo Role)

2010: Down with Love as Xiang Yuping

2011: MY Splendid Life as Liu Yuhuo

2014: Loving, Never Forgetting as Li Zhongmou

2015: MY Best Ex-Boyfriend as Li Tang

2016: Because Love as Zhuang Daosheng

2019: Reset Life as Professor (Cameo Role)

2020: Count Your Lucky Stars Lu Xiangcheng

Movies Roles:

Magic Kitchen (2004) as Guo Keli

Ripples of Desire (2012) as ScarFace

Lupin III: Necklace of Cleopatra (2014) as Michael Lee

Our Times (2015) as Adult Xu Taiyu

Tempting Hearts (2021) as Zhou Qiwen

In addition to his acting career Jerry is also a singer. Before going solo he worked with F4 cast mates on some music. Meteor Garden was the first series to be based on the Japanese Manga Hana Yori Dango aka Boys Over Flowers. Though there is a little known film Hana Yori Dango that did not follow the manga in it's entirety.

So technically Taiwan made the first live Adaptation of Boys Over Flowers though it's title was Meteor Garden which also had a second season.

Jerry was famous after tackling the lead role of Daoming Si.

Interesting Fact he worked with Shen Yue in Count Your Lucky Stars. Shen Yue played Shancai in the Chinese Remake of Meteor Garden in 2018 with Dylan Wang recreating Daoming Si.

Jerry is a very handsome talented actor. His version of Meteor Garden was not available in my country but to my surprise it was on YouTube so I did get to see it.

Jerry Yan was different from Dylan Wang but I loved him so much.

#ACTOR PROFILES 7 #TAIWANESE #ACTOR #SINGER #DAOMING SI #METEOR GARDEN #METEOR GARDEN 2 #METEOR RAIN #F4 #SOLO ARTIST #COUNT YOUR LUCKY STARS #GIFS by ME #DAOMING SI WAS TAIWAN'S VERSION OF DOMYOUJI TSUKUBA

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Hana Yori Dango-Boys Over Flowers & Meteor Garden

The Final 2 Men That Make Up F4

My intro into Asian Dramas and such was these series and I don't pretend they were all perfect. Quite the opposite each adaptation had it's issues but when you look pass issues and still adore something or someone even. That's real admiration and love. So let's meet the 2 guys that help make up F4

Number 1: The 2 men that help make up F4 in the 1995 movie were just wallpaper. Unfortunately they were just there with no real storyline. And it was sad but I won't leave them out.

SAEKI KENSAKU played Nishikado Sojiro...surprisingly this gentleman had one acting credit and it was Hana Yori Dango in 1995. Then He retired from acting and no other information is available.

HASHIZUME KOICHI played Mimasaka Akira...this actor had many series to his credit but sadly he died 4 years after Hana Yori Dango in 1999 in a bike accident.

Number 2: 2001 Meteor Garden Adaptation seemed almost in the 70's or 80's F4 were all long haired cutie pies.

VANNESS WU (in the yellow) played Mei Zuo..

KEN CHU played Xi Men

Number 3: In 2005 Japan's Hana Yori Dango Series. The other 2 Members of F4 was back to the same names as the 1995 Movie of the same name.

ABE TSUYOSHI played Mimasaka Akira

MATSUDA SHOTA played Nishikado Sojiro

Number 4: South Korea's Boys Over Flowers was unlike the others because no others used these names while both Japanese Versions used the same names as did Taiwan and China.

KIM BUM played the ladies man So Yi Jung

KIM JOON played Song Woo Bin

Number 5: China's Version called Meteor Garden just like Taiwan's Version returned Xi MEN & Mei Zuo. China's Version was excellent like the rest but it was a whopping 49 Episodes. All F4 Members had story arcs. Well they did in other versions as well.

Xi Men was played by CEASAR WU

Mei Zuo was played by CONNOR LEONG or LEON LEONG

So these handsome gentlemen rounded out the F4 in the Japanese, Taiwanese and Chinese versions of this iconic story. Do you have a favorite of them. Or were they just friends of Domyouji Tsukuba & Hanazawa Rui/ Daoming Si & Hauze Lei

Actually I do like all of them but I do prefer Number 4 & Number 5. Because I am a huge fan of KIM BUM & KIM JOON and CEASAR WU & LEON LEONG were also excellent for me. But again I love all these guys.

@pose4photoml do you have a favorite?

#THE REST OF F4 #THE OTHER 2 MEMBERS #HANA YORI DANGO #BOYS OVER FLOWERS #METEOR GARDEN #My GIFS #MYGIFSET #MyGIFedit #INTRODUCING THE ACTORS OF 2 OTHER F4 GUYS

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PLUS...BLOCKBUSTERS_HANA YORI DANGO

A shout out to one of my favorite stories from Yoko Kamio (MANGA/ANIME)

Several countries have brought there own version of this story. I'm sure fans have their favorites. But I have an appreciation for all these actors and their version of DOMYOUJI TSUKUBA. So here they are..

Number 1: Made into a movie in Japan in 1995, this version isn't as popular. It did not follow the full story of the trials and tribulations gone through by Domyoji & Makino. But it had its own charm. Domyoji Tsukuba was played by SHOSUKE TANIHARA

Number 2: The first series in live action went to Taiwan. In 2001 it went from Hana Yori Dango to Meteor Garden. It was followed by a sequel Meteor Garden 2 after Meteor Rain. Domyouji Tsukuba name was changed to Daoming Si and Taiwanese dynamo JERRY YAN step into this iconic role.

Number 3: Japan decided to step back into the game with a series version that blew the 1995 movie out of the water. Back to the original name HANA YORI DANGO (aka BOYS OVER FLOWERS) it was 2005. A sequel in 2007 called HANA YORI DANGO RETURNS and a final movie in 2008. Domyouji Tsukuba was played by multi-talented JUN MATSUMOTO.

Number 4: Then it was SOUTH KOREA next. BOYS OVER FLOWERS came out in 2009. Domyouji Tsukuba became GU JUN-PYO. And was played by popular South Korean actor LEE MIN-HO.

Number 5: Another Remake with a much milder story but still damn good IMO. Once again the name changed to Meteor Garden as China did a remake of the Taiwanese version. And of course Domyouji Tsukuba became Daoming Si again. And newbie actor DYLAN WANG took on the role. And he was A M A Z I N G!!

In conclusion this is an iconic story and will probably will continue to be remade with a new name for Domyouji and his lady love Makino and the rest of the F4. But no matter what I will always have an appreciation for the characters. I may not like every version but I won't slam it. I just won't watch it.

For fans who choose to diminish these men and their outstanding performance by saying BEST ADAPTATION YET for their favorite is ridiculous. One is not better than the other. They are all BEST ADAPTATIONS. Each actor brought their best. And should be applauded. Each version should appreciated.

So to all the men here that played DOMYOUJI or DAOMING SI or GU JUN-PYO. YOU DID MARVELOUSLY ALL OF YOU.

@pose4photoml I posted this a long time ago. Just tagging you to check it out.

#HANA YORI DANGO ADAPTATIONS #JAPAN #TAIWAN #SOUTH KOREA #CHINA #1995-2001-2005-2009-2018 #TSUKASA DOMYOUJI #DAOMING SI #GU JUN-PYO #HANA YORI DANGO #METEOR GARDEN #BOYS OVER FLOWERS #THE LEADERS OF F4 #in love without MAKINO TSUKUSHI #in love with DONG SHANCAI #in love with GEUM JAN DI #GIFS by ME