Glass no Kamen

Garasu no Kamen/Glass Mask

Details

• Title: ガラスの仮面 （ガラスのかめん）
• Title (romaji): Glass no Kamen / Garasu no Kamen
• Also known as: Glass Mask / Mask of Glass
• Episodes: 11
• Viewership ratings: 11.9
• Broadcast network: TV Asahi
• Broadcast period: 1997-Jul-07 to 1997-Sep-15
• Theme songs: Calling - B'z; Polar Star Kimi Dake Shinjite - Harubara Yuuki
• Related: Glass no Kamen 2

Synopsis

The Glass Mask drama is based on a very popular manga of the same name by Suzue Miuchi, about a young girl named Maya whose dream is to be an actress. A legendary former stage actress, Tsukikage Chigusa, watches Maya as she reenacts drama episodes she's seen on TV. She approaches Maya and has her join her acting company, Tsukikage Theater. Tsukikage holds the production rights to a legendary masterpiece called "The Crimson Goddess," in which she had played the title role until a terrible accident burnt her face beyond surgical repair. She's been searching all of these years for someone to play the role which only the most talented actress could play, and maybe she's found that someone in Maya... --synopsis by awrittensin

Cast

• Adachi Yumi as Kitajima Maya
• Tanabe Seiichi as Hayami Masumi
• Nogiwa Yoko as Tsukikage Chigusa
• Matsumoto Megumi as Himekawa Ayumi
• Kohashi Kenji as Sakurakouji Yuu
• Katso Kazuko
• Satoi Kenta
• Togawa Kyoko
• Saitou Nozomi
• Saeki Hinako
• Fuji Mariko

Production Credits

• Screenwriter: Mizuhashi Fumie, Noe Miyuki
• Producer: Miruta Yoshiki, Uchiyama Satoko
• Director: Nishimae Toshinori, Sugiyama Noboru, Imai Kazuhisa

Episode Titles

• Ep 01: 「千の仮面を持つ少女」

"The Girl Who Possesses a Thousand Masks"

• Ep 02: 「孤独な戦いが今始まる！」

"The Lonely Battle Starts Now!"

• Ep 03: 「全てを賭けた運命の7日間」

"Everything Depends on This Fateful Week"

• Ep 04: 「紫のバラの人！命がけのヒロイン」

"The Purple Rose Man! The Heroine Whose Life is at Risk"

• Ep 05: 「特訓！女優養成竹ギプス」

"Special Training! The Actress With Bamboo Splints"

• Ep 06: 「激突!!三重苦の二人は永遠のライバル」

"Clash!! Portraying a Triple Handicap - Eternal Rivals"

• Ep 07: 「奇跡の瞬間！奇跡の少女!!」

"The Miraculous Moment! The Miraculous Girl!!"

• Ep 08: 「未来の紅天女を脅かす黒い影」

"A Black Shadow Threatens the Future Crimson Goddess"

• Ep 09: 「切なすぎる初恋…誰かが私を狙ってる!?」

"First Love is Too Painful... Is Someone Out to Get Me!?"

• Ep 10: 「さよなら初恋…永遠にさよなら母さん」

"Farewell, First Love... Goodbye Forever to Mom"

• Ep 11: 「月影死す…!?ついに紫のバラの人の正体が!? 女優失踪マヤの運命は!?奇跡はもう一度起こるのか!」

"Tsukikage on the Verge of Death...!? Purple Rose Man's True Identity!? Maya's Disappearance From Acting, What is Her Fate!? Will Another Miracle Happen?"

-- translated by awrittensin

Special Ending

• Air date: 1999-Sep-30
• Note: Originally was supposed to be episode 12 of Season 1, but the season was cut short by one week. Eventually, this missing episode 12 was filmed after Season 2, and provides the originally planned ending to Season 1. However, because episode 11 is officially the end of Season 1, die-hard fans refer to this SP as the special ending.

Cast

• Adachi Yumi as Kitajima Maya
• Tanabe Seiichi as Hayami Masumi
• Nogiwa Yoko as Tsukikage Chigusa
• Nakamura Aimi as Himekawa Ayumi
• Kohashi Kenji as Sakurakouji Yuu
• Katso Kazuko
• Satoi Kenta

External Links

• JDorama.com