GARASU NO KUTSU (The Glass Shoe)

The classic fairy tale of Cinderella comes alive in the Nineties, but this time, with a little twist. Toru, the heir to a large apparel company, falls in love with a beautiful librarian named Natsu. Natsu' brother is a shoemaker whose livelihood depends on Toru's firm.

Toru asks Natsu to marry him, but his mean stepmother interferes, making life miserable for Natsu and her brother. Throw in a mean sister, a best friend-turned-blackmailer, and a fateful pair of Ferragamo shoes and you have all the ingredients for an unforgettable love story.

Hosaka Naoki falls in love with a girl who is the daughter of a shoe store. Hosaka is rich and son of the company who supports the shoe store. The economy is bad, and Hosaka's step-mother decides to stop helping the shoe department because she finds out that Hosaka and Kato Noriko are in love. Then Tanaka Ritsuko and this other guy try to rip the two apart because Tanaka Ritsuko doesn't want Noriko being happy, and the other guy want to make money by blackmailing Hosaka... Just a blunt opinion of this drama... FAKE!

[KIKU TV Synopsis]: The classic fairy tale of Cinderella comes alive in the Nineties, but this time, with a little twist. Toru, the heir to a large apparel company, falls in love with a beautiful librarian named Natsu. Natsu's brother is a shoemaker whose livelihood depends on Toru's firm. Toru asks Natsu to marry him, but his mean stepmother interferes, making life miserable for Natsu and her brother. Throw in a mean sister, a best friend-turned-traitor, a struggling artist-turned-blackmailer, and a fateful pair of Ferragamo shoes and you have all the ingredients for an unforgettable love story.

STARRING:  Kato Noriko, Sano Shiro, Hosaka Naoki, Toyohara Kosuke, Tanaka Ritsuko, Kuroda Fukumi, Hoshino Mari, Akiyama Natsuko, Nishioka Tokuma
NETWORK: NTV
THEME SONG: "One" & "Chakuchiten" by Aska
DURATION: April 9, 1997 through June 25, 1997.  (11 episodes)
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REVIEWS:

I will be blunt about this, I thought it was boring and I think I watched this to help me sleep through the night because it was so boring!-KNDY

[FROM FOO SW] The plot is immensely stupid, I couldn't tell which is the main guy in this. But I kept watching because of the theme song and Kato Noriko as Ando Natsu. Although she has this sickening "good-girl", angelic impression in the whole drama, I still like her, not for anything but for her looks; you have to admit, she is pretty.