Watashi no Pinocchio / Otoko Tomodachi

[Machine Translation] Two gems from "Wednesday Grand Romance," a popular drama series broadcast during the bubble era, have been made available in software for the first time. The two works are "My Pinocchio", a unique work that became a topic of conversation for its lead actress Mayumi Ogawa's villainous character and the impassioned performance of Kocho Harufutei as a man whose personality is altered by plastic surgery, and "Otoko Tomodachi", an adult love story co-starring Tomomi Sato and Yoshitan Otsuru in which love transcends age and position, and takes an unexpected turn. My Pinocchio" (first broadcast: September 13, 1989 on NTV): Sachiko Okamoto (Mayumi Ogawa), a sales manager at a biotech company, has lived a rationalistic, work-oriented life, but is growing increasingly depressed due to prejudice from male society. While continuing an inertial affair with her former lover, the married Mori (Koji Shimizu), she discovers that he is having an affair with a young subordinate, Yuka (Hitomi Shimizu). She no longer has any affection for Mori, but her anger explodes when Yuka scoffs at him and says, "I don't care about that old man. Sachiko catches a pervert on the commuter train and uses him (Harufutei Koasa) to plot her revenge against Yuka. (First broadcast: January 18, 1989 on Nippon Television Network): Shoko (Tomomi Sato), a 44-year-old freelance cameraman, is a carefree bachelor. She meets and falls in love with a young man named Kutsuki (Minori), who works part-time at a flower shop. However, Kugatsuki turns out to be Tatsuya (Otsuru Yoshitan), the son of Shoko's best friend Chika (Yoshida Hideko)... Leaflet enclosed.

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バブル期に放送され人気を博したドラマ枠「水曜グランドロマン」より、心を揺さぶる珠玉の2作品を初ソフト化。主演の小川眞由美の悪女ぶりと、整形によって人格までも改造されていく男を演じた春風亭小朝の迫真の演技が話題となった異色作「私のピノッキオ」と、佐藤友美と大鶴義丹の共演による、年齢も立場も越えた恋が思わぬ展開を迎える大人のラブストーリー「男友達」の2作品を収録。■「私のピノッキオ」(初回放送: 1989年9月13日/日本テレビ系): バイオ企業の営業部長・岡本幸子 (小川眞由美)は、合理主義を貫き仕事一筋で生きてきたが、男社会の偏見にさらされ鬱屈を募らせていた。かつての恋人で既婚者の森 (清水紘治)と惰性の不倫関係を続ける中、彼が若い部下の由香 (清水ひとみ)に手を出していると知る。森への愛情はすでにないが、「あんなオバンなんかメじゃない」と嘲る由香の言葉に怒りが爆発。通勤電車で痴漢を捕まえた幸子は、その男 (春風亭小朝)を利用し由香への復讐を企てる。 ■「男友達」(初回放送: 1989年1月18日/日本テレビ系): フリーカメラマンの湘子 (佐藤友美)は、44歳の気ままな独身暮らし。ふとしたことから、花屋でバイトをしている九月 (みのり)と名乗る若い男と知り合い恋に落ちた。ところが九月は、こともあろうに湘子の親友・千加 (吉田日出子)の息子・達也 (大鶴義丹)だった・・・。リーフレット封入。