Japanese Drama - Brand

* Title: ブランド
* Title (English): Brand
* Genre: Romance
* Episodes: 11
* Viewership ratings: 15.7
* Broadcast network: Fuji TV
* Broadcast period: 2000-Jan-13 to 2000-Mar-23
* Air time: Thursday 22:00
* Theme song: "Goodbye Yesterday" by Imai Miki

Synopsis

Imai Miki plays Midori, a fashion industry executive who is dedicated to her job but beginning to wonder if she is not missing something in life.

Company colleague and former lover Yoshida Eisaku suggests she needs a husband and children and appears ready to take on the assignment. But Imai insists it is a deeper, more internal question like: "Why was I born and what am I supposed to do in this life?" Little does she know she is about to meet Koichiro, the heir to a tea ceremony empire and a young man who has had all those questions answered for him since birth.

The young son of a famous Japanese tea family returns to Japan after several years abroad only to deny inheritance of the family business to work at a famous clothing company called "Dior." After falling in love with a much older woman who works at the clothing company, he finds himself after trying out other lines of work.

Cast

* Imai Miki as Kawashima Midori
* Ichikawa Somegoro as Kanzaki Koichiro
* Sato Aiko as Moriyama Yuri
* Kitaura Tomoe as Kaido Namiko
* Kajihara Zen as Aoi Kazumi
* Hiraizumi Sei as Kanzaki Taketaro
* Enami Kyoko as Hyuuga Yoko
* Yoshida Eisaku as Horiguchi Kazuhito
* Utsui Ken as Kawashima Tetsuo
* Kitaura Tomoe
* Ikeda Maki

Production Credits

* Screenwriter: Tabuchi Kumiko
* Producers: Wada Ko, Kato Masatoshi
* Directors: Hirano Shin, Murakami Shosuke (村上正典)
* Music: Hayashi Tetsuji (林哲司)

Episode Titles & Ratings

* Ep 01: 35 years old woman...When it wavers for love and work
* Ep 02: 10 years old difference...When a man sees his subordinate
* Ep 03: When the heart respect that does not stop binds two people together
* Ep 04: As the boss suddenly kiss a woman
* Ep 05: 35 years old woman...Overflowing tears
* Ep 06: Person who needs himself/herself
* Ep 07: Please look as a man once again!
* Ep 08: Decision of 35 years old...The night when two people were bound together
* Ep 09: Reality...The pain which their relationship caused
* Ep 10: Throwing away everything...The proposal of resolution
* Ep 11: Goodbye Yesterday...I'm glad to have met you

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