Details
Title: ルージュ
Title (English): Rouge
Episodes: 6
Broadcast network: NHK
Broadcast period: 2001-Aug-28 to 2001-Oct-09
Air time: 23:00-23:45
Theme songs:
"Get your groove" by Fukuhara Yumiko
"Shin ni Kagayaku Hoshi" by Togi Hideki
Synopsis
Tanigawa Risa has been yearning all her life to become a successful and talented PR creator. She couldn't believe her luck when she is recruited to the PR department of the in-vogue cosmetics company Christina, where all the top PR creators work. Risa has her life turned upside down by fate when a famous model runs off from a campaign photoshoot, and the makeup artist magically transforms Risa from a typical girl next door into a stunning beauty. She is suddenly asked to take the role of a model by her senior colleague. Risa had never even dreamed of becoming a model. All she had ever wanted was to become a PR creator, and she actually hates makeup. How will this determined 20 year old react when a chance to hit the glamorous "Big Time" suddenly presents itself? -Jdorama.com
Cast
Imai Eriko as Tanigawa Risa
Takashima Reiko as Motomiya Reiko
Hosaka Naoki as Kurokawa Shingo
Togi Hideki (東儀秀樹) as Akiba Tomoyuki
Nakajima Hiroko as Yajima
Nakamaru Shinsho as Kawase
Sugawara Toshimi as Kitahara Yu
Harada Kenji as Fukuma Kei
Tanaka Yoji as Yoshimura
Terada Minori as Sakuragi
Makoto Naoya (誠直也) as Tanigawa Ichiro
Nishina Akiko (仁科亜季子) as Tanigawa Miwa
Mabuchi Haruko as Nakayama Fumino
Production Credits
Original story: Yuu Miri [柳美里 (ゆう みり)]
Screenwriter: Tabuchi Kumiko
Producer: Tsubaki Norikazu
Directors: Shinjo Takehiko, Nagumo Seiichi
Music: Murayama Tatsuya
