Yuki Uchida's 1995 film Hana Yori Dango: synopsis and trailer

 Sure most of you know all about the Hana Yori Dango/Boys Over Flower mangas and dramas, a quick recap of it:
 Hana Yori Dango is a Japanese shojo manga series written and illustrated by Yoko Kamio. The story is set in Eitoku Academy, an elite school for children from rich families. It follows lead protagonist Makino Tsukushi, a student from a working-class family, and the members of Eitoku Academy's elite Flower Four, commonly known as the "F4". The manga series was 37 volumes long selling over 55 million copies and was adapted into two live action dramas that ran in 2005 and 2007.

 What most may not know is that before the dramas it was made into a TV movie that came out in 1995 starring Yuki Uchida as the heroine plus a few other stars before they hit it big. Not going to go into depth about this movie as it followed the mangas closely for the most part though at only 80 minutes it was a real rushed effort at that.

 Have been a fan of the mangas though not so much the TV dramas, this effort fell into the same lines, an okay watch but if you haven't seen it you haven't missed too much. Then again if you're a Yuki fan you have missed something, she does a good job in this as the spunky, can never be beaten down heroine Makino, she really carried the film and was in just about every seen, this was really her first big starring role, she pulled it off well but the film itself was just so-so. Would recommend it for Yuki fans and perhaps if you're a fan of the series so you can say you've seen everything about Hana Yori Dango but besides that don't go out of your way to view it, except for Yuki it was the only reason I watched it and I would think that's why most others have seen it.

 Here's the cast list for the film plus the trailer for it, check out the next post for many pics of Yuki from the movie.

Year: 1995    Length: 78 minutes    Theme Song: "Baby's Growing Up" by Yuki Uchida

Cast:

Yuki Uchida as Makino Tsukushi
Shosuke Tanihara as Doumyouji Tsukasa
Naohito Fujiko as Hanazawa Rui
Koichi Hashizume as Mimasaka Akira
Marie Eguro as Toudou Shizuka