Hana Yori Dango-Boys Over Flowers & Meteor Garden:
Family of Male Lead
Domyouji, Daoming Si & Gu Jun Pyo 's Mother & Sister
Domyouji, Daoming Si and Gu Jun Pyo were spoiled brats with a domineering mother and a cool sister. It's his sister that raised him and gave him a good beating when she thought he needed one. So let meet them.
Number 1: 1992 Hana Yori Dango Anime. Since the 1995 did not complete the full story meaning Domyouji's family was not a part of the abbreviated movie version I am including the anime where Domyouji's sister whacked him in the kisser.
Number 2: 2001 METEORGARDEN. Daoming Si's mother made her appearance around Episode 14 appearing for her son's birthday and meeting Dong Shancai whom she hated immediately. His sister arrived around Episode 9 to give him some love and a beating.
XIU ZHEN ZHEN played mama bear DAOMING FENG
MARY HSU played fighting sister DAOMING ZHUANG (Mary passed away in 2011 after a battle with cancer. RIP QUEEN)
Number 3: 2005 Hana Yori Dango had a mother that barely spoke to her son. She was a powerhouse business woman but as a mother she seemed to be a failure. But she was keeping the business running for Domyouji Tsukuba to take over. She was mean. His sister stepped in to protect Makino from her brother.
KAGA MARIKO played mama bear Domyouji Kaede
MATSUSHIMA NANAKO played fighting sister Domyouji Tsubaki
Number 4: South Korea's Boys Over Flowers had a mother that was ruthless but she seemed to care more about her son even though she still sat out to control him and his choices. Meanwhile his sister arrived as Gu Jun Pyo tried immaturity in evading Guem Jan Di. A high speed chase followed by an ass whooping by his noona
LEE HYE YOUNG played mama bear Kang Hee Soo
KIM HYUN JOO played fighting sister Gu Jun Hee
Number 5: 2018 Meteor Garden China's Remake had one mean mama. She was willing to let her son suffer a hunger strike because she would not allow him to marry Dong Shancai. She had him kidnapped and even cut him off financially (briefly) but I do believe she truly loved her son. They gave her vulnerability as she almost lost the business and needed Daoming Si to marry to get out of it. His sister arrived to whoop his ass when she saw him manhandling Dong Shancai
WANG LIN played mama bear Daoming Feng
DEE HSU played fighting sister Daoming Zhuang (She is a Taiwanese actress and the sister of Barbie Hsu who played Dong Shancai in Meteor Garden Taiwanese Version)
So who was your favorites of these mother daughter duos. @pose4photoml
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RANT:
{BOYS OVER FLOWERS}
Warning: Unpopular Opinion
I hear things like:
Ji hoo was better,
jihoo suited jandi,
Ji hoo and jandi had a meaningful bond
blah blah blah
now i want real talk.
Why tf was Ji hoo given more screentime?
You blink, Ji hoo is onscreen.
Jihoo breathe, the romantic bgm starts playing for jihoo-jandi
Jandi is sad Jihoo appears
Jandi is happy, Jihoo appears
Jandi thinks of junpyo, jihoo appears
Jandi exists, ji hoo appears.
all this, and totally not in a cute way. he was given more screentime, better story, better scenes, better romance, better background story, better everything. (except the hairstyle. it was ugly asf). but the question is.. WHY?
Why was the main male character totally sidelined in his OWN show?
Yes. I am questioning the writers and makers of this show.
Jandi-Junpyo barely had romantic scenes, bonding through understanding scenes and every other thing... all of it was given to the second lead. There was no proper introduction to junpyo's childhood and background story like it was for ji hoo.
The FL spends 80% of her time in the show with second lead and people wonder why alot of people can't connect with junpyo-jandi's chemistry.
I still am traumatized with those scenes where The FL again n again breaks ML's heart, betrays him, and treat him as if he isn't important and he is just playing around with her. ML literally spends his time with her family, tries to make her feel special, is thoughtful about her feelings and family issues, gives her the space she needs and even though he was an asshole first but later it was jandi herself who accepted his approach and didn't deny him... then goes to sml.. then again realizes and still doesnt acknowledges ML's feelings and his efforts , he literally puts his efforts to make her happy and to be with her and she says "i guess he is TRYING"
even till the last episode, unnecessarily, sml was still around. after 14-15 episodes, he just became a nuisance cuz if they are not gonna end up together or jandi has fell for junpyo and junpyo being the main character... WHY WAS JIHOO TAKING SO MUCH SCREEN TIME???
Okay now i am just ranting but my point is.. was it the writers plan? was ji hoo the one who was the ml? why tf would the writers do that?
people like ji hoo because his character was given more screentime, depth, meaning, understanding for the viewers.. and still jun pyo overshadowed.
like,, i still can't believe this is a 25 episode drama . maybe it is longer but they later edited it out for 25 episodes? the sidelining of literally the main character is so fucking terrible . i feel so sorry for lee minho.. but so happy that his talent was recognised with this show.
Maybe the jihoo actor was more famous back then? idk what it is about him that made writers/makers do that but all i can say is the whole jihoo plot, his story, bond with jandi and his unnecessarily too much screentine was a nuisance. Totally annoying. i literally had to skip some scenes and watch it after i ended the drama, and still his scenes hold no value. and still kinda confused why junpyo was done dirty like that.
ps: I literally can't hate Gu Jun Pyo after watching this show. No matter how many people say he was toxic and a red flag.. it is jun pyo you will feel bad for cuz it was not ONLY junpyo who was toxic. Jandi, ji hoo were major red flags too.
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BOYS OVER FLOWERS (2009 SOUTH KOREAN ADAPTATION)
In every adaptation there is the cruel calculating mother who wants nothing but wealth, power and to control her son. She is seen as a selfish person for this reason.
Although I don't like her, I understand her. She's a woman trying to keep the legacy of her late husband going in a male dominant business culture so she has shut down her emotions to seem invincible.
Here Gu Jun Pyo (played by LEE MIN-HO) just after convincingly and cruelly hurting Jan Di (South Korea's version of Makino/Shancai) after she travels from Korea to Macau to see him warns his mother (LEE HYE YOUNG) to keep her promise to leave Jan Di alone or he'll destroy everything.
Side Note: If memory serves this version is the only one in which the main male leads father wasn't actually dead but rather in a coma hidden from his children by their mother.
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