Meteor Garden (CTS , 2001)

(F4 - 2008)

The series was based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Hana Yori Dango" (Boys Before Flowers) by Kamio Yoko.

Details

• Drama : Meteor Garden / 流星花园 (CTS , 2001)
• Mainland : Liu Xing Hua Yuan (流星花园)
• Taiwanese : Liu Hsing Hua Yuan (流星花園) 
• Producer: Chai Zhi-ping
• Manga : Hana Yori Dango 
• Author : Kamio Yoko 
• Broadcast network: CTS
• Episodes: 20
• Broadcast period: April 21 , 2001
• Air time: Thursday 9:00pm

Theme Songs

• Qing Fei De Yi (情非得已) by Harlem Yu
• Ni Yao De Ai (你要的愛) by Penny Tai (戴佩妮)

Related Shows 

• Meteor Garden 1
• Meteor Rain (CTS, 2001), 
• Meteor Garden 2 
• Hana Yori Dango (TBS, 2005), 
• Boys Before Flowers (KBS2, 2009), 
• Liu Xing Yu (Hunan TV, 2009), 
• Hana Nochi Hare (TBS, 2018)

Synopsis

The story centers around a poor teenage girl named Shancai (Barbie Shu), who at the insistence of her parents goes to a university for rich people. The university is dominated by Dao Ming Si (Jerry Yan), Hua Zelei (Vic Zhou), Mei Zuo (Vanness Wu) and Xi Men (Ken Chu), four rich and handsome but arrogant students collectively known as 'F4', short for 'Flower 4'. They are heirs to four rich and influential families in Taiwan. They terrorize the school by handing out red cards to those they do not like, which allows other students to bully the victims until they leave the school.

After one of Shancai's friends receives the wrath of F4's leader, Dao Ming Si, Shancai stands up to Dao Ming Si and berates him, which in turn results in a red card of her own. However, Shancai's persistence in standing up for what is right gradually gains F4's respect and Dao Ming Si falls in love with her.

Cast

• Barbie Hsu (徐熙媛) as Muye Shancai (杉菜)
• Jerry Yan (言承旭) as Daoming Si (道明寺)
• Vic Zhou Yumin (周渝民) as Huaze Lei (花泽类)
• Ken Zhu (朱孝天) as Xi Men (西门总二郎)
• Vannes Wu (吴建豪) as Mei Zuo (美作玲)

Extended Cast

• Rainie Yang (杨丞琳) as Xiao You (小优)
• Winnie Chien (钱韦杉) as Teng Tang-jing (藤堂静)
• Edward Ou (歐定興) as Qing He (陈青和)
• Ann Yeh (叶安婷) as Li Zhen
• Belinda Cheng (郑美黛) as Bai He
• Moon Wang (王月) as Shan Cai's Mother
• Dong Zhicheng (董至成) as Shan Cai's Father
• Zhen Xiuzhen (甄秀珍) as Daoming Feng
• Mary Hsu (徐华凤) as Daoming Zhuang (道明庄)
• Lan Chenglong (蓝正龙)  as Yamen (亚门)
• Zhang Ruozhen (张若蓁) as Qian Hui
• Christine Ke (柯奂如) as Xiao Zi
• Liu Erjin (劉爾金) as Daoming family's butler
• Wallace Chung (钟汉良) as Ah Sung (阿松)
• Angie Tang (唐琪)  as Governess
• Li Jiesheng (李傑聖) as Xiao You's boyfriend
• Bu Xueliang (卜学亮)  as college professor (cameo)
• Beatrice Hsu (许玮伦) as Ah Xun (阿香) (cameo)
• Xiu Qin (秀琴) as herself (cameo)
• Jin Wen (僅雯) as limousine driver (cameo)
• Yu Chengqing (庾澄庆)
• Kelly Chien
• Yu Jin
• Jason Lee (李杰圣) 
• Alex Tung (董至成) 
• Pang Wai-wah (彭伟华) 
• Ying Tsai-ling (应采灵) 
• Lin Tsuen (林祖恩) 
• Lin Pei-chun (柯妍希) 
• Amber Wang (王滢) 
• Pally Chien (简沛恩) 
• Ai Wei (艾伟)