Oh good god.
Just when we thought these infamous F4 dramas couldn’t be anymore reused & remade (Taiwanese, Japanese, Korean, AND the in production Chinese remake), VietNam just had to jump in and make my nightmare, a reality.
Except….I take that back 🙂 . With rumored characters like the following, I’m actually quite excited. It seems like that since by now that everyone could probably recite the story by heart, the second most important aspect to highlight upon for these dramas are, of course, the aesthetics. And you thought that the acting quality would play a big impact on the success of anything cinematic-related didn’t you? Well apparently Idol-dramas beg to differ, as evident with Korea’s version where the acting was not just bad..it was BAD…and yet they were still raking in some major dough.
Since Korea’s “Boys Over Flowers” still currently hold a 2 year copyright of the story, it’ll be a while until the VietNamese version actually hits the little screen. As for the Chinese remake, I’m not too sure whether they’re also waiting for the 2 year period to draw out or that they have some kind of special exception instead.
The man-possibly-in-charge of this drama will be Dũng ‘Khùng,’ also director of “Hot Kiss 1 & 2,” “39 degree Love,” “Long Legged Girls,” & “Truong Ba’s soul in a Butcher’s Body.”
Anyway, here are the highly-likely candidates by votes (I will be using the Japanese names from the original manga as reference):
Makino Tsukushi, weed girl: Khong Tu Quynh (on the right)
Khổng Tú Quỳnh: 32%
Minh Hằng: 26%
Đông Nhi: 17%
Tăng Thanh Hà: 19%
Other: 6%
Hanazawa Rui, weed girl's first love: Chi Thien
Chí Thiện: 49%
Johny Trí Nguyễn: 22%
Lương Thế Thành: 12%
Noo Phước Thịnh: 9%
Other: 8%
Nishikado Sojiro, the one that will have a cute relationship with weed girl's best friend: Noo Phuoc Thinh
Noo Phước Thịnh: 64%
Wanbi Tuan Anh: 28%
Thiên Minh: 4%
Other: 4%
Mimasaka Akira, the gangstuh-ganstuh F4 member: Saetti Baggio
Saetti Baggio: 35%
Ngô Kinh Lâm: 27%
Giang Thái Trung: 18%
Any random male model: 12%
Other: 8%
Domyoji Tsukasa, F4 leader (not finalized)
Lương Thế Thành – His age seems versatile. Sometimes he looks old & sometimes he looks young; he could maybe pull it off?
Bình Minh – Are they cereal? The man is no doubt handsome….and hot….but he could probably pass for Khong Tu Quynh’s father.
Johnny Trí Nguyễn – Love him and all, but also definitely too old for this character…
Vĩnh Thụy – They might as well give this role to him too…although it doesn’t look like he’ll fit in with Noo, Chi Thien, & Baggio very well.
Matsuoka Yuki, weedgirl's best friend: Bao Trinh
Angela Bảo Trinh: 32%
Midu: 25% (because of the results, fans are speculating that Midu would be the better match for Noo Phuoc Thinh, so hopefully they’ll make a change)
Mi Vân: 19%
Quỳnh Nga: 8%
Other: 16%
Sada Mayumi, Rui's first love: Ngô Thanh Vân
Shigeru, Domyouji's arranged fiance: Tăng Thanh Hà
Sanjo Sakurako, the creepy stalker in love with Domyouji since little: Minh Hằng
The girl who Domyouji will fall in love with when he loses his memory: Sam
The 3 rich brats at Makino's school: Bao Thy, Tuong Vy, Dong Nhi
Dom Youji's witch mother: Kim Xuân
The Food shop owner; Makino & her best friend's boss: Hiếu Hiền
Rui's friend: Luong Manh Hai
President of some fancy company: Van Tung
You know….They could’ve at least revealed this casting, little by little, so that most of us don’t get too overwhelmed (like me) and nearly palpitated (like me). Also, since this news came much too sudden…we’re not 100% sure if this casting is the real deal, so stay tuned for a follow up post (hopefully).
Source: Hoa Hoc Tro
Viet Channel 
July 2, 2009 at 7:44 AM
o god..this can’t b real..they better have a big budget 2 pull this off! this oughta b interesting…
July 2, 2009 at 7:52 AM
I wonder what’s next. Vietnamese Hannah Montana maybe.
July 2, 2009 at 8:31 AM
yeah xD this will be damn expensiive BUT!
it sounds really interesting
and the cast does not even look that bad…but if they can act..is another question
July 2, 2009 at 11:52 AM
chan thanh san is good 4 the leader
July 2, 2009 at 12:04 PM
omgg, i’m more excited for the casting than the drama itself. i thought they wouldve casted chan than san or kelbin as rui or something.. but kelbins a little short i guess. lol and i hope binh minh or johnny doesn’t get the lead. that would ruin EVERYTHING
July 2, 2009 at 1:01 PM
is that real ???? im excited
July 2, 2009 at 1:11 PM
forget ngoi nha hanh phuc… this casting sounds so interesting. but midu needs to play the best friend and baggio should play F4 member that falls in love with her.
& just hope they have a big enough budget.
July 2, 2009 at 3:21 PM
THIS actually looks very interesting… I’m actually anticipating it right now. I’m skeptical about the choices for Domyoji considering he’s supposed to be a type of pretty boy. Ehh… But the cast they chose looks reall good so far.
July 2, 2009 at 4:23 PM
baggio looks too cute to be running any kind of mob scene. lol i hope they would cast him as the tea guy instead. and midu should be the best friend. she looks innocent & perfect for the role, bao trinh looks like she could play the backstabbing friend that fell in love with domyouji since they were little. & i love the casting of ngo thanh van, thanh thang ha & sam. although i do hope that luong manh hai wouldn’t be in this drama TOO. he’s everywhere…
July 2, 2009 at 5:51 PM
Haha
WTF
This is hilarious.
Totally anticipating.
July 2, 2009 at 6:43 PM
I don’t think they would ever be able to make a movie (or drama?) with a cast like that. It’s sounds very promising, but what are the chance that all these star are free at the same time to filmed?
July 4, 2009 at 6:13 PM
HOLY SMOKES.
jk i knew this was coming eventually. just can’t believe it actually came so early.
love the casting so far and hope they dont change ANYTHING. except maybe angela needs to be replaced with midu.
July 8, 2009 at 4:33 AM
so funny cos my cousin and I was just talking about VN making their own BOF version.
anyway if they were ever able to make it, I reckon they should cast brand new actors, u know those who haven’t been discovered yet.
Why? cos think about it. Taiwanese F4 were nameless before Meteor Garden. 3 of the Korean F4 weren’t famous before Boys Over Flowers. and I’m not sure about the Japanese F4 but I doubt that their situation wasn’t any different. And guess what, JVKV (F4) became so successful. Lee Min Ho, Kim Bum, Goo Hye Sun are more loved in Asia these days than any other artist.
And as QUYNIE said, how would all those big stars be able to arange their schedules to fit in with the filming times.
In conclusion, I think the best think to do (even though, that might be taking a big risk) would be to cast in new actors.
July 8, 2009 at 8:17 PM
I shall be looking forward to this.
July 8, 2009 at 11:18 PM
i think Chan Than San will play Tsukasa he’s hot
July 18, 2009 at 5:38 PM
NOw i wish i wrote the damn manga, think of how much that woman is raking in with all these remakes…
July 18, 2009 at 6:45 PM
i really like the cast but i think midu should play Matsuoka Yuki since she matches Noo Phuoc Thinh a lot more….for the role of Domyoji Tsukasa they should cast someone handsome, young, and someone that teens will like!!!! other than that the movie sounds interesting…
July 22, 2009 at 12:03 PM
I like the cast just because they are all so damn goodlooking. But most of them are singers actually so the acting could be bad… Choosing the leader will be difficult, because it looks like that none of them is perfect for the role… 😦 midu shall be the best friend!
August 1, 2009 at 3:17 PM
i can’t fucking stand this, stop with all the copying dramas, urgg and look at KTQ, i think she’s pretty, but for that role, you need to be natural and not with tons of make up, even in the korean version, the main one is not supposed to be really pretty because that’s not the reason the main guy felt in love with her ! urg this kills me..so embarrasing
August 7, 2009 at 1:18 AM
so funny :))
August 17, 2009 at 4:59 PM
I wonder if they’re going to directly translate Hana Yori Dango (aka Boys Before Flowers) into Vietnamese, or if they’ll come up with a different title, like the Taiwanese and Mainland Chinese version (Meteor Garden and Meteor Shower).
I would also love to know the Viet name of the characters!
August 21, 2009 at 6:59 PM
I dont think this drama would be cast.
August 23, 2009 at 11:58 AM
OMG, I hope they don´t really make this drama. It´ll definitely be an embarrassment for Viet people. The castees so far are decent looking but not really stunning compared to the Korean ones and what´s even worse is all of them can´t really act.
August 23, 2009 at 12:17 PM
^. And you think the korean ones CAN act???? LMAO!
i dont think they would really make a viet one but the korean cast didnt even look that great. all they had was HD quality & good directing to make up for the horrible acting. if this was true, the viet cast would look soo much better. and what makes you think they can’t act? dont judge before you actually see them acting. it mostly depends on the director.
August 24, 2009 at 7:41 AM
^Relax. You are way too sentitive. I don´t even criticize you, why get all aggressive all of a sudden? Actually I´ve seen most of them (Luong Manh Hai, Tang Thanh Ha, Baggio, Minh Hang, Binh Minh, Luong The Thanh, Noo Phuoc Thinh, Johnny Tri Nguyen) acting before and I wasn´t very impressed. Admittedly, the actors in the Korean version weren´t really good but their acting still way better than that of the Vietnamese castees judging from their prior performances. And they do look better than the Viet castees. Don´t let your Viet pride blind you. Rest assured, I´m not one of those K-wanabees nor am I obsessed with Korean entertaiment, I am just being objective.
August 27, 2009 at 8:45 PM
omg man seriously a viet version cool rlly looking forward to it but i think the guy Saetti Baggio should be rui intsed of woobin in the drama nxt thing you no there will be a filipino version (ps the filipino version is only a dream this is not real info just an opinion but i wish there was)
August 29, 2009 at 10:54 PM
omg omg omg omg if this is true then i can’t wait i can’t wait!!!
but when will they be done???
i’ll probably be off to college and have no time to watch this movie!!!
huhuhu
but i wanna know the cast though
it already failed my dreams when the stupid filmaker hasn’t published the dvd version of hot kiss 2/giai cuu than chet/save the death!!! huhuhu
September 1, 2009 at 3:55 PM
dislike , i want sam to be gum jan ji best friend, khong tu qyunh look suck i don’t want her to be main charater, also F4 only baggio look great other look so suck
September 17, 2009 at 6:54 AM
OMG!?!? Really?? Aren’t they afraid of critisim like the Chinese are getting for doing the BOF after the Korean did it? I mean it said that there’s a two year contract thingy for a remake of BOF. I don’t quite like this idea. T_T
October 31, 2009 at 1:28 PM
My friend told me that there might be a Vietnamese version of Hana Yori Dango/Boys over Flowers/ Meteor Garden! I just had to google it… I think the cast is really good looking ^____^ This is .. exciting HEHEHEH
November 9, 2009 at 1:22 AM
ROFL this is fcking awesome!!!Though i want Tran Thanh Son to be Domyoji but he ‘s hardly in vietnam so its a fail. none of the guys thats on vote duznt match, so i hope that can be sorted so the drama can be released faster for exciters llike us ^^
to those who are embarrassed by this, then dont be viets at all. you guys r disgrace. as you can see, those nash that produces a remake like taiwanese drama and BOF is more well known, higher ranked and preferable becuase they can compare to other nash’s remake therefore there should be encouragement in order for our viet’s dramas to be known and improve on our teen’s entertainment rather than olden dramas. agree?
And for the person who said that KTQ shouldnt be the main character bcoz she duznt match, well you should judge after you see her acting. evn though she is a real pretty girl, but the audience’s views reflects on whether she has a natural acting as a poor girl in scene like jan di or tsukushi. so we gotta wait.
baggio and noo phuoc thinh should change positions.
sorry for talking too much =D
❤ Duuy
November 15, 2009 at 12:36 PM
hana yori dango japanese version was soooo good. the acting, characters, plot line, and everything was awesome. i fell in love; plus their music was very catchy. the drama was waaay better than the korean nd taiwanese version. so yea, chances of the vietnamese one being as good as the japanese are slim to none.
but hopefully they will at least be able to pull it off. nd i totally agree that they should cast new actors nd whatnot, who aren’t known yet. who knows, they might be the next best thing. some of these actors, you’ve seen them like EVERYWHERE, nd it’d be nice to see some fresh faces.
i hate how they always cast the SAME ppl for all these movies nd dramas nd crap. how is the vietnamese entertainment biz gonna evolve. i’m sure there are ppl way more fit for the role, but they just have yet to be discovered.
November 15, 2009 at 12:44 PM
oohh, p.s.
if they base it on the korean version that would suck. The only reason ppl are so wild about Boys Over Flowers is bcuz of such pretty boys the F4 are. the plot line was gay nd too slow-moving.
they should totally consider basing it on the jap version. there was great humor, action, drama, romance, and all that jazz.
November 26, 2009 at 2:44 PM
XD I can’t wait till this comes out!! And Of Course I’m exited because I would be able to understand what they are saying 😀
November 27, 2009 at 12:34 AM
The cast looks really goood! I hope it’ll come out soon, this will be the first good viet drama, to me. Haha. And all of the three guys casted are really cute, but the choices for the main character are not that good… Also Johnny is cute but I don’t think he speaks viet very well? Oh idk, but I just hope this will come out quickkk.
December 26, 2009 at 4:30 AM
Omg..I’m so excited about the casts….The main actor needs to be cute bcuz that’s the whole point of the show! kiddin…Go VIETNAM! you can DO it! do it better than the KoREAN…I hope lol
January 5, 2010 at 12:14 AM
I like all of the other F4 guys so far (they’re HOT! but not sure about actng yet…) except for the main role candidates…I’d chose any of the other guys over them…LOL…
They better not to disappoint me with this series b/c it’ll require a BIG BIG budget and I was disappointed with Ngoi Nha Hanh Phuc already…I hope Viet can pull it off with this one to showcase our country’s developments, etc…
February 25, 2010 at 2:54 AM
I say Tang Thanh Ha for the main girl cuz she seems like she has the face that can play that role hopefully the vietnam one will be good if there is one
March 31, 2010 at 3:59 PM
what’s the name so i can search it up!! whats the name of the viet version, can any1 tell me?
June 12, 2010 at 12:36 AM
hmm..im actually interested.
the girl casts are quite pretty. the guys are also ok looking.
does anyone know when it’s going to be out?
June 12, 2010 at 12:54 AM
I’m living in Vietnam and honestly, I don’t think I’ve heard about it anywhere else… or is it because I’m too outdated, I wonder 😕
July 23, 2010 at 11:29 AM
really Johnny Tri Nguyen!! I dont think that this film is going to be very exciting, but I’m excited to see how the film goes. oh btw does anyone know who the hell is Saetti Baggio?? all I know about him is that he’s able to speak vietnamese and in some films. other then that I’ve no idea who the hell he is, how old he is, or if he lives in vietnam. I call for a biography on him. is he spanish vietnamese? LOL
July 27, 2010 at 6:52 AM
choa e hõy khy nào làm phym này zạ….
e kOá thễ chắc chắn rằng Việt Nam sẽ làm nên bộ phym này……[Vn là no¹ òy]:D:D
November 17, 2010 at 9:23 PM
whats the viet title for this show. cant find it. 🙂
November 23, 2010 at 5:20 PM
OMG IS THIS REALLY TRUE?! WHEN?!
December 19, 2010 at 1:06 AM
Woah, I’m impressed by the cast, they all look really good so in my opinion, i wouldn’t really care about the acting. I’m a tad bit excited for this.
July 22, 2011 at 3:47 PM
i think Minh Hang will be Geum Jan Di…that’s better…and Goo Jun Pyo( leader of F4) should be Cao Thai Son….Cao Thai Son is best…all other guys are so old…I dont want Khong Tu Quynh is main character…she doesn’t look lovely like Geum Jan di…Minh Hang is best…
November 27, 2011 at 6:41 PM
They should totally have Isaac from 365 play Domyoji!!!!! He is really handsome and has this cold personality going on. And he matches the curly animal hair lol. The only thing that could stand in his way is the way he talks. He tends to talk really fast.
I like the idea of Noo playing Sojiro and Baggio as Akira. 😀
As for Rui, I think either Chi Thien or Jun from 365 would be good. Does anyone remember Domyoji’s funny, older sister? I think Ho Ngoc Ha should play her. I would love to see how that goes. As for weed girl’s best friend, I prefer Tam Tit. She’s cute and innocent which would fit the role perfectly.
I think the rest of the cast are pretty good. I like Tang Thanh Ha’s role.
December 25, 2011 at 9:17 PM
I cant waiit .:)
When will it be out ?
May 7, 2012 at 7:22 PM
Wow, Dong Nhi so cute, Tuong Vi so cute, and Minh Hang so cute, to 3 people like this.
May 7, 2012 at 7:23 PM
Tang Thanh Ha, very very cute
May 20, 2012 at 9:32 AM
ugh.. oh my god.. i am anticipating the time, when the drama will air.. not sure if positive or negative.. I haven’t been impressed by the vietnamese acting yet ( and i am vietnamese). some of the cast are ok, but somehow I think that Bao Trinh looks better than Tsukushi.. which is funny..
we’ll see how it turns out
June 21, 2012 at 2:06 PM
This is going to be good, i can’t wait!!! But what’s the name of this??????