Beauty or Beast
(Bijo ka Yajuu)
The Complete Japanese Drama DVD Collection (1-11 End)
Japanese with English Subtitles
Format: DVD
After graduating from the Tokyo
University School of Law, Tamiya Makoto (Matsushima Nanako) goes on to Harvard
University where she earns an MBA. She later works at one of the "big three"
networks in the United States as a news reporter. While covering a story on an
international symposium in Paris, Makoto is scouted to work for JBC Television
in Japan. The news producer at JBC wants to use Makoto to help raise low viewer
ratings. He persuades her to work for him for an absurdly high salary, and also
gives her the right to hire who she needs.
While Makoto is being brought in to be the savior of the News Department, one
man gets transferred from the Variety Department. His name is Nagase Hiromi
(Fukuyama Masaharu). Since joining JBC Television, all he has done is variety
programs. Although Hiromi has done everything he possibly could to ensure his
programs are a success, his boss just could not take anymore of Hiromi's
behavior which ranged from getting caught up in scandals with female television
personalities, punching-out assistant directors, to taking kickbacks from
production companies. His boss finally tells Hiromi to make a fresh start in the
"hard nosed" News Department.
So now the News Department has Makoto who thinks high ratings are the meaning of
life, and Hiromi who values the success of a program as just a tool for the full
enjoyment of life. These two totally different personalities mix it up and
somehow reach a mutual understanding, creating a delightful "light comedy" for
adults.
Format : DVD
Language : Japanese
DVD Subtitles : English
Episodes : 1 - 11 end
Video: Excellent Quality
Region : All code region free ( Playable on any DVD Player )
PS2, XBOX Compatible. DVD-ROM Compatible.