Details
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
Producer: Wada Ko, Kato Masatoshi
Director: Hirano Shin, Murakami Shosuke (村上正典)
Music: Hayashi Tetsuji (林哲司)
Episode Titles
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
Brand
