

Beauty or Beast
2003-01-09 · 45 min / episode · ★ 7.5
This drama pits two protagonists against each other. On the one hand there's Makoto, a woman who believes that the TV program is a product and that viewer ratings are the proceeds, and who believes any method is fair in getting those ratings. On the other hand there's Hiromi, a flashy sort of guy who claims that life is to enjoy and boasts that the program is simply a tool in that process. He loves wine, women and gambling. Such a pair is bound to mix like oil and water, but following a fateful reunion, they come to understand each other in the midst of confrontation.
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- Fuji Television Network
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- Japan
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- Ended
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Nanako Matsushima
Masaharu Fukuyama
Ikkei Watanabe
Norito Yashima
Kuranosuke Sasaki
Miho Shiraishi
Masaru Nagai
Papaya Suzuki
Shogo Shimizu
Tetsuo Morishita
Kanako Fukaura
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