BOYS OVER FLOWERS the movie

2008 2h 11m JA

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8.0

BANGER

★8.0TMDB · 99

RomanceComedyDrama

Synopsis

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Four years have passed since that emotional marriage proposal at Tsukushi Makino's high-school prom, and Tsukasa Dōmyōji announced his engagement to Tsukushi to the entire world. At an engagement dinner between their families, Dōmyōji's mother, who has been strongly against their relationship before, presents Tsukushi a tiara, which is estimated to be worth roughly 10 billion yen, as a token of their engagement. But that night, the tiara is stolen by somebody! Then, Dōmyōji and Tsukushi travel around the globe to Las Vegas, Hong Kong, and even a deserted island to get the tiara back—the legendary tiara that has been believed to "bring eternal love." In the meantime, where and what are the "F4" fellows, who have just gone separate ways, doing now?

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Mao Inoue
Tsukushi Makino
Jun Matsumoto
Tsukasa Dōmyōji
Shun Oguri
Rui Hanazawa
Shota Matsuda
Sōjirō Nishikado
Tsuyoshi Abe
Akira Mimasaka
Mariko Kaga
Kaede Dōmyōji
Nanako Matsushima
Tsubaki Dōmyōji
Natsuki Kato
Shigeru Okawara

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Yasuharu Ishii
Writers: Takayuki Takuma
Languages: Japanese
Countries: Japan

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ERA

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Released 18 years ago.

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CRAFT

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Yasuharu Ishii, shot by Toshiyasu Yamanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Kosuke Yamashita. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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CAST

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Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto and Shun Oguri carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt1160539 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 99 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Yasuharu Ishii directs. Toshiyasu Yamanaka behind the camera. Kosuke Yamashita scores. Produced in Japan. Dialogue in Japanese.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 18 years ago.
2Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
3Directed by Yasuharu Ishii, shot by Toshiyasu Yamanaka. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Kosuke Yamashita. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Mao Inoue and Jun Matsumoto and Shun Oguri carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt1160539 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 99 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
8Released under 11 different titles around the world.